[members-discuss] Annual contribution payment options

Dear colleges,

I would like to discuss the possibility to pay up RIPE NCC bills (annual 
contribution, to be more specific)  in other currencies, than EURO.

I can assume, as per the latest actions of the currency regulator - 
Central Bank of Russia, there is a chance that outgoing payments in EURO 
will be either impossible, or will be performed with double conversion 
with high commission at each step for Russian LIR holders. This will 
double the expense, of Russian LIRs. Not to mention, that payments made 
by sponsoring LIR significantly exceed regular contribution for an 
obvious reason.

Therefore, I suggest the following measures to be discussed.

1. Break payments into quarters for Russian LIRs, and yet perhaps, we 
will overcome the limits set by central bank until Sept 9, 2021

2. Make it possible for the annual contribution to be made  USD, etc. by 
prevailing cross-rate.

3. Evaluate the possibility to accept cryptocurrency (ETH, BTC, and etc).

This post is totally about financial problems to be discussed, and 
therefore I kindly ask other members to avoid any political statements 
in this thread.



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Alexey S. Berezhnev
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