I am disgusted

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 10:22:38 +0100 
 Gareth Staff <Gareth.Staff at uk.uu.net> wrote:

> I am sure that many members of this list will be surprised at the vehemence
> of this email and
> dubious of the material that it contains. I would like to say that this
> situation has been brewing
> for several weeks, and has come to a head because I take the sacking of
> valued hostmasters
> seriously. Not just for the fact that they discussed internal matters with a
> member, but also for
> the manner in which the deed was done. At the end of the day, the
> hostmasters work for the
> community, at least they used to.

Gareth - thanks for pointing this out to the RIPE community - you have
done us all a great service whilst potentially putting yourself at great risk.

I'd like to demand an explanation from the RIPE NCC Management ASAP
and ask the RIPE board to launch an official investigation into
these issues. In our industry we CANNOT afford to lose valued people
at any level.

> It is time to get everything out in the open and demand that the
> RIPE NCC management remove their restrictions on letting their
> hostmasters contribute to this list so  that you can ascertain
> the  truth for yourselves and not have to rely on my heresay.

I'll second this. 

Regards,
Neil.