[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] [GM] Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2016

On Tue, 24 Mar 2015, Sander Steffann wrote:

> Hi Nigel,
>
>> There has been discussion on charging for AS Numbers. The board believes
>> that this discussion was not conclusive and there was not sufficient
>> consensus to change the model that was approved by the membership in 2012.
>> The board also believes that it should not influence addressing policy
>> through the charging scheme, although the model can be adjusted in the
>> future to take into account policies that have been agreed by the RIPE
>> community.
>
> I strongly disagree with the board here. There is already a policy that 
> has consensus from the RIPE community that asks for this. Saying that 
> the board will take into account future policies from the RIPE community 
> but not one that already exists is just wrong.
>
> The RIPE NCC should implement *all* RIPE policies, not only those it 
> chooses to implement. That way the board is actually influencing address 
> policy through the charging scheme by adopting a charging scheme that is 
> in conflict with RIPE address policy.
>
> The RIPE NCC and its members have deviated from RIPE policy in 2012, and 
> this should be rectified as soon as possible.
>
> Cheers,
> Sander

Yes, I was a bit surprised to read this. I remeber the discussion to be 
more about wether you should get a limited number for free or not, but 
also of course that it is not up to Adress Policy WG to adjust the charing 
scheme.

Best Regards,

Daniel Stolpe

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