[address-policy-wg] 2015-01 New Policy Proposal (Alignment ofTransfer Requirements for IPv4 Allocations)

Hi,

On 18/03/15 18:03, Radu-Adrian FEURDEAN wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015, at 16:46, Nick Hilliard wrote:
>
>> the price of a /22 obtained by LIR churn will remain at startup fee + 1Y
>> membership, and that it doesn't make any difference to the overall cost
>> whether this is done in Q1 or Q4 because when you open a LIR, you are
>> liable for a full year's membership fees.  I.e. cost of doing this in
> Hi,
>
> When you open a LIR you are liable for the opening fee corresponding to
> the remaining period of the year ("the service fee, calculated pro rata
> at the time of requesting membership").
> Is someone opens a LIR in Q3, transfers the newly obtained space and
> send the closing letter also in Q3, the closing will be effective in Q4
> and the fee due only corresponds to half a year = 2800 EUR = 2.74
> EUR/IP.
> In Q4, it will roll-over to the next year (=4000 EUR = 3.9 EUR/IP).
>
looks someone has done it's homework.. hehe :)

I am sure the RIPE NCC can clarify the procedures. How much one pays if 
you open an LIR in Q3 vs Q4 vs Q1 and whether they can force an LIR to 
stay open or pay for the one year fee before or after the transfer of 
the /22.

The cost of opening an LIR in 2015 is, indeed €3600 (if the member will 
pay the full membership fee for that year), I was under the impression 
that the fee has been lowered to €1500 but I was wrong.

However, if someone registers in Sept-2015 and chooses to pay quarterly, 
once they have received the /22 and transferred it, what forces them to 
pay for 2016? They can just announce the RIPE NCC in Oct-2015 that they 
no longer want to be a member in 2016 and close the LIR before 
December.. And even if the RIPE NCC continues to issue invoices, they 
may just close the company or ignore the messages from the RIPE NCC and 
then NCC's costs to chase the non-payer may be bigger than the gain.

I do not think that the RIPE NCC can force a member to pay one year in 
advance for the membership services before transferring the /22.

I also do not think that the RIPE NCC can force anyone to keep an LIR 
open in 2016 or pay for the membership fee in 2016 if they announce the 
RIPE NCC that they want to close before December of 2015.

Regards,
Elvis
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