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

> By signing the contract that said "I want to be a local registry" you
> became a member...

Of RIPE for only the NCC function...

> > I am a paying for the functions of the
> > RIPE-NCC. I don't want any other services, research, funded testing or
> > anything. What I (and many others) want is a registration service that
is
> > policy neutral because it is 'fair'. Anything else is just profiteering.
>
> So vote against those projects.
>
> I argue and vote *for* many of those things, because they bring value
> to the community at large.

I will. I will read up on proxy voting but my suspicion is that not proxy,
but postal voting will be the ultimate solution. Without knowing the detail
of the proposals in advance (many proposals are formulated at a RIPE
meeting) it is difficult to accurately instruct a proxy in a timely fashion.

Peter