[ppml] clarification of IPv4 and IPv6 fees

[Howard, W. Lee]

Yes, I was typing a response when your message came in.

The Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees has heard this 
message, and clarified the fee schedule:  an organization pays
only the higher of IPv4 or IPv6 renewals.  Clarifying language 
is on its way to the Fee Schedule page of ARIN's web site.

Regarding the waiver, the Finance Committee recently considered
over a dozen different proposals, and you can expect to see an
announcement soon.

Your Friendly Treasurer,

Lee 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Leibrand [mailto:sleibrand at internap.com] 
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 1:53 PM
> To: Howard, W. Lee
> Cc: PPML at arin.net
> Subject: Re: [ppml] clarification of IPv4 and IPv6 fees
> 
> Lee,
> 
> Can you provide us an update on this?  As the topic has come 
> up again on PPML, it would be great to see a final decision 
> along the lines you described (that when temporary waivers 
> for IPv6 have expired, that subscriber members will pay the 
> greater of their IPv4 or IPv6 fees, not both), and to get 
> http://www.arin.net/billing/fee_schedule.html updated accordingly.
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
> 
> On 05/23/07 at 10:30am -0400, Howard, W. Lee 
> <Lee.Howard at stanleyassociates....:
> 
> > I said at the April 2007 Members Meeting that I owed the 
> community a 
> > clarification of what IPv6 fees would look like when the current 
> > waivers expire.  I have checked with the Finance Committee, but not 
> > the full Board.  It is our common understanding that 
> beginning January 
> > 1, 2008, when temporary waivers for IPv6 have expired, that 
> subscriber 
> > members will pay the greater of their IPv4 or IPv6 fees, not both.
> >
> > That is to say that ISPs will pay for either their IPv4 renewal or 
> > their IPv6 renewal, whichever dollar amount is higher.
> >
> > End user organizations who pay a $100 consolidated annual 
> maintenance 
> > fee will pay the same annual maintenance.
> >
> > We have also received a number of excellent suggestions for 
> other ways 
> > to structure fees.  We are collecting data to see how each 
> model would 
> > affect ARIN's long term ability to continue providing services, and 
> > will be discussing them in the coming months.
> >
> > I hope that is clearer, and I will be working with the ARIN 
> staff on 
> > language for the web site that reflects the intent.
> >
> >
> > Your Treasurer,
> >
> > Lee Howard
> >
> >
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