[members-discuss] [comms-circle] Re: [ncc-announce] [GM] Executive Board Meeting to Discuss Charging Scheme Input from Members

On 14. 5. 24 14:33, Daniel Pearson wrote:
> Why? What is so difficult that could not be achieved over the last 2
> years to reduce the budget to maintain the existing charging scheme. As
> a private company if you don't have the money (sales) to cover expenses
> you cut your budget. Sure you can raise prices on your consumers, and
> some companies do so, but smart companies know that it's a balancing
> act, and I've seen no visible signs of RIPE taking budget cuts
> seriously,

I've certainly seen signs of RIPE NCC taking the budget cuts... Maybe
we'll see more budget savings at the RIPE88 meeting in Krakow, and I bet
that people would complain if RIPE NCC would start saving on the RIPE
meeting food, drinks and logistics ;) #bringyourownsandwichandwater

On the other hand, the increased budget is - again - not an increased
budget, but just a sync with the inflation (now they need to sync two
years of the inflation due to previous GM resolution...).

And as I already pointed out (and Simon also), if you want to decrease
the budget - you need to shave off the activity plan. How you do that?
Well -> GM :)

Cheers, Jan