[members-discuss] [Ticket#2012072401002498] Top 20 LIRs use 33% Allocated PA, 88% of LIRs use 10% Allocated PA.

On 10/08/2012 17:34, Jon Morby wrote:
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> On 2 Aug 2012, at 16:36, Rob Golding <rob.golding at othellotech.net 
> <mailto:rob.golding at othellotech.net>> wrote:
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>> My objection isn't even on the current method if "sizing", but on the 7%
>> budget increase, when ....
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>> 541,000 on RPKI for a "routing database" because (apparantly) people dont
>> trust the existing database (which costs 844,000) - and hasnt the project
>> been canned anyway ?
No it hasn't been canned. It was approved by the membership (by a fairly 
narrow margin) at the last GM.
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>> 427,000 on "outreach" - it's a RIR - what advertising does it need to 
>> do ?
It's not advertising. RIPE NCC doesn't advertise. But it does do a lot 
of work (as do the other RIRs) on explaining to Govts and other bodies 
that the internet works quite well as it does and that the whole thing 
shouldn't be handed over to the ITU (which is a serious threat, although 
less serious than it was, largely due to the work that RIPE et al have 
been doing). This is what is meant by "outreach".
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>> 989,000 on measurement - presumably the usb "dongles" project - why 
>> exactly
>> are we wasting members money on this ?
Because the members seem to want it. If the members come out in large 
numbers and tell them not to do it then it will stop.
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>> Simply junking those items and you've saved nearly 15% for a start
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> agreed 100%

However, note that although the budget has increased by 7%, the spending 
per member (adjusted by the rate of inflation) has actually decreased, 
as the number of members has risen.

Nigel

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