[ncc-services-wg] GeekTools Whois Proxy and RIPE/RIPE-NCC
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Sander Steffann
sander at steffann.nl
Wed Jan 2 00:18:21 CET 2013
Hi, >>> This seems odd. I can't seem to find any mention of charging for bulk >>> whois access in the RIPE NCC AGM or the PDP. >> >> the ncc _seems_ to have taken upon itself, with no public mandate or >> bottom up process, to incrementally make the nic a members only >> organization. as the nics are here to serve the internet, this is a >> major change. if the ncc is not here to serve the internet, then we may >> need to rethink how we handle internet coordination. >> >> somemthing smells very broken here. maybe we are just misinformed. > > Yeah, that does sound broken. Let's hope that it is indeed miscommunication. Looking at http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-558 (the activity plan for 2013) the RIPE Database Proxy Service is indeed listed as a member-only service, and the members approved of that activity plan. So the NCC and the NCC board can't be blamed for this. The members (and yes: that includes me) should be careful what they vote for... IMHO the proxy service should have never been included in the member-only-services list, and I suspect that many members didn't realize the impact of approving this change in the activity plane. Another point is whether the NCC members are the ones to decide such a change. It is their money that funds the RIPE NCC whois service, but it is not their data... - Sander
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