This depends on currency exchange rate, which is variable and RIPE has no control over it. Other services (IXP, for example) also doesn't accept payment fixed in local currency from member origin country. Even in case of accepting payments in local currency, the membership/anual fees *must* be equal for each member regardless of member's regional currency (= respecting currency exchange rates). And it's much easier (and with less administrative overhead on RIPE side) to have membership fees in *single* currency, as exchange rate is - by design - variable. It was already mentioned - some members are trying to "micromanage" RIPE NCC. That's wrong idea in general. With regards, Daniel On 04/13/2018 09:45 AM, Aleksey Bulgakov wrote:
I completely agree. The Membership in Russia was 150k rubles in 2014 and 255k rubles is now. The annual fees were 60k rub in 2014 and 100k rub now.
пт, 13 Апр 2018 г., 10:21 Alexandr Gurbo <a.gurbo@severen.ru <mailto:a.gurbo@severen.ru>>: It is better to pay in our region in Russian rubles, in Europe in Euro, in England in pounds. All RIPE community should think about change not only about membership service fees, but and about currency per region.