<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; direction: rtl;" class="">با سلام،<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">نامه‌ی زیر در مورد رای گیری در دومین اجلاس عمومی امسال و یکی از موارد به رای‌گذاشته‌شده است. این تصمیم‌گیری در مورد بازگرداندن مازادِ بودجه به اعضا و یا واریز آن به صندوق ذخیره‌ی RIPE NCC می‌باشد (که شامل ۲۵ درصد مالیات خواهد شد).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">اگر سوال و یا توضیحی مورد نیاز است، آماده‌ی پاسخگویی هستم. برای رای دادن به این مورد و دیگر عنوان‌های رای‌گیری در اجلاس عمومی، علاوه بر حضور فیزیکی می‌توانید به صورت Online هم در رای‌گیری شرکت کنید.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">با تشکر،</div><div class="">کاوه. <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Axel Pawlik <<a href="mailto:agm@ripe.net" class="">agm@ripe.net</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[ncc-announce] [GM] Redistribution of RIPE NCC Surplus to Members</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">27 Oct 2015 12:04:05 CET<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:ncc-announce@ripe.net" class="">ncc-announce@ripe.net</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:agm@ripe.net" class="">agm@ripe.net</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class="">Dear colleagues,<br class=""><br class="">At the General Meeting (GM) on 18 November 2015, the RIPE NCC membership<br class="">will vote on whether or not to redistribute the expected financial<br class="">surplus for 2015 via a rebate to members.<br class=""><br class="">This follows the membership’s approval of an updated Standard Service<br class="">Agreement (SSA) in November 2014 that allows members to decide annually<br class="">on the allocation of the RIPE NCC surplus or deficit. The November 2015<br class="">GM is the first time the members will be asked to vote on this<br class="">redistribution, so I would like to outline how this process will work.<br class=""><br class="">A renewed tax ruling with the Dutch tax authorities meant that the RIPE<br class="">NCC would have to pay corporate income tax of about 25% on any surplus<br class="">it made annually from 2015 onwards. However, the authorities agreed that<br class="">the surplus could be reduced to zero by paying an amount equal to the<br class="">surplus to members as a rebate if they choose to do so. In 2015, the<br class="">RIPE NCC surplus is expected to be approximately EUR 4.2 million, The<br class="">exact figure will not be known until after the annual external audit has<br class="">taken place.<br class=""><br class="">If the General Meeting rejects the resolution to redistribute the<br class="">surplus to members, approximately EUR 1 million (assuming a EUR 4.2<br class="">million surplus) would be paid in corporate income tax and the rest of<br class="">the surplus would be added to the RIPE NCC Clearing House (reserves).<br class=""><br class="">If members approve the resolution to redistribute the surplus, the<br class="">following process would take place:<br class=""><br class="">- The final exact amount to be rebated will be determined at the end of<br class="">December 2015 to approximate the surplus as closely as possible<br class=""><br class="">- All those who are members by 31 December 2015 will be entitled to the<br class="">rebate according to the formula (set out below)<br class=""><br class="">- The amount to be rebated to each member will be based on the annual<br class="">fee paid for all LIR accounts they hold – this includes annual service<br class="">fees and Provider Independent (PI) resource assignment fees but does not<br class="">include sign-up fees<br class=""><br class="">- Members that joined the RIPE NCC after the first quarter of 2015 will<br class="">receive a pro rata rebate that corresponds to the service fee paid<br class=""><br class="">- The rebate will be included on the 2016 invoices – all members will<br class="">therefore receive an invoice that shows the service fee for 2016 (EUR<br class="">1,400), any PI assignment fees they might have and the rebate marked as<br class="">a discount on the invoice<br class=""><br class="">- Members that close before 31 December 2015 will not receive a rebate<br class=""><br class="">- Members that merge before 31 December 2015 will receive only one rebate<br class=""><br class="">- The formula that will be used to decide each member’s individual<br class="">rebate is:<br class=""><br class="">Annual fee paid by member / Total annual fee paid by all members X Total<br class="">rebate amount = Individual member rebate<br class=""><br class="">In an example where the surplus is EUR 4.2 million and where a member<br class="">holds one LIR account and has no PI assignments, the formula would apply<br class="">as follows:<br class="">1,600 / 20,500,000 X 4,200,000 = EUR 327.80<br class=""><br class="">According to the formula, each EUR 50 PI assignment paid as part of the<br class="">annual fee would result in a rebate of approximately EUR 10.24. For a<br class="">member with 100 PI assignments, the formula would apply as follows:<br class="">1,600 + 5,000 / 20,500,000 X 4,200,000 = EUR 1,352.20<br class=""><br class="">The membership will decide on the surplus redistribution at the upcoming<br class="">GM. I ask all members to register to vote - electronic voting is<br class="">provided so that all members can participate even if they will not<br class="">attend the GM in person. You can register to vote via the GM Preferences<br class="">section in the LIR Portal:<br class=""><a href="https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-nov-2015" class="">https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-nov-2015</a><br class=""><br class="">All information on the GM is available at:<br class="">https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2015<br class=""><br class="">Kind regards,<br class=""><br class="">Axel Pawlik<br class="">Managing Director<br class="">RIPE NCC<br class=""><br class="">RIPE NCC Standard Service Agreement:<br class="">https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-626<br class=""><br class="">RIPE NCC Clearing House Procedure:<br class="">https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-625<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>