I actually liked the Greedy Gert nickname. It's pretty accurate in my opinion. He has made himself master obfuscator and disinformer, all for saving some measly Euros

On Sat, 31 May 2025, 17:05 Kaj Niemi, <kajtzu@basen.net> wrote:
ARIN offers much less ancillary services than RIPE. Imagine what would happen if RIPE's budget would be reduced and no one would have to pay more.

Anyway, I don't like the name calling that you do. It is not very professional or considerate.




Kaj

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From: Jean Salim <jean@bsmart-isp.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2025 4:45:32 PM
To: Kaj Niemi <kajtzu@basen.net>
Cc: Gert Doering <gert@space.net>; members-discuss@ripe.net <members-discuss@ripe.net>
Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Re: Reminder that Charging Scheme Task Force comments are open until the end of the month
 
I think that small LIRs are better off moving to ARIN instead of arguing with the greedy Gerts of this world. You're leaving us no choice, pulling every trick in the book, just to avoid paying ONE additional Euro to RIPE's budget.

On Sat, 31 May 2025, 16:32 Jean Salim, <jean@bsmart-isp.net> wrote:
That's the ARIN fee structure, Gert, you'd end up paying 4000 EUR only while a small LIR with one /24 pays around 250 EUR
Is that too much? I honestly don't comprehend why you're fighting it this much.

On Sat, 31 May 2025, 16:28 Kaj Niemi, <kajtzu@basen.net> wrote:
I think you misunderstand me.

Saying “the other RIRs do this, we must too” doesn’t make it right, fair, better, or even worse. Nothing provided supports why they’ve made that decision. Yet you're convinced it is better. Ok. I politely once again observe it'll be better for you.

You claim that tiered is better than flat. But in flat everyone pays the same. How can paying the same for membership be unfair?

I'm not the biggest fan of the RIPE NCC budget nor what it spends the funds on, as evidenced by previous posts over the years, yet here I'm arguing for it. Nuts.



Kaj (who qualified for the extra small category in 2008 and every year since)

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From: Jean Salim <jean@bsmart-isp.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2025 4:06 PM
To: Kaj Niemi <kajtzu@basen.net>
Cc: Gert Doering <gert@space.net>; members-discuss@ripe.net <members-discuss@ripe.net>
Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Re: Reminder that Charging Scheme Task Force comments are open until the end of the month
 
Let me understand you well, we shouldn't have tiered charging because other LIRs are doing it and that would be copying?
A tiered model is not right because it's of the benefit of the large majority of LIRs, but because it's fair.
What has the cost per IP or economies of scale have anything to do with this discussion, this discussion is how to FAIRLY distribute the RIPE costs, and anyone that's 5 years or older knows that this current flat fee is very unfair for most LIRs, which are small.
I don't understand why large LIRs are so much against this. Nobody's asking you to pay millions, but come on, it's only fair that you pay a bit more than LIRs with one /24 allocation are you that greedy?

On Sat, 31 May 2025, 15:53 Kaj Niemi, <kajtzu@basen.net> wrote:
Assuming Gert (or his employer) really has 11872 addresses, as you claim, the LTV is significantly higher to the organization considering what they've paid over the years.

Besides your statement, that a tiered model is the right thing to do [for your benefit is implied here], there isn't anything supporting it. There is a term for copying another someone else's charging scheme or business model. It's called cargo culting. They might have made other assumptions than what you have.

Similarly, I can claim that it cannot be a cost issue because, given current pricing, at less than two cents per day per IP address the pricing structure is certainly sustainable by anyone and thus fair given what we know about the market. Yes, if you have more addresses your cost per address will be even lower. Economies of scale and all that. What you seemingly want to do is to drive your own cost down at the expense of others. Which is far from fair.



Kaj (who doesn't have 11872 addresses)

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From: Jean Salim <jean@bsmart-isp.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2025 3:17 PM
To: Gert Doering <gert@space.net>
Cc: members-discuss@ripe.net <members-discuss@ripe.net>
Subject: [members-discuss] Re: Reminder that Charging Scheme Task Force comments are open until the end of the month
 
And by the way, for those that say it has to be a flat fee because of taxes in the Netherlands or whatever. Currently there's a fee per ASN, so the LIRs pay 50 EUR ASN which isn't a flat fee.
A tiered model is possible and the right thing to do (again, everyone other than RIPE does it)
Only objectors are people like Gert that manage 11872 IPv4 and want to keep paying the same fees as someone that hold 256 IPs

On Sat, 31 May 2025, 13:45 Jean Salim, <jean@bsmart-isp.net> wrote:
That's not true, last time you were afraid of even putting a tiered model on the ballot while the vast majority of LIRs (which are very small LIRs) wanted to have an option to vote on a tiered model, but you didn't even have the guts to put it to vote.

On Sat, 31 May 2025, 13:41 Gert Doering, <gert@space.net> wrote:
Hi,

On Sat, May 31, 2025 at 01:36:27PM +0300, Jean Salim wrote:
> We missed you Gert, I was surprised you disappeared as you're always the
> one to mislead the conversation away from charging scheme.
> I would like yo hear your proposal on an alternative charging scheme that
> more fair to small LIRs.
> I myself, as pointed out before, prefer the ARIN model.

"1 LIR, 1 vote, 1 fee for the membership" seems to be the one where most
LIRs can actually *agree* on.

Every charging scheme will be unfair to some - we had categories, and that
was unfair to some, we had flat fees, and those are unfair to some, and
even if we introduce fee-by-/24, it will be unfair to some.

Even if we totally ignore IPv4, there will still be people that say
"someone with a larger yearly budget should pay more", and "non-profit
members should be free!", and maybe they are right.  But if we go there,
some people will have to pay more than they did the year before, and
they will find this unfair.

Conclusions left as homework to the reader.

Gert Doering
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