Hi,
Were all members well-informed about the exact voting window?
I registered for Voting, And I wanted to vote. As I was on a business trip I tried to find out how long the voting period is in advance, but was not able to do because this was not on the RIPE information page about the General Meeting, nor it was stated in any registration emails. Unfortunately because I was very busy and did not had constant access on my mobile phone during the GM I have not seen the other emails that were only sent DURING the GM about the voting where a date was mentioned. So I was not able to cast my vote which would be option B. If the voting window would be known I could have arranged a specific time to vote. I personally think the time window to vote is too short. This should be at least one or two weeks. An announcement inside of GM is not required. The important thing shoult be that really every member get the chance to vote if they want to. The numbers already tell that the votes are not from a majority of the members. This is in fact the second time that I was not able to vote, but wanted to vote. I am a very small LIR and RIPE is one of the biggest costs in my company. The costs have increased now every year, If this continues I need to quit my membership because i cannot afford it anymore. Michael -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ivaylo <ivaylo@bglans.net> Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. Mai 2026 11:37 An: members-discuss@ripe.net Betreff: [members-discuss] Re: RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Proposals - result announced. Out of 3,421 members registered to vote, 3,049 cast their ballots. This means 10.87% failed to vote, which is a very high percentage and likely indicates a flaw in the voting procedure. Were all members well-informed about the exact voting window? Did all registered voters receive emails announcing when the voting pool opened (for the next XXX hours) and when it closed? If it were 1.087%, we could consider it normal, but 10.87% definitely points to serious mistakes. Why must active members register to vote at all, if voting is already included in their membership rights? Having less than 15% of eligible members actually vote is a definitive sign of a system failure. Personally, I would like to see a more detailed breakdown of the voting results by country. It would be interesting to know how many members from each country in the region registered, how many actually voted, and what their choices were in each category. Ivaylo Josifov VarnaIX / Varteh LTD +359 52 969393 Varna, Bulgaria On Sun, 24 May 2026, D. Walde - Walde IT-Systemhaus wrote:
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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