[members-discuss] Proposed 2012 Charging scheme, Board comments

Hi,

On Wed, Oct 05, 2011 at 11:36:07AM +0000, Jon Morby wrote:
> With overheads growing from ?10m to ?15m in 5 years, this continued
> pattern of growth seems pretty unsustainable (unless we are prepared
> to see fees continue to increase every year by 10-20%?) and I think
> we need to look at where that growth in spend has really come from,
> and why/how .. plus what can be done to reduce the overheads down
> to more sensible levels if not at least to the 2007-2008 levels

I hope folks are aware that the number of *LIR*s has also grown in
similar dimensions.  

Which is why the fees actually went down, not up, over the last few years.

[..]
> Another question which may need more clearly explaining ... What
> is RIPE doing for us now in 2011 that it wasn't doing for us in
> 2007 which justifies a 50% increase in budget over that time?  Are
> all of these functions / services a truly valuable commitment of
> membership funds?

There's a lot more of "us" these days.

Gert Doering
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