APNIC Annual Members’ MeetingSingapore, 6 March 1999

Fee Structure Proposal

Proposal - Fee Structure

• Current Structure: Voluntary Fee Categories– Small, Medium, Large, Very Large– Annual fee and number of votes

• Problems– “Drift” from larger categories to smaller– No relationship between “size” and “cost”– Unfair distribution of funding burden– Serious concerns about future implications

Proposal - Fee Structure

Size Fee Number TotalS Small 2500 209 522500M Medium 5000 35 175000L Large 10000 16 160000V V Large 20000 5 100000Total 265 957500

• Current Structure

Proposal - Fee Structure

• Proposed Structure

Size Alloc Fee Number TotalZ None 2500 57 142500S - /19 2500 148 370000M /18 - /16 5000 42 210000L /15 - /13 10000 12 120000V /12 - 20000 6 120000Total 265 962500

Proposal - Fee Structure

Fee Members Total2500 30 750005000 5 250007500 3 22500

10000 1 1000039 132500

• Fee Increase

Proposal - Fee Structure

Fee Members Total-2500 23 -57500-5000 5 -25000-7500 6 -45000

-10000 0 034 -127500

• Fee Decrease

Proposal - Fee Structure

• Fee Increase– Members with fee increase: 39– Total Fee increase: USD 132,500

• Fee Decrease– Members with fee decrease: 34– Total Fee decrease: USD 127,500

• Net Revenue Gain: USD 5,000

Proposal - Fee Structure

• Benefits– Prevent “drift” to smaller categories– Pay fees according to size– Fair sharing of APNIC funding– Increased security for future operations

• Propose to change from 1 July 1999– Renewals after this date subject to new charge