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.
>
> Simon
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