> > I think we have some more room to fill the gap before > leaving it to the process. I'd like NIR people to add > some more words to those who are against. Suggestion: the NIRs could modify the proposal so that it absorbs the 1% impact on APNIC's budget in the overall fees they contribute to APNIC. (In otherwords, it has zero net effect on APNIC's budget.) I'd be supportive of it then. philip --