I totally agree. The group's work turned into a farce. I believe that putting this one-sided proposal to the vote offends the community. This is a banal substitution of choice. All suggestions during the development of the proposal were simply ignored. I will speak publicly about this at a mitting, and even if they don't let me tell about it, everyone who disagrees should announce that this is an outrage! This is can a complete discredit of the NCC leaderships. Dmitry Serbulov.
Should this be the endgame, it mirrors how socialist democracy works and welfare benefits through majority rule enabling redistribution where the larger group votes for policies benefiting them at the expense of the minority.
Queue discussion on how this is fairer than everyone paying the same.
🙂
Kaj
________________________________ From: Simon Lockhart <simon@slimey.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 13:36 To: Andreas Grabm?ller | QuarIT GmbH <a.grabmueller@quarit.de> Cc: members-discuss@ripe.net <members-discuss@ripe.net> Subject: [members-discuss] Re: RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Proposals Announced
On Wed Apr 22, 2026 at 11:41:07AM +0200, Andreas Grabm?ller | QuarIT GmbH wrote:
There have been calculators during the discussions, in Excel form. Personally, I dislike the calculators. They reinforce the mindset of "I'll vote for what allows me to pay the least".
This is a strong point to flag here - with the category pricing as proposed, the majority of members will pay less, therefore if they're not sleeping through this process then they'll all vote for it. The <50% of members who would end up paying more cannot in themselves stop it happening.
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