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Charging Scheme Task Force 2024

Summary

In August 2024, the Executive Board formed a task force to define the principles of a future Charging Scheme and improve the annual discussion and adoption process.

Following RIPE 782 guidelines, the group included RIPE NCC members, board members, and RIPE NCC staff.

After several meetings, a draft report outlining proposed principles was published in April 2025 to gather member feedback and was then presented at the RIPE NCC General Meeting in May. Following member input, the task force revised the report and submitted a final version to the Executive Board in July 2025.

The Executive Board will review the final report, and the RIPE NCC will draft a Charging Scheme based on its principles. Although the task force’s work is now complete, its members will reconvene after the summer to review the draft charging scheme and check that it adheres to the principles set out in its report.

Final Report

The Charging Scheme Task Force has published its final report which defines principles of a future charging scheme.

You can either download the PDF version below (includes the full report with data tables) or read the text version.

Download the report

Background

In 2023 and 2024, the RIPE NCC Management and Executive Board worked on developing charging schemes to support the organisation and meet member needs.

In 2023, a category model was rejected by members, and simpler options in 2024 also faced objections. Multiple alternative proposals were discussed via the members-discuss mailing list. In June 2024, the Executive Board agreed to form a task force to define the principles of a future Charging Scheme.

Overview

The Executive Board established the task force in August 2024 with an aim to improve the Charging Scheme process.

The task force follows RIPE 782, RIPE Task Forces: Definition and Guidelines, and consists of 12 RIPE NCC members, three board members, and two RIPE NCC staff members.

Objectives

  • Define the principles of a future Charging Scheme
  • Propose an improved process for the annual Charging Scheme discussions and adoption.

Draft Report of the Charging Scheme Task Force

In April 2025, the Charging Scheme Task Force published a draft version of its report to the Executive Board containing the principles it agreed to propose.

Read the Draft Report of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Task Force

The task force is publishing this draft document in order to get input from the membership on its proposed principles. Members are encouraged to provide their feedback to the task force on the Members Discuss mailing list. The task force also presented the report at the RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2025.

Minutes

Read the minutes from each meeting:

Members can comment on the minutes via the members-discuss mailing list.

Task Force Members

RIPE NCC Members

Peter Hessler (Co-Chair), Alptekin Sunnetci, Carlos Friacas, Ivaylo Josifov, Alex de Joode, Cynthia Revström, Alexandru Doszlop, Pavel Odintsov, Ulf Kieber, Clara Wade, Victor Bolaños Guerra, Sébastien Brossier

RIPE NCC Executive Board

  • Ondřej Filip (Co-Chair), Raymond Jetten, Piotr Strzyżewski

RIPE NCC Staff

  • Athina Fragkouli, Simon-Jan Haytink

RIPE NCC Staff Support

  • Fergal Cunningham, Daniella Coutinho, Karla Liddle-White

Timeline

  • August 2024: Task force formed
  • August-October 2024: Meetings held
  • October 2024: Progress report at the General Meeting
  • November - May 2025: Meetings to be held
  • May 2025: Presentation at the Spring General Meeting
  • July 2025: Report sent to the Executive Board