<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">I would love to see the RIPE serving porridge<div><br></div><div>Vincent<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 10. Apr 2024, at 15:21, Kaj Niemi <kajtzu@basen.net> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Realistically you cannot compensate for recurring charges with one-time charges. The former you know, the latter you do not have any idea whether they will occur or not. Thus, while xfers could be invoiced at cost plus principles (or whatever), budgetarily it is insanity to assume that such events would occur.</div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br></div><div class="elementToProof" style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I like the gym analogy. Although most have different categories for different kinds of members, whether you can go to group lessons or not, whether you train during busy hours our outside of them, etc. as well as the implicit assumption that most pay but do not use. Also, they sell t-shirts, towels, chocolate, energy drinks, porridge, etc.</div><div id="Signature" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span></div><div style=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Kaj</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></span></div></div></div><div id="appendonsend" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; width: 853.578125px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;"></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>members-discuss <<a href="mailto:members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net">members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net</a>> on behalf of Michel Lanners <<a href="mailto:michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu">michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu</a>><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, April 10, 2024 15:55<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net">members-discuss@ripe.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net">members-discuss@ripe.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[members-discuss] Charging Scheme 2025</font><div> </div></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; line-break: after-white-space;"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" align="left" style="border: 0px; display: table; width: 871px; table-layout: fixed; float: none;"><tbody style="display: block;"><tr><td valign="middle" width="1px" bgcolor="#A6A6A6" cellpadding="7px 2px 7px 2px" style="padding: 7px 2px; background-color: rgb(166, 166, 166);"></td><td valign="middle" width="100%" bgcolor="#EAEAEA" cellpadding="7px 5px 7px 15px" style="width: 837px; background-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); padding: 7px 5px 7px 15px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-align: left; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div>You don't often get email from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu">michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification">Learn why this is important</a></div></td><td valign="middle" align="left" width="75px" bgcolor="#EAEAEA" cellpadding="7px 5px 7px 5px" style="width: 75px; background-color: rgb(234, 234, 234); padding: 7px 5px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-align: left; overflow-wrap: break-word;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div>Dear all,<div><br></div><div>Why on earth is everybody trying to monetize IPv4, i.e. make RIPE fees dependant on IPv4 ressources?</div><div><br></div><div>I completely fail to see why anybody should pay more for HOLDING any number of IPv4 ressources (or other ressources, by the way).</div><div><br></div><div>It’s a different story for ressource transfers. So let those selling IPv4 pay a fee for the transfer! </div><div><br></div><div>And for the rest let’s stick to a real membership fee: one price irrespective of which services you use or not. The fitness center doesn’t charge you per minute, nor per device you use. It's a flat membership, full stop. Hopefully low enough so it doesn’t create a problem for anybody's bottom line.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers<br><div><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: tahoma, "new york", times, serif;"><div><strong>Michel LANNERS</strong></div><div>CIO at LU-CIX Management G.I.E.</div><div>--</div></span><div><a href="https://www.luxchat.lu/" originalsrc="https://www.luxchat.lu/" shash="QiFpDu0kn385BSDdXtWjSCRWEsZulNB+8w/+xIVuA+BiZaUa6Y1P5N9usfu+KQnR/AeAZpbk+oI/ie7lM8s/D2OfFmXi6/m1V9x8js8h4RoGQCpYnczRTaWEp/sfnz8XGLb45uisAsX85MNXKRdz0KBiy9fLsKruvQWY5Oy8VsY=" target="_blank"><img width="390" height="122" src="https://www.lu-cix.lu/LOGO/sign-20231207.png"></a></div><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: tahoma, "new york", times, serif;"><div>Mail:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu" rel="noopener nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">michel.lanners@lu-cix.lu</a></div><div>Luxchat: @3eb2pdflrq57:01.lu-cix.luxchat.lu</div><div>Phone: (+352) 28 99 29 92-81</div> <div><strong>LU-CIX Management G.I.E.</strong></div><div>202, Z.A.E. 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