Understanding RIPE and the Social Contract in the Age of Enlightenment

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The RIPE Social Contract delves into the theory of social contracts originating from the Age of Enlightenment. It explores the legitimacy of the state's authority over individuals and discusses the expectations and roles of RIPE, NCC, and RIRs within the internet ecosystem. RIPE's objective is to coordinate technical aspects for a pan-European IP network, providing a forum for collaboration and expertise in IP networking. The NCC serves as the secretariat of the RIPE community, fostering cohesion within the group.

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The RIR Social Contract RIPE 87 / Roma 23.11.27 Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>

Social Contract a theory or model that originated during the Age of Enlightenment and usually, although not always, concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 1

Social Contract What is our Social Contract with RIPE, the NCC, and the RIRs? What do we expect from them and them from us? And, BTW, who are we ? 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 2

RIPE Is Not Just IP Address Allocation It is about Operating the [European] Internet Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract 3

RIPE-001 Rob Blokzijl, Mats Brunel, Francois Fluckiger, Daniel Karrenberg, Olivier Martin, & Enzo Valente The objective of RIPE is to ensure the necessary administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation and expansion of a pan- European IP network. 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 4

RIPE-001 RIPE acts as a forum for the exchange of technical information and the creation of expertise on IP networking. RIPE promotes and coordinates interconnection of IP networks within Europe and to other continents. RIPE establishes agreement on common network management practices and the operational management of the interconnected networks. RIPE serves as a focal point for other common activities of the participants related to IP networking. 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 5

The NCC is the Secretariat of the RIPE Community The NCC is part of the Community 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 6

What this talk is NOT about 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 7

Bureaucracy The current ICP-2 document, ICANN Criteria for Establishment of New Regional Internet Registries, speaks about the creation of an RIR. What's missing is Expectations of an RIR and Closure of an RIR. the above words are from a friend 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 8

The bureaucratic contract should derive from and be based on the social contract 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 9

What this talk IS about 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 10

The Social Contract What do We expect from the RIR system as a social contract ? But first, who is We? The Internet Operational Community The Users! Civil Society Governments Our great grandchildren 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 11

The Internet has become critical infrastructure. Government and civil society will play more and more of a role. Get over it. Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract 12

See John Currans NANOG 89 Keynote The Expanding Landscape of Internet Governance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1Ip39Qv-Zk Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract 13

Attributes to Discuss Open and Fair Transparent Civil Diverse Representative Competent Ops Socially Responsible Capture Resistant Cooperative Reviewed Non Profit Prudent 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 14

Open and Fair In membership, decision making, discussion RIPE is pretty good here. Only 40% of North American resources holders are voting members of ARIN (up from 17%), representing 67% of the address space Until very recently, APNIC was actually owned by one man. yes, of course a man 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 15

Transparent Finances completely open and published All policies, internal and external openly discussed and published All decision making (board, exec, committees) open to all and openly published 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 16

Civility In discourse, treatment of community members, of each other E.g. there should be an enforced code of conduct and other modern guides 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 17

Diversity The usual gender, race, religion, age, etc. But also encourage and seriously consider diversity of goals and opinion Disagree and Discuss Constructively 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 18

Representative Of as wide a range of Stakeholders as possible operators education government users civil society geography 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 19

Operational Competence Record keeping, usable APIs/GUIs, ... Inter-RIR interoperability Maybe I should not need to take a course to use the RIRs services 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 20

Governance representative of community, all boards and committees 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 21

Socially Responsible Ethics Justice Decolonialisation Sustainability 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 22

It is extremely critical to deal with the Venn diagram of community stakeholders as a creative cooperation of stewards as opposed to competitive constituencies a la the ICANN snake pit. 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 23

Capture Resistance Failures in AfriNIC, APNIC, and ARIN past and present 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 24

Real External Review by community, and not just a community survey Maybe a committee or a standing task force 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 25

Non-profit and financially transparent 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 26

Prudent and not fancy There is no need for glossies and marketing in a monopoly Save Members Money 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 27

Coffee!!! Do We Need a Coffee Task Force? 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 28

Your Ideas and Dreams Go Here 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 29

But Not Reinventing the Wheel Not invented here Empire building Gatekeeping Etc. 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 30

Who Do You Call? Ourselves, the Community The RIRs, e.g. the NCC ASO, which is likely to be drafting the new ICP-2 Civil Society Aside: There is an ASO Nomination/Election 2023.11.27 RIPE Social Contract Creative Commons: Attribution & Share Alike 31