[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] [GM] 2024/2025 Budget and IPv4 problems

Hi, All.

I would like again to point in: budget growth in the face of rising
inflation will be inevitable!

We don't need now to solve the budget rise problem. We need now to solve
the problem of executing the main RIPE and NCC functions.
Initially, the community was created and we joined as its members to
organize an open and stable inter-network interaction. But in the end, we
got a structure that requires more and more funds for its maintenance, but
cannot in any way solve the systemic problem of lack of IPv4 and AS32
resources.

For some reason, any attempts to start a discussion about the need to
change the approach to the economic model or (and) the regulatory part are
faced with inaction, primarily by EB NNC. I'm not accusing anyone of
anything, but apparently those 7% of the 84% LIR holders historically (I
emphasize HISTORICALLY) have a strong influence on the EB NCC and the RIPE
agenda.

I have already written more than once that in my opinion, the way out of
the situation with growing costs and missing resources should be solved by
introducing a flat scale of payment for scarce resources.

The most optimal scenario in my opinion is the following:
1.
The annual payment must consist of 2 parts:
- The FIXED part
- The VARIABLE part is directly dependent on the number of allocated
SCARCE resources (now IPv4 and AS32)

The amount of payments in this way should not affect the number of his votes.

2.
In the first year, we have to plan payments and budget so that:
- The FIXED part was about 1/4-1/2 of the planned budget
- The VARIABLE part covered the rest of the planned budget with a surplus
of at least 20%.

3.
We must increase the payment for the PERMANENT part annually until at
least 15% of the resources become available for distribution.
At the same time, the community should allocate the funds received in
excess of the planned budget for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 or other
new protocols. This can be the preparation of educational programs, the
translation of articles into local languages, the completion and
popularization of improvements to the IP stack or of training programs,
the development of software to simplify migration and other initiatives.

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Dmitry Serbulov




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