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The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair Ondřej Filip, opened the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) at 16:30 UTC+2 on 26 October 2022, welcomed attendees and appointed Athina Fragkouli, RIPE NCC Chief Legal Officer, as the Secretary of the General Meeting.
The first part of the RIPE NCC reporting for the General Meeting was presented in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 85. This took place on 26 October 2022 from 14:30-16:00 (UTC+2):
https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/services-wg/
The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair Ondřej Filip gave the report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board can be found at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2022/documentation-and-archive/presentations/a-report-from-the-ripe-ncc-executive-board_oct-2022-final.pdf
Following the presentation, there was an Open Mic session where participants raised various issues with the Executive Board.
Hans Petter Holen, RIPE NCC Managing Director, gave a presentation on the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2023.
The presentation can be found at:
Simon-Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Finance Director, shared a financial update and presented on the redistribution of the RIPE NCC 2022 financial surplus.
The presentation can be found at:
The formal resolution was:
Resolution 1
‘The General Meeting approves the redistribution of the excess contribution paid in 2022 by redistributing the RIPE NCC 2022 surplus to the membership in 2023.’
Voting for this resolution took place under agenda point 7.
Athina Fragkouli, RIPE NCC Chief Legal Officer, gave a presentation on the proposed amendments to the Articles of Association.
The presentation can be found at:
The formal resolutions were:
Resolution 2
‘The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, adopts the amendments to Articles 10 and 11.5 of the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 28 September 2022.
Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary.’
Resolution 3
‘The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, and provided Resolution 2 is adopted, adopts the amendments to Article 10.1 of the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 28 September 2022.
Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary.’
Resolution 4
‘The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, and provided Resolution 2 is adopted, adopts the amendments to Article 18.5 of the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 28 September 2022.
Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary.’
Voting for these resolutions took place under agenda point 7.
Karla Liddle-White, RIPE NCC Communications Officer, gave a presentation on the new voting platform and procedure.
The presentation can be found at:
At this point, Executive Board Chair Ondřej Filip, read out the resolutions and declared voting open. He said the General Meeting would reconvene for the announcement of the results on Friday, 28 October at 10:30 (UTC+2).
The General Meeting reconvened at 10:30 (UTC+2) on Friday, 28 October 2022. The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, Ondřej Filip announced the results of the voting on the resolutions.
Resolution 1:
'The General Meeting approves the redistribution of the excess contribution paid in 2022 by redistributing the RIPE NCC 2022 surplus to the membership in 2023.'
Yes: 1,083
No: 166
Abstain: 20
Resolution 1 was approved by the General Meeting.
Resolution 2:
‘The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, adopts the amendments to Articles 10 and 11.5 of the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 28 September 2022.
Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary.’
Yes: 1,014
No: 127
Abstain: 128
Resolution 2 was approved by the General Meeting.
Resolution 3
‘The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, and provided Resolution 2 is adopted, adopts the amendments to Article 10.1 of the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 28 September 2022.
Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary.’
Yes: 1,108
No: 53
Abstain: 108
Resolution 3 was approved by the General Meeting.
Resolution 4
‘The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, and provided Resolution 2 is adopted, adopts the amendments to Article 18.5 of the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 28 September 2022.
Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary.’
Yes: 1,082
No: 88
Abstain: 99
Resolution 4 was approved by the General Meeting.
The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, Ondřej Filip, thanked the members for their participation and closed the General Meeting at 10:35 UTC+2 on 28 October 2022.