[lir-wg] Re: 50% increase in RIPE fees ? Since when ?

Given that 32-bit IP addresses lease(rent) for $10 to $15 per month...
...and given that Real Estate brokers generally take one month's rent per year as a fee...
....the market value for a /8 would be approximately $168,000,000 per year...

How much does RIPE pay (wholesale) for a /8 ?
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv4-address-space
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Axel Pawlik" <axel.pawlik at ripe.net>
To: "Peter Galbavy" <peter.galbavy at knowtion.net>
Cc: "Local IR Working Group" <lir-wg at ripe.net>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 9:37 AM
Subject: [lir-wg] Re: 50% increase in RIPE fees ? Since when ?


> Dear Peter,
> 
> Activities of the RIPE NCC, including its operation and
> yearly fee structure, are approved by the membership as
> proposed in the annual RIPE NCC Activity Plan. The RIPE NCC
> Activity Plan is formed on input from the RIPE community
> and users of RIPE NCC services.
> 
> The RIPE NCC's Activity Plan for 2003 was published for
> comment to the community on 17 September this year. The
> plan was then presented by the Executive Board of the
> RIPE NCC for membership approval at the annual
> General Meeting (GM) of the RIPE NCC. This year's GM
> was held 29 October 2002. At the meeting, the membership
> voted unanimously to approve the fee structure, thereby
> increasing their fees.
> 
> The RIPE NCC, operating as a not-for-profit organisation,
> budgets on a cost-recovery basis. This implies that we
> make an expense proposal and a matching charging scheme.
> 
> Due to the economic situation, we saw substantially less
> influx of new members over the course of the last twelve
> months than forecast, also we have lost member due to
> closures and mergers. As a result of that, the RIPE NCC
> will have a sizeable deficit this year.
> 
> Membership decisions taken over the course of the years
> have made it possible that we can rely on our reserves to
> cover the cost of operations this year. To ensure that the
> prime goal of our membership is met, namely to run RIPE NCC
> operations stably, we have proposed the current figures
> for the year 2003.
> 
> The RIPE NCC appreciates membership feedback and encourages
> active participation by our members.
> 
> More information is available from the following RIPE Documents:
> 
> - "Highlights from the RIPE NCC General Meeting 2002" located at:
> 
> http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/about/gm/gm2002/highlights.html
> 
> - "RIPE NCC Activities, Expenditures, and Charging Scheme 2003" located at:
> 
> http://www/ripe/docs/ap2003.html
> 
> - "RIPE NCC Billing Procedure and Fee Schedule 2003" located at:
> 
> http://www/ripe/docs/billing2003.html
> 
> kind regards,
> 
> Axel Pawlik
>