Charging Scheme Task Force Minutes (30 June 2025)

30 June 2025

Attendees: Sebastián Brossier, Carlos Friaças, Ulf Kieber, Clara Wade

Apologies: Victor Bolaños Guerra, Daniella Coutinho, Alexandru Doszlop, Athina Fragkouli, Simon-Jan Haytink, Alex de Joode, Ivaylo Josifov, Raymond Jetten, Pavel Odintsov, Cynthia Revström, Alptekin Sünnetci, Piotr Strzyżewski

Chairs: Ondřej Filip, Peter Hessler

RIPE NCC staff: Karla Liddle-White, Fergal Cunningham

1. Welcome

Task Force Co-Chair, Peter Hessler, went through the apologies and welcomed those in attendance.

2. Legacy principle

The chair went through each of the changes the task force had proposed in the legacy space section of the draft report. The group wordsmithed the section and clarified the wording where needed.

The group supported the addition of a new principle clarifying that legacy resources should be charged per organisation, regardless of the size or number of resource blocks held. It was also agreed that a separate principle would be added to specify that this charge was in addition to fees for non-legacy resources. This distinction would enable the RIPE NCC to apply charges for legacy resources alongside those for PA and PI space.

There was consensus on the new text and legacy principles.

3. Finalising report and next steps

The chair invited any final comments on the report. Since there were none in the meeting, it was proposed to circulate the report to the wider group via the task force mailing list for any final feedback.

It was agreed that, provided there were no issues raised, the group would aim to reach consensus on the final report by Friday, 4 July, with publication scheduled for early the following week. It would first be formally submitted to the RIPE NCC Executive Board and then communicated to the membership.

The group agreed to take a summer hiatus and reconvene when Chief Financial Officer, Simon-Jan Haytink, had drafted a charging scheme based on the agreed principles in the report.

Head of Membership Engagement, Fergal Cunningham, agreed to send the report to the task force for final comment.

The chair concluded the meeting by thanking everyone for their participation and wished them a good summer.