[members-discuss] IETF funding

> To be clear, Nigel asked for the members to speak up to give the board
> guidance on this subject, he wasn't the one asking for the funding :)

Considering Peter Koch remarks on this topic, I must admit, that the
proposed procedure seems not well founded.

It has major drawbacks for the RIPE community itself (tax issues, losing
project money), and it does not provide the proposed long-term solution.
ITEF can't count on such payments over a longer period of time.

Therefore an increased financial grant of the RIPE community through the
ISOC channel seems much more appropriate. If there is an extended influence,
I'd count that as a plus.

We are currently experiencing the situation, that egoistic players become
LIRs solely for getting access to limited resources (aka make money fast)
and they do understand that this "LIR-cheating" offer them increased voting
rights ...

So an integrated support of the IETF looks much more promising to me.