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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Hank,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you for your questions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas;color:#333333">I would like to hear the opinion of every candidate in regards to the <o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;border:none;padding:0cm"><span style="font-family:Consolas;color:#333333">RIPE NCC budget.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:whitesmoke;border:none;padding:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Consolas;color:#333333">Is it too big or too small or just right?<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:FI">What would you change in the RIPE NCC budget?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I could write a much longer version of my answer(s) on this, but I will try to keep it short and as clear as possible:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It’s not the board that should give guidelines to the members what is in or what is not in the budget. It’s the members
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">opinions that the board should listen to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">After RIPE 86 we’ll have a few open house sessions on the budget where members can discuss and give their input, and of course there is the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">membership mailing list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">What I would change in the RIPE NCC budget is to strive to get a yet more as much detailed version of the budget and its content to be
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">visible for the members, so they can make easier decisions on what they want to promote, and what has less preference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I hope this answers your questions,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Raymond Jetten<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">RIPE NCC Executive board, Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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