Out of 3026 votes, as abstains do not count, the majority would have required 1514 (3026/2 + 1) votes. Difference from majority required to option B votes given: 1514 - 1479 = 35 votes short.

As for the second part, 15% voter participation can be thought that the other 85% do not care, for whatever reason, at all about voting or... or is it really engaged with RIPE activities beyond paying for their membership fees? I'm pretty sure someone at NCC, if they wanted, could figure out the number of members who don't do anything else than pay.

As for how to understand resolution 1 and 2 where the former received 22% blank and latter received 16% blank of all votes... not sure. As protest votes only since they do not affect the outcome?

If people don't want to vote - that's fine, as you can't really force people to vote. Similarly, having "incentives" for voting is more or less a bad idea.




Kaj

From: D. Walde - Walde IT-Systemhaus <walde@wcs-online.de>
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2026 23:28
To: Stephen Carter (Fujitsu) <stephen.carter2@fujitsu.com>; members-discuss@ripe.net <members-discuss@ripe.net>
Subject: [members-discuss] Re: RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Proposals - result announced.

You can certainly believe that I was in favor of Option B—but we simply fell short by 80 votes.
Unfortunately, 400 of our registered voters didn't show up to cast their ballots.
That’s a shame, but we are on the right track.

However, next year we really ought to rethink the whole process and see if we can find a voting format that offers more options or incentives to participate.
We have 20,000 members, yet only 3,000 actually turned out.
That alone clearly shows where the problem begins.
Regards, Dirk.

P.S.: I won't bother calculating the exact participation percentage right now;
suffice it to say that while the overall voter turnout was technically high, for a club of our size,
it remains—quite frankly—a stain on our record.
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Stephen Carter (Fujitsu) via members-discuss schrieb:

It's appearing that the charging model is staying as is -

 

 

But the question must be asked, as it was mentioned in the meeting that 75% of members would be better off, so as an interim measure could the charging be a 50/50 split, it could even be over more year’s thirds ? quarters ?

 

So, a member pays half of the flat fee and half of the category fee – as I could see some members having a large increase in their fees if 75% are better off – and that ‘jump’ may not be budgeted for.

 

Stephen

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