>That was about the strangest bit of voting I ever saw Various SIG / WG
chairs just happening to be there at that time, Richard not around either ..

It is pretty obvious to anyone that these procedures and working groups
are not legitimate community participation, they are shams so a small
group of people can do what they want and they point to these groups as
justification for what they are doing .... still waiting for RIPE to
release the legal opinions they say they have related to whois access.