Dear Clement,
Thanks for adding your thoughts. On the questions you ask, I hope I can give some clarity.
The webpage here provides more detail on the amount of LIR accounts in each category and the amount they would pay based on the current situation. This spread would of course change as resource holdings change over time .
The two highest categories currently do not contain any LIR accounts - these are added in case any LIR account acquires resource registrations larger than a /6 of IPv4 PA or larger than a /11 of IPv6 PA. The highest fee (disregarding separate fees) for an existing LIR account in the category model is EUR 30,795.
On the redistribution of the surplus, the mechanism would work the exact same way as it currently does. The formula used to calculate the amount redistributed to each members would be:
Paid Annual Contribution in 2027 / Total Annual Fees 2027 Paid By All Members * Redistribution Amount 2027 = Amount Redistributed
So members who pay more or less will receive proportionately more or less of the redistribution. I should note that sign-up fees and/or re-activation fees are excluded from the calculation.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards,
Simon-Jan Haytink
Chief Financial Officer
RIPE NCC
Dear all, If we'd like to go on TL;DR: -> Independent resources pricing options are the same, so no need to look around there if we are looking only on the pricing. -> Pricing between A & B becomes higher on B when reaching 16x /24 and/or 16x /29 (which seems a bit low, ie cat6/21). I made the calculations (might be some minor errors): Cat1 = 0 /24 = base + 0€ Cat2 = 1 /24 = cat1 + 148€ Cat3 = 2 /24 = cat2 + 199€ Cat4 = 4 /24 = cat3 + 399€ Cat5 = 8 /24 = cat4 + 448€ Cat6 = 16 /24 = cat5 + 723€ Cat7 = 32 /24 = cat6 + 872€ Cat8 = 64 /24 = cat7 + 1046€ Cat9 = 128 /24 = cat8 + 1146€ Cat10 = 256 /24 = cat9 + 1495€ Cat11 = 512 /24 = cat10 + 1495€ Cat12 = 1024 /24 = cat11 + 2043€ Cat13 = 2048 /24 = cat12 + 2093€ Cat14 = 4096 /24 = cat13 + 2342€ Cat15 = 8192 /24 = cat14 + 2591€ Cat16 = 16384 /24 = cat15 + 2890€ Cat17 = 32768 /24 = cat16 + 3189€ (uk.bt/fr.sfr/fr.proxad/fr.bouygtel/uk.ntli/it.fastweb) Cat18 = 65536 /24 = cat17 + 3737€ (fr.telecom/de.telekom and the sum of all Telecom Italia members) Cat19 = 131072 /24 = cat18 + 4086€ any ? Cat20 = 262144 /24 = cat19 + 4086€ (uk.microsoft ) Cat21 = 524288 /24 and above = cat20 + 4983€ (no LIR ?) My remarks: 0- Are there any LIR for cat21 ? 1- there's a gap on each category, which makes the "additionnal /24" a tough threshold effect. and even if the gap increases between almost all categories, still, it tends to become more and more interesting "per additionnal /24" for higer categories. 2- I am still a bit disappointed that the highest fee is only ~40K for largest -existing?- LIRs. 3- But still, it's a better option than what was suggested earlier (10K IIRC). => I am happy that smaller LIR with only one /24 and one /29 would pay much less than before. Well... since we will not have any other voting options, we'll have to choose with our wallets. Just one additionnal question: How would you redistribute any excess of budget? Would it be calculated on the base of the fee paid on year N-1? Regards, Clément Cavadore On Tue, 2026-04-21 at 10:43 +0200, Fergal Cunningham wrote:Dear all, This morning our Executive Board Chair announced the charging scheme voting options for members to vote on at the upcoming General Meeting: https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/ncc-announce@ripe.net/thread/IZFVMQND3JWC4QHPKVYRZDNFXPRLMLNM/ All the information, and a calculator you can use to predict your potential fees for 2027, is available from: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm/may-2026-documents/ We are of course interested to hear what members think about the proposal. And, very importantly, registration for the GM and to vote on your preferred option can be done quickly and easily through the LIR Portal: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active Kind regards, Fergal Cunningham Head of Membership Engagement RIPE NCC To unsubscribe or manage your subscription, log in to the LIR Portal with your RIPE NCC Access account and go to the LIR Account page: https://my.ripe.net/#/account-details. Scroll down to Membership Mailing Lists to update your 'members- discuss' subscription. Having issues unsubscribing? More information about managing your subscription can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/s/members-discuss-subscription-options/To unsubscribe or manage your subscription, log in to the LIR Portal with your RIPE NCC Access account and go to the LIR Account page: https://my.ripe.net/#/account-details. Scroll down to Membership Mailing Lists to update your 'members-discuss' subscription. Having issues unsubscribing? More information about managing your subscription can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/s/members-discuss-subscription-options/