[members-discuss] Membership Fee Question

* Skyline Telecom <Skylinetelecom at outlook.com> [2020-02-26 21:12]:
> Dominic,
> 

> I think the reason is that at the GM RIPE misleadingly said that
> even if we redistribute only “50%” of the surplus, the amount will
> be the same as last year. Which clearly it isn’t.

If I remember correctly the wording was that it would be "pretty much"
the same amount. 353 EUR vs. 567 EUR from a business perspective
sounds like "pretty much the same" to me.

> Unfortunately many based their votes on what the people at RIPE SAID
> and they didn’t do the math themselves, otherwise they would have
> seen that there is a significant difference in amounts. And now RIPE
> is covered, they will say “you voted, case closed” even though they
> gave very misleading information.

If 214 EUR means a "significant difference" for your business I think it
would be time to reevaluate your business model.

Regards

Sebastian