[ncc-services-wg] Membership Growth Survey 2004

Dear Colleagues,

For member activities and budgeting purposes, the RIPE NCC relies on annual 
membership growth estimates. This is particularly important when setting 
membership fees.

The RIPE NCC is dedicated to making sure we answer to the expectations and 
needs of our membership. With this in mind, we are currently looking at 
predictions for growth over the coming two years.

Starting Tuesday 18 February, we will carry out a survey to estimate how 
many members we will have in your country over the next two years. We 
already look at past trends and our industry knowledge, but these figures 
can be significantly improved by using your knowledge of the market and 
local conditions. You know the local IT business and conditions far better 
than we do.

The survey, which you can access through the LIR Portal, will be short and 
simple to complete and should take no more than a few minutes of your time. 
It will be available for six weeks. We are not asking you for exact 
predictions, but we would like you to give us your best estimate. 
Individual estimates provided will be held in strict confidence by the RIPE 
NCC and used only in connection with this survey.

After the survey has ended, we will provide a report on how your estimates 
compare with the average in your country.

To encourage members to give their input, the RIPE NCC will send each 
survey participant a small gift. To make sure that you receive this gift 
and it is not sent to the wrong address, we will ask you to ensure that the 
contact details we currently hold for you are correct.

To take part, you will need to log into the LIR Portal. Once there you will 
find a link to the survey from Tuesday 18 February 2004 for six weeks:

<https://lirportal.ripe.net/>https://lirportal.ripe.net

Regards


Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC