[members-discuss] Ukrainian members payments

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

The email has been received by the board and will be fully considered following the ongoing assessment of the legal and tax impacts of the request.

We have already stated in an email to our Ukrainian members that we will not close any Ukrainian LIRs due to missing payments during the war.

Following your request, the board will have a discussion on fully waiving the fees, not only postponing them.

I will get back to you as soon as the board has discussed your request.

In the meantime let me extend my deep-felt wish that the war and the suffering caused by it will soon be over. 

Sincerely,

Hans Petter Holen
Managing Director
RIPE NCC


> On 4 Apr 2022, at 12:34, Serge Pershin <serge at ix.net.ua> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
> Please take an attention to the letter from Oleksandr Savchuk, 
> The Chairman of the Board of Ukrainian Internet Association
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Dear Mr. Christian Kaufmann!
> 
> Dear colleagues!
> 
> The Ukrainian Internet Association (UIA) is the largest Internet-association in Ukraine: It unites more than 230 members, 70% of which are telecom operators. For more than 20 years, the Association has been implementing projects aimed at developing the Ukrainian segment of the global Internet and protecting the interests of its members.
> 
> Let us express our sincere gratitude for RIPE NCC's efforts to maintain the stability of the Internet in our region and to coordinate and develop the interactions within the Internet community. We would like to note that the Ukrainian segment of the Internet does not stand apart from these activities.
> 
> Now Ukrainian Internet Association and all Ukrainian ISPs are appealing to the RIPE community for help. We have a war going on in our country, with the Russian army firing heavy missiles into cities. Infrastructure is constantly being destroyed, it has to be rebuilt under fire. Income payments dropped down in a order of magnitude. We are asking RIPE NCC members and the organization itself to consider zeroing payments to RIPE NCC in 2022 for Ukrainian members.
> 
> Looking forward to the future fruitful cooperation and successful working relationship! 
> 
> Respectfully,  
> 
> Oleksandr Savchuk   
> Chairman of the Board of Ukrainian Internet Association 
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> kind regards,
> Serge  Pershin                        mailto:serge at ix.net.ua<Ref. №34.pdf>_______________________________________________
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