Minutes of the 17th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting

Date: 21 December 1999 Time: 14:00hrs RIPE NCC, Amsterdam

  
Draft Minutes
Version: 1.2   


Present: 

Frode Greisen,     (FG)
Kees Neggers,      (KN)
Wim Vink,          (WV)
Mike Norris        (MN)
Nigel Titley       (NT)
Axel Pawlik        (AP)

KN chaired the meeting. 
The agenda was agreed as follows:


1.1 Agenda/Comments
1.2 Approval of previous minutes - #15, 991019
1.3 Approval of previous minutes - #16, 991019
1.4 Date of next meeting

2. Outstanding Actions

3. Report on Activities since October
3.1 Structure and staff
3.2 External Representation
3.3 ICANN
3.4 Financial
3.5 Sundry

4. Membership Category "Supranational"

5. AOB 



1.1 Agenda/Comments
The board members decided that they  would comment on minutes within one 
week (except in extraordinary situations) in order to allow for timely
publication of minutes.
1.2 Approval of previous minutes - #15, 991019
The minutes of the 15th Board Meeting were approved.

1.3 Approval of previous minutes - #16, 991019
The minutes of the 16th Board Meeting were approved.

2. Outstanding Actions
All the Outstanding Actions were either completed  or deemed to be not 
applicable to the Executive Board.

3. Report on Activities since October
3.1 Structure and staff
3.2 External Representation
3.3 ICANN
3.4 Financial
3.5 Sundry

AP gave an update on the activities since October.  Following this, Kees van 
Draanen, Financial Controller joined the meeting and gave an update on the 
financial situation from October 1999 to the current date. The audited 
accounts are expected to be ready by the end of the first week of March, 2000.
All the outstanding issues raised by the Auditors last year have 
been addressed.



4. Membership Category "Supranational"
Axel  was asked to produce a paper on the raison d'etre for  changing
and a  recommendation on the "Supranational" Registries, with a note that
this should be "supernational".


5. AOB 
Signatory Issues were discussed.
A Formal Decision  was reached to authorize Axel Pawlik to have power of
attorney to sign for up to Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) Euros subject to 
the normal accounting safeguard that at least two people are involved in
authorising and executing the payment.  For decisions where authority to bind 
the Association has not been delegated the Statutes require that two Board
members sign. RIPE NCC to prepare the documents for the Chamber of Commerce
and  WV will sign them.



1.4 Date of next meeting
Next meeting will take place on 17th March, 2000 at 13 hours. 
   
  New Actions:
  TC 36  21/12/1999   AP   Board material to be submitted  at least      OPEN
                           two weeks before the next Board  meeting
           
  TC 37  21/12/1999   AP   To produce a paper on the raison d'etre for
                           changing and a recommendation on  the 
                          "Supranational" Registries
  
  TC 38   21/12/1999  WV   WV to sign the documents for the Chamber of
                           Commmerce  when ready.                        OPEN