[members-discuss] GM topic

On 25/04/2024 13:38, Daniel Pearson wrote:

  Congrats!  The needed 400 endorsements has been achieved to have it 
added to the agenda.

-Hank

> I agree 100% with this!
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/25/24 2:18 AM, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
>> On 24/04/2024 18:28, Max Tulyev wrote:
>>
>> I have added my support as I suggest everyone else do.
>>
>> Everyone should realize that the major issue here is whether the 
>> annual fees will increase somewhere between 16-23%.  Max has suggested 
>> a 0% increase.
>>
>> Look at the 2023 financial report:
>> https://www.ripe.net/documents/3756/ripe-821.pdf
>>
>> No need to read all 39 pages - just page 6.  Quote:
>>
>> "In 2023, we focused on reducing costs to ensure we can cope with the 
>> reduction in income due to the decrease of LIR accounts over the past 
>> few years. As a result, total expenditure was 37.3M EUR, 2.7 kEUR (7%) 
>> below the budget of 40M EUR. This puts us in a good position to 
>> operate within the 2024 budget of 38.2M EUR and to cope with inflation."
>>
>> A target budget of 37-38M Euro is easily doable and we should not 
>> agree to a 20% increase in fees in order to support a 20% increase in 
>> total budget.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Hank
>>
>>> I have created the request for GM Agenda proposal "Keep current 
>>> billing scheme for the next year".
>>>
>>> Now it depends on your support. If there will be 400 supports, it 
>>> should be included to GM.
>>>
>>> Here it is the link: 
>>> https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/member-proposals/1/
>>>
>>> You just need to click on the "Support" button.
>>>
>>
>>
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