[members-discuss] Feedback on Mailing List/Board Election Issues

Hello,

On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 03:59:52PM +0200, anthony.somerset at cloudunboxed.net wrote:
> > - Is there value in a task force of members to examine these
> > issues?
> 
> I don't have a particular position here at this time, Data
> protection violations and spam quiet frankly are a pain in the ass
> - but I get it for everything these days - not just IP brokers....

I feel like a distinction should maybe be made between random
companies that harvest and market to addresses in the RIPE DB and
list archives, versus members of our community who do the same.

Christian suggested that the current policy really begins and ends
at issuing a warning, with the "nuclear option" of legal means being
held in reserve. Issues of practicality force that to be the case
for third parties that RIPE NCC has no relationship with, but should
we not expect members of our community who sign contracts with RIPE
NCC to abide by the terms and conditions of RIPE NCC services and
the norms of our community?

Is there any scope in investigating temporary withholding of service,
moderation etc for community members who are breaching the terms and
conditions like this?

>From what I could see and my own point of view, no one was expecting
RIPE NCC to engage in legal pursuit of the person who had harvested
the email addresses and marketed to them. It was more that this
person was able to continue interacting with the community after
that blatant disregard of its norms. That is something that is in
our control is it not?

There have been times I have been tempted to also suggest that the
ban on autoresponders is enforced by having RIPE NCC staff
investigate which subscribed address is causing it and which LIR
that address belongs to, disabling that address's delivery and then
billing the LIR 100€/hr for the work. But perhaps that is a step too
far!

Cheers,
Andy