[members-discuss] Input from Membership on RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model

On Thu Sep 15, 2016 at 01:02:39PM +0100, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote:
> out of interest, how would a CS that charges members according to
> the amount of resources affect a return of excess reserves, were
> that to happen again? Would the amount to be returned have to be
> calculated proportionally to the membership fee of the individual
> member or would the return be the same for everyone like the last
> time

I expect they'd try and find a fair or reasonable method

> - which amounts to a redistribution from larger to smaller
> members?

In no way is it ever that. When charges were not flat
small ones never paid more than large and large ones
have likely been members a long time so large have invested
more in RIPE than small. If it's even then it's likely
a redistribution from large to small, more so for the scammers
joining for free with a legacy /29 they rented for a month

brandon