Hi Sander, I'd highly recommend you review the budgets for the last few years. 2020 - Ripe had 165 Employees 2021 - Ripe had 170 Employees 2022 - Ripe had 186 Employees 2023 - Ripe has/is proposing 191 Employees That is an additional 26 employees for someone concerned about creating fewer LIR accounts. The overall workload is significantly smaller from 2020 to 2023 based on exhausted ipv4 resources. Sure, inflation and staff costs have gone up, but the staff size has also grown, and for what purpose? On 3/12/23 15:34, Sander Steffann wrote:
Hi,
On a side note, I also feel that the RIPE NCC’s budget is getting a bit out of control. RIPE NCC is primarily an Internet Registry, and I would like to see focus concentrating on Registration Services, and less on anything else. I understand that the RIPE NCC is in a useful position to do nice research projects, represent the internet community etc. But looking at the budget it looks like the rest of the organisation is growing much faster than the registry function. I therefore also object to the €450 price increase in model 1. I had a chat with Hans Petter the other day, and he informed me that a significant part of the budget increase is caused by increasing staff salaries. Considering the recent inflation and economic circumstances I fully approve that. So if the fee increase is used to improve working conditions for RIPE NCC Staff, which are an important part of our community, I am perfectly fine with that!
Cheers, Sander
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