Thanks Randy,

I realise that this criticism is simplistic, but on the other hand we resent being forced to pay for features that were are not in a position to be able to use, by having them embedded in the unavoidable fees. Current charging mechanism represents 3% of our turnover.

Paul Newton

F4RN

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023, 03:52 Randy Bush, <randy@psg.com> wrote:

> It's beginning to look like rearranging deck chairs on the
> Titanic. Spot the odd one out (if I've gathered the data correctly)
> AFRINIC. $6m
> LACNIC. $10m
> APNIC. $22.5m
> ARIN. $24m
> RIPE NCC. €42 = $46m

now list the services provided to operators by each. you wanna get rid
of ris, atlas, many dns services, new engineer education, ...?

to compare you will have to fold caida's budget into arin's. oh, and
route views's too.

this discussion sometimes reminds me of the US house of representatives
debt ceiling discussion. let's cut everything that does not benefit my
state, or fossil fuels.

i am a ripe member because of the real services, open community, etc.
ya gets what ya pay for. tanstaafl.

randy