[ARIN-consult] Consultation on the Proposed 2018 Fee Schedule Change is Now Closed

[John Curran]

On 12 Jun 2018, at 12:30 PM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Steve Noble <snoble at sonn.com> wrote:
>> I am highly concerned that while the responses to your rate hike suggestion
>> during the comment period were negative, this was still passed. I for one am
>> awaiting the transcript of the meeting to better understand who advocated
>> for this, why they did so and what information was provided about the
>> comments received.
> 
> I'm concerned that:
> 
> (A) As revealed in the consultation, the board was presented with only
> one proposal for how to reshuffle fees.

Bill (and Steve) - 

    As noted in the Fee Schedule change announcement, the adopted fee change that was adopted was altered based on the feedback received during this consultation.  

    There was significant feedback about raising fees for end-users, but predominately that feedback focused on the impact to legacy end-users under LRSA agreement, who had expectations that their fees would not increase significantly when entering voluntarily under the LRSA agreement. 

    As a result of the concerns expressed, the Board reviewed an alternative fee change proposal, the same in all aspects to the proposed fee change, only with the addition of extending the annual cap on maintenance fees (that early LRSA holders have) to all legacy resource holders.  In this manner, the fee change will have nominal impact for those legacy holders (and may be a reduction in some cases.)

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN