<div><div dir="auto">As a member I am conserned that RIPE NCC operates in an efficient way.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But even more important that my company operates efficiently:</div><div dir="auto">Looking at figures for the cost of processing an invoice for small business owners:</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div><a href="https://due.com/blog/the-true-cost-of-an-invoice-to-small-business-owners/">https://due.com/blog/the-true-cost-of-an-invoice-to-small-business-owners/</a></div><br></div><div dir="auto">states that processing a single paper invoice costs between $12 an $30,</div><div dir="auto">Bringinging it down to $3-4 for electronic invoices.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My guess is that it may be even more expesive with international payments.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In my bank it will cost me 3–7EUR to make an international payment </div><div dir="auto">(as opposed to 0,25 for a domestic)</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So If I split the 1400 EUR into 12 and pay it in installments of 117EUR a month,</div><div dir="auto">It adds at least 33EUR to the bill in bank charges maybe up to 275EUR</div><div dir="auto">Which is between 2.3 and 20% to the bill.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So in order to save money I would definitely go for the yearly billing </div><div dir="auto">in order to save some money on my end.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">From Gwens email it is clear that there will also be savings on the RIPE NCC end.</div><div dir="auto">Since the surpluss is sent back to the members we will benefit even more if RIPE NCC</div><div dir="auto">can operate more efficiently.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Hans Petter</div><div dir="auto">LIR no.visma</div><div dir="auto"><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> -- Hans Petter Holen Mobile +47 45 06 60 54 | <a href="mailto:hph@oslo.net">hph@oslo.net</a> | <a href="http://hph.oslo.net">http://hph.oslo.net</a> </div>