[members-discuss] Proposal for New RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model

On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 01:03:22AM +0100, Rob Evans wrote:
>Are you sure the tax is only on profits?

Usually, corporation tax is charged on retained profits, but 
IANAAccountant.

> The RIPE NCC allocates Internet number resources to its members
> as needed ("need" being based on community-derived policy).  We 
> pay membership fees to allow this to happen.  One of those 
> resources is running low, but isn't it a short-term view to base 
> membership fees on that one resource? 

Certainly is. I do wonder what the plan for the inevitable 
ipv6-only members is? Will membership for those be free?

What I do not like about this new charging scheme is, inter alia,
that it is apparently intended to be a barrier to new members.
Specifically, together with the (IMO completely unjustifiable) 
"administration fee", a new member will have an upfront cost of 
~EUR4000 before the first prefix is allocated. That is not a 
marginal cost for most start-up companies.

rgds,
Sascha Luck