Hi Erik The problem with defining criteria is what they are going to be based on. Do we fall back to resource usage ? What other metrics are suited as criteria ? Maybe we should add "contributor" behind the categories and explain them as follows: Small contributor-> We're forced to use the services of RIPE NCC. We don't use them much and don't have means to support them. Regular contributor-> We're happy to use the services of RIPE NCC. We regularly use them and are OK to do our part to support them. Large contributor-> We support RIPE NCC as much as we can because they deliver invaluable services to us that we frequently use. And have the LIRs explain their choice in one or two sentences which will be published, at least to other LIRs. Regards, Michiel -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net [mailto:members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net] Namens Erik Bais Verzonden: maandag 9 juli 2012 16:53 Aan: Nigel Titley; members-discuss@ripe.net CC: exec-board@ripe.net Onderwerp: Re: [members-discuss] Proposal for New RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model Hi Nigel, E-board & TF, Thanks for the update. I'm real happy to see some kind of normalization in the fees and agree that most of the LIR's would probably normalize into the Regular category. Question that I have is what would be the criteria between changing from / to Small, Regular or Large. Is it only based on self-selection and peer review or could someone be somewhat pushed into the right bucket? What would happen for instance if everyone (apart from a few) would select Small for instance? I understand that it is noble to think that everyone would select their own correct bucket ... but what if they don't? Regards, Erik Bais ---- If you don't want to receive emails from the RIPE NCC members-discuss mailing list, please log in to your LIR Portal account and go to the general page: https://lirportal.ripe.net/general/view Click on "Edit my LIR details", under "Subscribed Mailing Lists". From here, you can add or remove addresses. ================================================================== ================================================================== Disclaimer Gemeente Alkmaar: Aan dit mailbericht kunnen geen rechten ontleend worden. No rights can be derived from the contents of this E-mail message. ==================================================================