[members-discuss] [Ticket#2012072401002498] Top 20 LIRs use 33% Allocated PA, 88% of LIRs use 10% Allocated PA.

>>>> If you consume water, you don't pay support ticket, 
>>>> you pay liters of water.
>>> Depends on where you live - that's not the case in all 
>>> locations or all countries - in the UK most people pay a 
>>> flat *minimal* fee for their water
>> That is because the big consumers of water in the UK have 
>> succeeded in externalizing their costs onto smaller consumers
>> And that's exactly what this
>> discussion thread has been about

Actually it was a backhanded way of taxing for the construction of new
sewers without it looking like a tax

Personally, if this is a membership organisation, and we're all treated
equally, then I think we should all pay the same fee towards the *essential*
items of RIPE, and those that want/support/need some of the optional
services can pay separately for those

My objection isn't even on the current method if "sizing", but on the 7%
budget increase, when ....

541,000 on RPKI for a "routing database" because (apparantly) people dont
trust the existing database (which costs 844,000) - and hasnt the project
been canned anyway ?

427,000 on "outreach" - it's a RIR - what advertising does it need to do ?

989,000 on measurement - presumably the usb "dongles" project - why exactly
are we wasting members money on this ?

Simply junking those items and you've saved nearly 15% for a start

Rob