[ARIN-consult] Fee Schedule Change Consultation

[Jo Rhett]

I would actively support a new change which makes the fee structure more fair, but keeps the fee changes neutral for any organization which wasn't targeted for fixing 'unfairness' before.

In short, I believe that most organizations do not require a fee decrease, and that additional revenue could be used to help ARIN finish/start projects which have been on the to-do list for many, many years.

On Oct 25, 2012, at 2:59 PM, Scott Leibrand wrote:
> On John's slides, it outlines that the vast majority of organizations will have fees reduced, and that the change will be largely revenue neutral to ARIN.  So I wouldn't consider this an overall fee reduction, but I do believe it makes the fee structure more fair, and better aligns the self-interest of ARIN members with the various interests of the community.
> 
> Overall, I support the new fee structure.
> 
> -Scott
> 
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Jo Rhett <jrhett at netconsonance.com> wrote:
> For every situation that I've been involved with over the last few years, both ISPs and end users, this change would appear to reduce the fees paid. Is this the desired effect?
> 
> Note: not a single one of the companies I worked with considered the ARIN registration fees onerous or balked about them. I am not certain that a fee reduction is necessary. I'd rather see ARIN spend the budget on improving the services.
> 
> On Oct 25, 2012, at 1:17 PM, ARIN wrote:
>> We are consulting with the community regarding changes to the ARIN Fee
>> Schedule that are scheduled for implementation in January of 2013. The
>> changes to the fee schedule including an alignment of the IPv4 and IPv6
>> fee schedules for ISPs into single set of registration services plans
>> based on total resources held, introduction of with per address block and
>> per ASN maintenance fees for end-users, and addition of very low cost
>> category (e.g. XX-Small) for the smallest organizations.
>> 
>> Please view the proposed fee schedule at:
>> 
>> https://www.arin.net/fees/proposed_fee_schedule.html
>> 
>> In addition, a presentation was given on this proposed fee schedule today,
>> and the slides are available at:
>> 
>> PDF:
>> https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_XXX/PDF/thursday/cur
>> ran_fee_schedule.pdf
>> 
>> PPTX:
>> https://www.arin.net/participate/meetings/reports/ARIN_XXX/PPT/thursday/cur
>> ran_fee_schedule.pptx
>> 
>> Please provide comments to arin-consult at arin.net.
>> 
>> Discussion on arin-consult at arin.net will close on 26 November 2012 (30
>> days). ARIN seeks feedback through community input, so your comments are
>> important. If you have any questions, please contact us at info at arin.net.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> John Curran
>> President and CEO
>> American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
>> 
>> 
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