[members-discuss] Membership Fee Question

Doesn't matter what name you put on it (membership, service fee... are all
just names) , it  is set like thus for financial purposes with a hope to
get more money from some, and in this case I call it easy money,

Cheers,

Arash

On Tue, 25 Feb 2020, 08:14 Terrence Koeman, <terrence at darkness-reigns.com>
wrote:

> You're paying for an annual membership. Not a quarterly membership or a
> monthly membership.
>
> If you want to terminate it early that's your prerogative, but you get
> what you pay for even if you don't "use" it.
>
> Note that you're paying for a RIPE membership, not RIPE services. A RIPE
> membership for 2020 funds RIPE as a whole for 2020, if you terminate your
> membership early RIPE still exists the rest of the year, as do the other
> members.
>
> It looks completely fair to me. Additionally, I recommend that you
> actually read what you sign in the future.
> --
> Regards,
>    Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy
>      Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.
>
> Please quote relevant replies.
> Spelling errors courtesy of my 'smart'phone.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Arash Naderpour <arash.naderpour at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, 24 February 2020 21:43
> *To:* Ali Vargonen
> *Cc:* members-discuss at ripe.net
> *Subject:* Re: [members-discuss] Membership Fee Question
>
> It doesn't looks fair to me, but you need to see enough support from the
> memebers to change it, NCC also like easy money, same as many of others.
>
> Regards,
>
> Arash
>
> On Tue, 25 Feb 2020, 02:18 Ali Vargonen, <ali at vargonen.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to ask you about the membership fee costs of RIPE, today I
> > learned something new.
> > Maybe it was something common and I was not aware of it.
> >
> > As a member, you need to pay the full amount for the annual year 2020,
> if
> > you just use the services for 10 days and terminate your membership with
> > Ripe, so if you use services for 10 or 365 days you will be charged the
> > same amount.
> >
> > I asked if it is possible to make it at least Q based, but this is not
> an
> > option, 6 months based, not an option.
> >
> > You need to pay full year and it is not based on the number of days or
> (Q
> > based) you are a member of RIPE in the year.
> >
> > Interesting information for me, I do not think its fair, but everybody
> > could think differently. I would like to get your opinions about it.
> >
> > Is it fair to charge a member, who will not be a member in Q2 + Q3 + Q4
> > for the annual year?
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> >
> > A.V.
> >
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