[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] [GM] Consultation on RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2024

On 07/03/2023 13:02, Kaj Niemi wrote:

> An obvious option would be to reduce budgeted RIPE NCC expenditure to the level of forecasted revenue. This is what most normal companies, without assured funding, must do.
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> Another option would be to charge LIRs for the services they use. With this I do not mean IP addresses and ASNs that were mentioned in your model but for everything. Someone who is using only basic LIR services (IP/ASN assignments, reverse name services) would not have to pay for "value-added services" (VAS).
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> With VAS I mean RIPE NCC's varied extracurricular activities such as outreach, education programs and software development that have expanded considerably over the years and have undoubtedly been of some value to some of its members. Still, many of the same roles/functions are also conducted by membership organizations, NOGs, and independent software developers. Imposition of the costs of such programs on members, who either don't benefit from or do not use them, equates the charging model functioning mostly as an ATM to finance the ambitions and initiatives of the RIPE NCC leadership and a small group of active advocates.
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> Some of us would be happy with a Big Mac meal rather than the expensive all you can eat seafood buffet 😉

Extremely well said.  RIPE's budget cannot increase every year and 
simply increase membership fees.

100% agreement with every word Kaj has stated.

-Hank