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The industry will go through a period of change as the exhaustion of IPv4 addresses draws nearer. This is reflected by the development of policies and service introductions around this issue, some of which are expected to increase the workload for the RIPE NCC in the coming years.

As a result of this, the The budgeted costs for 2011 are 6% 2007 are 4% higher than the budgeted costs for 2010. This is 2006. This is mainly a result of the increased staff levels

and greater operational expenses necessary to support the expected increase in the RIPE NCC's workload. For the particulars, please see: “RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2011 Link: /publications/docs/ripe-506/ ”.RIPE NCC necessary to enable the RIPE NCC to expand its Membership Services and to improve its Information Services. Statement of Income & Expenditure RIPE NCC

Following from the Charging Scheme 2007, a rebate of 2.5 MEUR will be redistributed to existing members. This redistribution will not affect the budget 2007 as the 2.5 MEUR will be directly discounted from the excess reserves that have accumulated in the RIPE NCC Clearing House.

In kEUR

Budget

LE

Difference

Income

2011

2010

2010

11/B 10

11/10

Service Fees

17,191

15,919

16,250

1,272

941

End User Fees

232

167

150

65

82

RIPE Meeting

250

281

245

(31)

5

Other Income

218

215

186

3

32

Total Income

17,891

16,582

16,831

1,309

1,060

Actual

Difference

Income

2007

2006

2005

2007/06

2007/05

Membership Fees

10,764

10,457

11,789

307

(1,025)

RIPE Meeting

227

246

243

(19)

(16)

Other Income

115

125

72

(10)

43

Total Income

11,106

10,828

12,104

278

(998)

Expenditure

Personnel Expenses

10,268

9,259

9,266

1,009

1,002

6,967

6,450

5,857

517

1,110

General Operating Expenses

4,665

4,651

3,929

14

736

RIPE Meeting

857

809

950

48

(93)

Training Courses

383

337

308

46

75

Regional Meetings

263

160

225

103

38

Financial Expenses

108

98

100

10

8

2,828

2,897

2,327

(69)

501

RIPE Meeting

356

364

455

(8)

(99)

Training Courses

283

245

269

38

14

Regional Meetings

90

80

54

10

36

Financial Expenses

72

72

40

-

32

Subtotal Operational Expenses

16,544

15,314

14,778

1,230

1,766

Miscellaneous Expenses

250

370

140

(120)

110

Depreciation

1,481

1,621

1,400

(140)

81

Total Expenses

18,275

17,305

16,318

970

1,957

10,596

10,108

9,002

488

1,594

Miscellaneous Expenses

330

400

263

(70)

67

Depreciation

769

728

468

41

301

Total Expenses

11,695

11,236

9,733

459

1,962

Surplus/Deficit Before Interest Income

(384)

(723)

513

339

(897)

Interest Income

300

400

325

(100)

(25)

Surplus/Deficit

(84)

(323)

838

239

(922)

Capital expenditure

2,540

2,766

1,440

(226)

1,100

(589)

(408)

2,371

(181)

2,960

Interest Income

476

357

313

119

163

Surplus / Deficit

(113)

(51)

2,684

(62)

(2,797)

Development of RIPE NCC Reserves

The table below summarises the RIPE NCC's capital development. capital development of the RIPE NCC. The capital consists of the RIPE NCC reserves including the surplus/deficit surplus / deficit for the year at issue.

Note: *The capital in 2007 includes the member rebate of EUR 2.5 million.

**The total expenses 2008 include a pay back from the Personnel Fund of EUR 1.5 million

Expenses per Activity

Overall, expense levels increase in 2011. For Membership Services, this increase is

Expenses

The expenses per activity show an increase for Membership Services as

Year

Surplus/ Surplus / Deficit

Capital at 31 December

Total Expenses Per Year expenses per year

% Capital of Expenses Total Expenses

2001

1,382

6,579

7,721

85 %

2002

(2,369)

4,210

10,442

40 %

2003

3,077

7,287

9,996

73 %

2004

2,698

9,986

9,739

103 %

2005

2,684

12,670

9,420

135%

2006

2,483

15,153

9,980

152%

2007

1,070

13,764*

11,674

118%

2008

2,623

16,387

11,765**

139%

2009

842

17,229

14,683

119%

Estimated 2010

838

18,067

16,318

111%

Budget 2011

(84)

17,983

18,275

98%

9,733

130 %

Estimated 2006

2,140

14,810

10,039

148 %

Budget 2007

(113)

12,197

11,695

104 %
a result of the expected increase in the number of resource requests caused by RIPE policy Proposal 2009-03, Run Out Fairly. In addition, implementation of the RIPE NCC

will further enhance its data quality and the procedures around its data quality and registration. For 2011, a continuous high level of Coordination Activities is planned to cater for all activities surrounding the depletion of the IPv4 address pool.In line with one of the key strategies of the RIPE NCC to further the RIPE NCC as a trusted source of data, the cost Customer Service Desk. In addition the continuation of the RIPE NCC's support for Internet Number Resource Certification contributes to the increase.

The expenses for Coordination Activities are in line with 2006. For 2007, the RIPE Meeting expenses include RIPE NCC staff expenses associated with the RIPE Meetings.

The overall expenditure

for Information Services is increased in 2011. This increase is caused by the enhancement of the successful RIPE Labs platform and additional efforts will be made to further develop the RIPE Labs community. In 2010, the development of an active measurement network started, and in 2011 this development will continue. In mid-2011, the prototype will be analysed and a decision will be made on whether or not to develop a service from this prototype. increases to improve this portfolio of services provided by the RIPE NCC. This includes developing more useful and ready-to-use products and providing RIPE NCC members with more comprehensive reporting.


Budget 2011

Budget 2010

Budget 2007

Budget 2006

Difference

Amounts in kEUR

Amount

%

Amount

%

Amount

%

Membership Services

7,347

45%

6,623

43%

724

11%

Coordination Activities

6,316

38%

6,605

43%

(289)

-4%

Information Services

2,881

17%

2,086

14%

795

38%

Total Operational Expenses

16,544

15,314

1,230

8%

7,386

63%

6,918

61%

468

7 %

Co-ordination Activities

2,953

25%

2,988

27%

(35)

-1 %

Information Services

1,356

12%

1,330

12%

26

2 %

Total Expenses

11,695

11,236

459

4 %

The table below shows new or significantly developed activities for 2011. The figure presented is the new activity for 2007. The figures presented for this activity are the direct allocated costs and does do not include an overhead or management fee.

110 Capital expense 152 kEUR

Activity

Operational Expenses

Capital Expenses

Active Measurements

271 kEUR

Support for Internet Number Resource Certification

221 kEUR in 2007

Income and Fees per Billing Category (Based on the Proposed Charging Scheme 2011)

Scheme) Registries

Income

No. of Local Internet Registries (LIRs)

Annual Fee in EUR

Fee

Amount in kEUR

New Members




Sign-up Fee

620

2,000

1,240

598

EUR 2,000

1,196

Service Fee, Extra Small

620

1,300

485

598

EUR 1,300

389

Existing Members




Extra Small

1,589

1,300

2,066

Small

3,875

1,800

6,975

Medium

1,409

2,550

3,593

Large

282

4,100

1,155

Extra Large

70

5,500

387

Independent Resources

1,200

Miscellaneous Income

90

Total Service Fees

17,191

1,211

EUR 1,300

1,574

Small

2,379

EUR 1,800

4,282

Medium

902

EUR 2,550

2,300

Large

183

EUR 4,100

750

Extra Large

45

EUR 5,500

248

Administration Fee

25

EUR 1,000

25

Total Membership Fees

10,764

Note:Income received from new members is estimated on the basis of the budgeted number of new Local Internet Registries (LIRs) per month multiplied by the pro rata annual service fee. at 50% of the service fee due to an equal spread of new members across the year.