[address-policy-wg] 2016-03 New Version and Impact Analysis Published (Locking Down the Final /8 Policy)

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 02:34:40PM +0300, Ciprian Nica wrote:
> It's a simple question from a member of the community to one of the WG
> Chairs: did you abuse the last /8 or not ? Do you consider yourself a
> neutral arbitrer or not ? Do you consider yourself the one that should be
> judging others ? Or is it your "job" to shut the voices that are not
> according to your interests ?

Since you insist on riding that horse, I can no longer ignore it - so
you'll have your answer.  On record.

Yes, one of the LIRs that I represent in RIPE member issues (de.space) 
is holding two /22s out of 185/8.  The second /22 came into this LIR 
together with two /19s, some equipment, an extra employee, and a number 
of customers when we acquired a smaller regional ISP in 2014.

As per community policy, this is well within letter and *spirit* of the
policy - the LIR acquired was not "set up to get a /22 and be bought"
(it existed for some 15 years), it was providing ISP services, and
there were reasons that do not need to be disclosed that the owners wanted
to sell it, which had nothing to do with IP addresses.  The acquisition
went through the regular M&A process with the RIPE NCC, and all documents
were properly scrutinized (and I can tell stories how much detail the
NCC will check, and how much paperwork is involved).


Does the number of IP addresses one of the LIRs I can represent hold
have any relevance on my serving as WG chair?  No.


Am I neutral regarding address policy?  Well, I do my best.  

Sometimes this is not easy, as I do have strong concerns for the well-being 
of the Internet globally and in the RIPE region - but this is why there 
is two chairs here: Sander will double-check every decision made, and 
everything is public anyway.  Summaries are written for a reason, and 
decisions are based *on posts on the list*, so it does not really matter 
how neutral I am, as everything is public, and you can double-check the 
conclusions (and possible call up the arbitration procedure).


So, yes, I consider myself still suitable as a WG chair for the address 
policy WG.

Gert Doering
        -- APWG chair
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