[members-discuss] GM topic

On 24/04/2024 18:28, Max Tulyev wrote:

I have added my support as I suggest everyone else do.

Everyone should realize that the major issue here is whether the annual 
fees will increase somewhere between 16-23%.  Max has suggested a 0% 
increase.

Look at the 2023 financial report:
https://www.ripe.net/documents/3756/ripe-821.pdf

No need to read all 39 pages - just page 6.  Quote:

"In 2023, we focused on reducing costs to ensure we can cope with the 
reduction in income due to the decrease of LIR accounts over the past 
few years. As a result, total expenditure was 37.3M EUR, 2.7 kEUR (7%) 
below the budget of 40M EUR. This puts us in a good position to operate 
within the 2024 budget of 38.2M EUR and to cope with inflation."

A target budget of 37-38M Euro is easily doable and we should not agree 
to a 20% increase in fees in order to support a 20% increase in total 
budget.

Regards,
Hank

> I have created the request for GM Agenda proposal "Keep current billing 
> scheme for the next year".
> 
> Now it depends on your support. If there will be 400 supports, it should 
> be included to GM.
> 
> Here it is the link: 
> https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/member-proposals/1/
> 
> You just need to click on the "Support" button.
>