[address-policy-wg] [members-discuss] RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2016 Discussion

* Sander Steffann <sander at steffann.nl>

> > 1. The Board can propose a Charging Scheme in advance of the May GM
> > and have the membership discuss the proposal. The Board would take
> > the discussion into account before proposing a final Charging
> > Scheme to be voted on by the membership in May.
> 
> I would go for this option.

Agreed.

One piece of input for the initial proposal: The ASN charge is
primarily intended as a means of discouraging hoarding, not to be a
"cash cow" for the NCC. As such, the ideal situation would be that no
one (who is not hoarding ASNs) would actually have to pay the charge.

One way I believe this could be accomplished is that if you already
pay the NCC membership fee or a PI fee, then you automatically get a
reasonable quota of gratis ASNs. (Not automatic assignment of those
ASNs, but that you won't get a separate charge until you have requested
enough ASNs to exceed your quota.)

This way, I think that the "one LIR, one fee" approach would hold true
for the vast majority of the members.

Tore