-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21/07/2011 09:14, alain.bidron@orange-ftgroup.com wrote:
I must also say that if I understand the concerns expressed by ISOC, I am unconfortable to see the RIRs (or even the NRO) presented as "policy making bodies".
The RIRs do make technical policy such as, for example, the policy that governs how the last /8 of IPv4 is allocated or policy as to whether IP address allocations are tradeable. In the RIPE region policy is actually made by RIPE rather than the RIPE NCC, but that's a local complication about the split in RIR functions in that region between RIPE and RIPE NCC. The NRO is not a policy making body. It is, essentially, a trade association of the RIRs. It has a role in helping coordinate policy-development work between the RIRs so that policy implementation dates of equivalent policies are aligned, and it has a role in communicating outcomes to stakeholders, but it doesn't have an acknowledged role in making policy decisions. - -- Malcolm Hutty | tel: +44 20 7645 3523 Head of Public Affairs | Read the LINX Public Affairs blog London Internet Exchange | http://publicaffairs.linx.net/ London Internet Exchange Ltd Maya House, 134-138 Borough High Street, London SE1 1LB Company Registered in England No. 3137929 Trinity Court, Trinity Street, Peterborough PE1 1DA -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk4n5egACgkQJiK3ugcyKhQUfwCgvRrmgv4Ameg8MaZyRjuf4pFM yAwAnRbVElnFbdiwr9QhSOdXJCnUu7+Z =gs74 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----