[members-discuss] Response from Board on Charging Scheme Comments
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Arash Naderpour
arash_mpc at parsun.com
Mon Apr 22 15:57:00 CEST 2024
Dear Ondřej Filip, Thank you for your update, I appreciate the continued transparency and the opportunity to engage in this important discussion. I understand the reasoning behind not proposing another category-based model at this time. However, there's room for further exploration of this concept, considering the potential benefits for a majority of members. While the previous proposal wasn't accepted, could elements of it be used as a foundation for a revised model that addresses member concerns? Perhaps a smaller number of categories or adjustments to fee levels could lead to broader support. Are there other options beyond category-based fees and the current system to explore? Could a tiered membership structure or usage-based fees be explored to create a fairer system for all members? Best Regards, Arash Naderpour On Mon, 22 Apr 2024 at 23:26, Ondřej Filip <exec-board-announce at ripe.net> wrote: > Dear members, > > We are continuing to follow the discussions closely. For some of the > points raised, I want to share our reasoning for not proposing a > category model this year. > > Last year, after extensive community consultation, we proposed a model > with 10 categories based on resource holdership. > > If this proposal had been accepted, 67.69% of members would have paid > less - EUR 1,350 or less. Only 34.9% voted for this model. Based on this > feedback from the members, and given there are so many different > opinions and proposals on how to charge in different ways, we did not > want to propose another category-based model at this time. But we do not > rule it out for the future. We have proposed a BoF at RIPE 88 to discuss > how to build a stable future for the RIPE NCC, including a sustainable > charging model. > > We also do not want to cut services that support the RIPE NCC’s current > five-year strategy. We have committed to this strategy until 2026, and > we think it is important that we see it out. We have already cut costs > by EUR 2.7 million in 2023 compared to the budget and EUR 1.8 million in > our 2024 budget compared to the 2023 budget. We are committed to > ensuring that the RIPE NCC remains focused on reducing costs wherever > possible. However, we do need to cater to the increased costs that the > RIPE NCC faces due to inflation. > > In addition to the increasing costs, we still have significant > uncertainty on our income from Ultra-High-Risk-Countries. For the 2024 > income, we expect an amount of 1.1 million EUR to be uncollectible due > to restrictions from our banks. Looking at 2023, this part amounts to > 1.2 million. This underlines the complexity of our service region and > the reality we have to deal with. > > We would also like to repeat that the proposed models guarantee adequate > funding for 2025 and 2026. Under this proposal, we expect there would be > no need for a fee increase for 2026. > > We do want to work with the membership after this GM to discuss how best > to reach consensus on a model that members feel is fair and sustainable > for the future. We do however believe this is part of a broader > discussion in building a stable future for the RIPE NCC and would like > to encourage you to read the RIPE Labs Article by Executive Board Member > Remco van Mook and engage in the upcoming discussion: > > > https://labs.ripe.net/author/remco-van-mook/building-a-stable-future-for-the-ripe-ncc/ > > Kind regards, > > Ondřej Filip > Chair, RIPE NCC Executive Board > > _______________________________________________ > members-discuss mailing list > members-discuss at ripe.net > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/options/members-discuss/arash_mpc%40parsun.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/attachments/20240422/f750ead4/attachment.html>
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