Open Policy Process in the RIPE Region

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Open Policy Process in the RIPE Region

• Axel Pawlik
• RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Profile

• Not for profit membership association
• Coordination support activities
• Legitimate and stable organisation
• Long standing history
• Open transparent
• Neutral impartial

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Policy Development in RIPE

• Developed in open policy meetings
• within bottom up industry self-regulatory
  framework
• RIPE LIR-WG (The Policy Working Group)
• open-open-open
• Implemented by RIPE NCC
• controlled by membership
• Policy development process documented at
• http//www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/lir

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LIR Working Group

• Discussions
• Open mailing list ltlir-wg_at_ripe.netgt
• RIPE Meetings
• Public mailing list archive
• http//www.ripe.net/ripe/mail-archives/lir-wg/
• Chair Hans Petter Holen
• Co-Chairs Gert Döring, Andrea Borgato
• http//www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/lir/

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Policy Development

• Policy (changes) can be suggested by
• RIPE NCC Members/LIRs
• RIPE NCC staff
• Public at large
• Responsive policy development
• fair to all
• Accommodates changing requirements of
  industry(eg IPv6, GPRS, UMTS, cable)
• evolution of process

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Policy Making Process

• Proposal/idea usually sent to WG mailing list
• Not a formal requirement
• Discussion on WG mailing list
• Presentation at RIPE WG meeting
• WG empowered to make policy decisions
• Informational reports to the plenary meeting
• Reports of decision to the mailing list
• Informal ratification
• Comment period
• Implementation details
• Draft published

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Policy Making Process
Policy is made!
Implemented by the RIR
RIR co-ordination
(RIPE NCC, ARIN, APNIC)
Input to RIPE NCC
Discussion in RIPE community
Working Groups (RIPE Meetings, Mailing lists)
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How You Can Participate

• RIPE Working Groups
• LIR-WG ltlir-wg_at_ripe.netgt
• Open Mailing Lists
• http//www.ripe.net/ripe/about/maillists.html
• Public Meetings
• RIPE 45, Barcelona, ES, 12 - 16 May 2003
• RIPE 46, Amsterdam, NL, 1 - 5 September 2003
• RIPE NCC membership
• General Meeting Amsterdam, NL, 5 September 2003

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Questions