On 17 May 2017, at 12:29, Brian Nisbet <brian.nisbet@heanet.ie> wrote:
I know that I am more in favour of process than a lot of people in this discussion, but I'm also very much in favour of suitable levels of transparency and the benefits they bring.
It's possible to have fine things like transparency (and openness and accountability and... a pony) with minimal amounts of process. These are not mutually exclusive. Too many people either seem to have forgotten that or believe it can't be done. And the more effort that goes into developing process, the less there is that's going into more productive activities. I think that was the gist of what Nigel just said. BTW, decision-making and procedures at RIPE are already more sclerotic than at the ITU. That should be ringing alarm bells. Just sayin'...