On 04/14/2018 12:54 AM, Remigiusz Marcinkiewicz wrote:
For a multinational corporation or a national ISP, the signup and annual RIPE fees are peanuts with a side of pocket lint. It costs them more per year to top up Coca-Cola in the free soft drink vending machines at their offices than to keep their RIPE membership.
Yes, and in that regard it would be much more fair to differentiate annual fees by allocation size, like other RIRs do. I think it is kinda odd that when this was last discussed in 2016 the two parties that were most vocally opposed against any type of price differentiation whatsoever -now matter how little- were an entertainment and communications group with a multi-billion turnover. As well as a city council -with a 250 million GBP budget- that felt any price increase should not apply to them, as they were both a legacy holder and "non-profit"... The board subsequently concluded that since there was no consensus on another funding model, it would not put any proposal to change the current system up to vote. I strongly suggest this to be reconsidered. Do keep in mind that the number of new small LIRs is increasing by the day, and regardless how older LIRs may feel about what this club should be about, and how it should be run, do keep in mind that we all have voting rights, and the majority has the power to change things. If you prefer things not to escalate to the point where one day there could indeed be relocation and micro-management, start by taking some steam off the issues, and reconsider fees. Yours sincerely, Floris Bos