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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Together pal <info@together-pal.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> 26 February 2020 20:16<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Simkins <mike.simkins@sungardas.com>; members-discuss@ripe.net<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bora Ismen <bora.ismen@nimbevo.com>; Dominic Schallert <ds@schallert.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [members-discuss] Membership Fee Question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 2:11 PM Mike Simkins <<a href="mailto:mike.simkins@sungardas.com">mike.simkins@sungardas.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Together pal <<a href="mailto:info@together-pal.com" target="_blank">info@together-pal.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> 26 February 2020 20:00<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Simkins <<a href="mailto:mike.simkins@sungardas.com" target="_blank">mike.simkins@sungardas.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bora Ismen <<a href="mailto:bora.ismen@nimbevo.com" target="_blank">bora.ismen@nimbevo.com</a>>; Dominic Schallert <<a href="mailto:ds@schallert.com" target="_blank">ds@schallert.com</a>>;
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [members-discuss] Membership Fee Question</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">They are not available for me, could you double check your account, I also contacted RIPE two days ago but still waiting for them to answer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> members-discuss <</span><a href="mailto:members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net</span></a><span lang="EN-US">>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bora Ismen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 26 February 2020 19:07<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Together pal' <</span><a href="mailto:info@together-pal.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">info@together-pal.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US">>; 'Dominic Schallert' <</span><a href="mailto:ds@schallert.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">ds@schallert.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US">><br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">members-discuss@ripe.net</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [members-discuss] Membership Fee Question</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Not yet, there is 2 more business days in February, and we have not received any invoices yet.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Together pal<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 26, 2020 6:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dominic Schallert <</span><a href="mailto:ds@schallert.com" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">ds@schallert.com</span></a><span lang="EN-US">><br>
<b>Cc:</b> </span><a href="mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">members-discuss@ripe.net</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [members-discuss] Membership Fee Question</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Did anyone got the invoice for 2020 fees??<o:p></o:p></p>
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 in 2019 according to <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__labs.ripe.net_statistics_number-2Dof-2Dlirs&d=DwMFaQ&c=gYbc-GKV5BQa9zrq1GFCVg&r=S1PZn0PYDDYtiCW2fix2C1ZHo8KzLAckyehxqI4wl20&m=aa4caioPw4-cAEiv-4z0w1putGQ2GlC6jT7VBV7s3ic&s=BNpi6cGdcPmp9wP7gk0eut42luQ16YBpZ-5iUyKyr38&e=" target="_blank">https://labs.ripe.net/statistics/number-of-lirs</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Am 26.02.2020 um 15:26 schrieb Radu-Adrian Feurdean <<a href="mailto:ripe-ncc@radu-adrian.feurdean.net" target="_blank">ripe-ncc@radu-adrian.feurdean.net</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Mon, Feb 24, 2020, at 21:41, Arash Naderpour wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Back to the initial question, the membership fee *IS* pro-rated when you *open* the LIR, sometimes to the advantage of the new member (not including an extra quarter for up to 2
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