Every so often I get to travel for work. This time I was allowed to go to one of the two RIPE meetings this year. RIPE is the organization that manages IP space called a Regional Internet Registry or RIR, which service region consist of 75 countries mainly in Europe and the Middle East. Since I, together with a colleague, handle the IP space for my employer SURF as the local internet registry (LIR) I got to attend this meeting in Prague.
This debate is the follow up on a couple of debates (Third Theme debate: Fireworks, understandable language in policy making and no more Russian Gas, Fifth Theme debate: New year’s eve 22-23 and public toilets and a passed motion Motion passed: the inevitable end of consumer fireworks in Zwolle, be it a bit late) In this debate the Mayor asked the city council to choose from a couple of scenarios to shape the policy surrounding consumer fireworks and the new tradition the city council would like to shape together with the people of Zwolle.
Below you can read our statement or watch the debate (in Dutch).
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After remote controlled smokeboms went off in our local football stadium during the IJsselderby almost all political parties represented in the city council of Zwolle came together to ask the Mayor questions about the ongoing incidents surrounding the stadium and the club. GroenLinks, CDA, CU, D66, PvdD, PvdA, VOLT, VVD and SP asked the following questions:
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