[members-discuss] Surprise on renew fees

On 12/13/2011 11:32 PM, Michał Margula wrote:
> W dniu 13.12.2011 20:23, LIR pisze:
>> I am new to RIPE and list, and I did not see any conversation of that kind.
>>
>> Anyway, I find this way of calculating is not fair at all, despite of used.
>>
>> This model does not compute real usage of resources, but penalizes new
>> entries and gives resources for free to old members.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tonino
>>
>
> I can't agree. W got our first resources about 5 years ago. First year
> we were "EXTRA SMALL", and then every year we are categorized "SMALL",
> altough we requested some more resources.
>
> And does 500 euro per year really makes any difference? Really?? Let's
> count IPv4 - you got /21 which is 1024 addresess which makes 50 cents
> (per year! about 4 cents a month!!) difference.
>
> And about fairness of that calculation - the later you get resources the
> more are they valuable, and they really are!
>

This is absolutely correct in case of one-time payment. But membership 
fee is regular and you are right - resources are valuable. And this 
should be applied to all members, not to newcomers only.