[ncc-announce] [news] Invoice 2024 and Payment Extensions

Dear RIPE NCC members,

The RIPE NCC invoice for 2024 will be issued in the coming days. 
Invoices will be available in the LIR Portal and sent to all billing 
contacts (please ensure that your billing contact details are up to 
date). We ask all members to please follow the process as laid out in 
the RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2024:
https://www.ripe.net/membership/member-support/payment/ripe-ncc-billing-procedure-2024/

Payment Extensions

We have granted payment extensions to members in Ukraine for the past 
two years due to war taking place there and the difficulties some 
Ukrainian members have had in paying their invoices. For the 2024 
invoicing period, we will apply the normal invoicing approach to all of 
our members including those in Ukraine.

The majority of members in Ukraine have paid their invoices, so we 
expect that this will affect fewer than 100 members. We will email our 
Ukrainian members separately to explain this change.

We are conscious that some members will still need payment extensions 
and we will provide these on a per-request basis to members in countries 
in our service region that are experiencing war in their country.

This approach will help to ensure that members are not accumulating 
debts that might be difficult for them to pay in subsequent years. And 
it will allow the RIPE NCC to have a more sustainable income stream 
while accommodating those members who need an extension.

To request an extension we ask that members fill out the form at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/payment-extension-form/

Please note that because our billing reminders are automated, we will 
continue to send billing reminders even when an extension has been 
granted. If a payment extension has been granted, you should ignore 
these reminders.

Kind regards,

Simon Jan Haytink
Chief Financial Officer
RIPE NCC