[members-discuss] Charging scheme 2025 proposal (logarithmic)

Hi!

Thanks for writing up those stats.

> Let's do some napkin math and comps with the other RIRs. [...]
> 
> RIPE, revenue 38M EUR (40M USD), members 20k = 2 k/member
> ARIN, revenue 25M USD, members 25k = 1 k/member
> APNIC, revenue 33M AUD (21M USD), members 10k = 2 k/member
> LACNIC, revenue 10M USD, members 12k = 0.8 k/member
> AFRINIC, revenue 6M USD, members 2k = 3 k/member
[...]

> Now, in my opinion, there are a few surprises.
> ARIN, located in a very expensive country, is quite efficient per member.

I think one has to analyse if ARIN and RIPE do the same
when it comes to reach-out, research etc. I'm not sure
that ARIN is as active as RIPE is. Also: The language barrier
in the service area is much more difficult to traverse
than in the ARIN service area. And the RIPE has to cope with a
very difficult legal and political landscape compared to ARIN.

> On the other hand, AFRINIC seems to be rather inefficient.

I would not hold that against AFRINIC, given their legal and political
landscape.

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