Remco,

As you may know, the "multiple LIRs" is for the moment least expensive
way of getting around the "one /22" restriction. Combined withe the
removal of "need checking", this very much looks like selling /22 to
anybody willing to pay a sign-up and at least one year of membership.

This may not have been intentional, but it looks to me as a first step
to "turning commercial".

With your proposal, while the idea was to discourage the "multiple LIR"
practice, I have very serious doubts that it will happen this way. Given
the current market price (which is only the most important show-stopper,
but not the only one), with your proposal it would take about 5 years of
membership to get at a similar level. With all that money going to the
NCC. IF the NCC really whishes to keep its not-for-profit status, this
will result in reduced membership, one reduced membership for older
LIRs, but several memberships for the LIRs in "desperate need" (mostly
small new ones).