[members-discuss] Proposal for New RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, there has been much discussion about the RIPE NCC 
Charging Scheme. The RIPE NCC Executive Board welcomes this feedback and 
has followed the discussion on the members-discuss mailing list and at 
RIPE NCC General Meetings. A Charging Scheme Task Force was established 
with representatives from different membership categories, as well as 
members of the RIPE NCC Executive Board and RIPE NCC staff, in order to 
provide recommendations for updating the Charging Scheme model.

In response to the feedback from members and the Charging Scheme Task 
Force, the RIPE NCC Executive Board has developed a proposal for a new 
Charging Scheme model. In very broad terms, this model creates a 
simplified fee structure where the majority of members pay the same fee. 
The income derived from these membership fees covers the majority of the 
RIPE NCC’s operational costs.

The proposal is available at:
www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/september-2012/

We have produced this proposal in answer to members’ discussion of the 
current Charging Scheme model and by following, as closely as possible, 
the recommendations of the Charging Scheme Task Force. The purpose of 
publishing this proposal now is to encourage RIPE NCC members to look at 
the proposed new model and to give their feedback.

The Executive Board will be meeting again in early August 2012 to 
finalise the proposal that will be presented for a formal vote at the 
RIPE NCC General Meeting 2012. We urge you to send us any comments or 
concerns you have about the proposed model by the end of July. Please 
send your feedback on this proposal to the members-discuss mailing list 
(members-discuss at ripe.net).

As ever, if you have any questions or concerns, you can also contact the 
RIPE NCC Executive Board directly at: exec-board at ripe.net

Regards,

Nigel Titley
RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman