On 02/04/15 17:17, Nick Hilliard wrote:
On 02/04/2015 15:09, Nigel Titley wrote:
There will therefore be two resolutions on charging at the GM:
- Members will be asked to vote to approve or reject the Charging Scheme 2016 that was published on 24 March: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/may-2015/supporting-documents
- Members will also be asked to vote to approve or reject a resolution that would instantiate a EUR 50 charge per ASN Nigel, thanks for bringing this in as a voting item on the agenda. I believe this to be the best way to resolve the issue in the long term.
There are ~27000 asns assigned by the RIPE NCC. Assuming a €50 annual charge, this will raise additional revenue of approx. €1.3m or around €120 per LIR. Yes, this has not escaped the notice of the board.
If the NCC membership votes in favour of a charge for ASNs, could you clarify whether this additional revenue will be:
1. used to drop the 2016 LIR charge from €1400 to around the €1300 mark,
2. retained as a surplus by the RIPE NCC,
3. returned to the membership by way of a future credit, as outlined in the last GM, or
4. something else. As outlined at the last GM, the members will vote on whether to return a surplus to themselves (and not pay corporation tax) or to move it to the clearing house, paying tax on it.
Nigel