[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] [GM] 2024/2025 Activity plan and budget

Am 14.05.24 um 16:57 schrieb Fergal Cunningham:
> We do see the Activity Plan and Budget receives much less feedback than the Charging Scheme, which causes problems when we are asked to cut the budget but have not received much feedback on where those cuts should come from. We will make a bigger effort to get feedback on the plan this year and we will be hoping to see a good discussion around it in the Autumn.

Frankly, I'd go with "cut the Budget by 15% for the next cycle, by 30% the one after, based on the 2024 Budget". It's obviously money that matters, so follow the "lawnmower principle" and apply the cuts across the board. It might be more difficult here and there (long-term contracts?), so maybe some budgets must suffer more ("IT Services"? "Community Building"? Why does the LIR portal alone costs 6.1% of each member's fee? Will the Internet stop working if RIPE NCC stops providing K-root? Stop the travelling, all but one RIPE Meeting per year be virtual-only, the one im presence to take place somewhere in the Netherlands where it's cheapest for the NCC to run such an event). With 20k members, a relative cut across all positions is the most logical approach to me ...

I'm still not amused this discussion taking place only now; shrinking membership == rising costs per member was being voiced for some years, even by the EB, yet the Budget wasn't reduced accordingly, neither was the membership offered options on where to cut the expenses (even if that meant services not being offered anymore).

Am 16.05.24 um 07:53 schrieb Hank Nussbacher:
> Rather than discuss the charging scheme, we need to discuss the activity plan and budget.  The 2024 activity plan and budget are already set but we need to already discuss the activity plan and budget for 2025.

Yes, but this time, it should be _voted_ on (which means more work since _alternatives_ need to be presented; yes/no won't solve any issues). And the EB should receive a clear message from the members whether to reduce the money spend and if so, by which amount in what timeframe. Lessons learned from the upcoming GM ...

Regards,
-kai

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