[members-discuss] Surprise on renew fees

On 13/12/11 23:22, LIR wrote:
> Il 13/12/2011 23:46, Nigel Titley ha scritto:
>> On 13/12/11 22:26, LIR wrote:
>>> Il 13/12/2011 20:26, James Blessing ha scritto:
>>>> On 13/12/2011 19:23, LIR wrote:
>>>>> Il 13/12/2011 20:16, James Blessing ha scritto:
>>>>>> On 13/12/2011 17:15, LIR wrote:
>>>>>>> We have received the message with fees for year 2012, and we've been
>>>>>>> surprised, because we've been 'upgraded' from extra-small to small.
>>>>>> Did you see the previous conversation on list about the membership fee
>>>>>> and the fact that for 2012 we are reusing the 2011 calculation rather
>>>>>> than using a new model?
>>>>> I am new to RIPE and list, and I did not see any conversation of that kind.
>>>> Ah, then try starting here...
>>>> http://lists.ripe.net/pipermail/members-discuss/2011-October/thread.html
>>> Thanks, done, and that did not improve my understanding.
>>>
>>> Actual method penalises start-up companies and protect old operators,
>>> charging at very different rates.
>> The new charging scheme would probably have resulted in your payments
>> going down but unfortunately it wasn't accepted by the members.
> 
> Which is the reason? There was a public vote with a public result?

Yes. The charging scheme is always voted on by the membership, every
year. You have one vote like every other member. The results are minuted
and the minutes are publically available.

Nigel