This means that the IP-community of Europe will probably have a zero influence on the network, that are supposed to serve our community. And that the CPMU totally ignores the skills of the Ripe community. This will only be true if none of the Ripe member networks paticipate in the IP pilot. Who would want to participate in an IP *pilot*, when we have a globe-wide, reliable, and well-managed IP *service* right behind our keyboards???

It's even worse, the EMPB has to have it's ovn relationship to EVERY ip network in the wolrd, as they do not cooperate with -GIX- type of concortias like the Ebone. -Peter