<div dir="ltr">On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 6:54 PM, William Herrin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On Mar 31, 2013 7:11 AM, "John Curran" <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank">jcurran@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mar 31, 2013, at 4:20 AM, Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" target="_blank">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> >> No, it is not a "speed bump" but simply a choice available to end-users;<br>
> >> having an equal voice includes taking on some equal responsibility.<br>
> ><br>
> > In that case, shouldn't we get $100 off of our membership for each resource<br>
> > record subject to the $100 fee?<br>
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> The revised fee schedule did not change the ARIN membership fee,<br>
> but as a result of this topic being discussed on ppml and as noted<br>
> earlier, I will bring up this topic (of the most appropriate fee<br>
> for membership) to the ARIN Board for their consideration.</p>
</div><p>Hi John,</p>
<p>When you do, I second Owen's notion that the end user membership fee should not exceed the difference between that end user's annual fees and the minimum annual fee for an ISP member. <br></p><p>I'm not wed to the idea that an ISP paying a total of $500/year should automatically be an ARIN member. But if they are, an end-user paying a total of $500/year should be too.<br>
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<p>-Bill</p><p></p></blockquote></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>Thoughts: If the $500/year membership fee to end users is to offset the costs of governing ARIN and ensuring that the electorate is interested in participating, why isn't this extra membership fee charged to ISPs? Why would ISPs be assumed to be more or less interested then end users? Are there any statistics available on how many ISPs actually exercise their vote? Is the difference in treatment simply because ISPs already pay so much, why charge them more?</div>
<div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>I support a review of the $500/year fee structure. I believe that whatever the direction taken (offset by fees, or what have you), that the voting playing field should be equal between all users of ARIN resources.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra" style><br></div><div class="gmail_extra" style>Cheers,</div><div class="gmail_extra" style>Christoph</div></div>