[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] [GM] Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2025 Proposals

On 12/04/2024, 12:45:10, "Sebastian-Wilhelm Graf" 
<ripe-members at sebastian-graf.at> wrote:
> >... which last year were equally strong against the proposed per-resource/category charging model.
>
>Looking back at the disucssion and the calculator linked at https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/member-and-community-consultations/charging-scheme-2024-consultation/
>
>Its evident that the vote really was 3 options that where more all expensive than the existing fee, or keeping the fee the same.
>
>So i would say members last year voted for "no increase in expenses". This did not mean explicitly mean "no resource based model", as the only option for a resource based model was also more expensive.

Some voted for not _that_ model and for putting us at risk of
this* you don't get an increase either. Otherwise an inflation linked
rise would have been acceptable to more.


* with all the new LIRs that were soon to cease in the lower
category and thus pay less it seemed like a set up pandering to
them. Their numbers alone could have been enough to win it,
fortunately they did not vote.

In previous years there had been talk of them joining up to
force changes that suited them after previous shenanigans with
certain individuals.

The risk was that once they had cashed out the remaining LIRs
in the lower categories may have had a disporopritonaly higher
bill in later years should that model persist. It semeed
best to quash it before it took hold.

brandon