<div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>This is my first time I'm joining this mailing-list, so my apologies if this subject has been brought up before. But I'd like to notify that the notified sentence (see first email) is a recent change in the Billing and Fee Schedule 2016, that's why I've started this discussion. I think it's disproportional for RIPE to ask this sign-up fee for each additional LIR account, especially for a non profit organization.</div><div><br></div><div>I understand there's a history regarding (old) allocation policies, but I'm just interested in lowering or removing the sign-up fee for each additional LIR account. When I request an additional LIR account, I'll be paying for the additional annually service fee which should be sufficient.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for your contribution to this discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Abdelouahed Haitoute</div><div>Ping IP network</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2016-07-21 18:08 GMT+02:00 Ping IP <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pingip.network@gmail.com" target="_blank">pingip.network@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>Hello,</div><div><br></div><div>A recent change has been made in the Billing and Fee Schedule 2016 , regarding the following sentence: "Members are charged a one-time sign-up fee of EUR 2,000 (two thousand euro) for each new LIR account."</div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to discuss why an existing LIR member has to pay the sign-up fee again? As a new small LIR I'm paying a high price for a /22 IPv4. I think it's disproportionately to charge the sign-up fee again from an existing LIR member who is requesting an additional LIR account. </div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to suggest to remove the one-time sign-up fee of EUR 2,000 for each additional LIR account. Or at least lower the sign-up fee to an acceptable rate.</div><div>I'm not talking about the sign-up fee for a new LIR member, but about the sign-up fee for an additional LIR account.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for discussing this subject.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Abdelouahed Haitoute</div><div>Ping IP network</div>
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