Minutes

Location: Clarion Hotel - Stockholm, Sweden
Date: 5 May 2005
Scribe: Rob Allen

RIPE NCC General Meeting, May 2005 Agenda

1. Welcome, Preliminaries
2. Report from the RIPE NCC
3. Presentation of the 2004 Financial Report
4. Approval of 2004 Audited Financial Report
5. Financial Status Q1/2005 and Outlook
6. Report from the Executive Board
7. RIPE NCC Executive Board Elections
8. Close

1. Welcome, Preliminaries

Kees Neggers, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, opened the meeting at 17:18 and noted that the draft agenda had been approved. He welcomed the attendees and noted that guests from the other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) and RIPE NCC staff were present. He added that Nigel Titley, RIPE NCC Executive Board Secretary, apologised for his absence at the General Meeting.

2. Report from the RIPE NCC

Kees noted that the report from the RIPE NCC, which in previous years had been presented at the General Meeting, had been given in the earlier, open session of the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at the RIPE 50 meeting. He asked the General Meeting attendees if the schedule of having the RIPE NCC reports presented in an open session of the RIPE NCC Services Working Group was something that members wished to see continued. There were no objections to this proposal.

3. Presentation of the 2004 Financial Report

Jochem de Ruig, Chief Financial Officer of the RIPE NCC, presented the 2004 Financial Report.

The Chair asked for questions.
There were no questions.

4. Approval of 2004 Audited Financial Report

The Chair noted that the RIPE NCC financial administration and procedures had been scrutinised and that an independent auditor approved the 2004 Financial Report. He added that, according to the auditor's rules, the report is an accurate portrayal of the financial situation at the RIPE NCC in 2004.

The formal resolution:

"The general meeting adopts the 2004 Financial Report of the RIPE NCC thus discharging the Executive Board with regard to its actions as laid down in the Annual Report."

The resolution was unanimously accepted.

5. Financial Status Q1/2005 and Outlook

Jochem de Ruig, Chief Financial Officer of the RIPE NCC, presented an update on the financial status of the RIPE NCC.

The Chair asked for questions.
There were no questions.

6. Report from the Executive Board

Kees presented a report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The report included current and future focus of Executive Board activities.

Kees asked if there were any questions.
There were no questions.

Kees asked for members' input into the 2006 RIPE NCC Activity Plan so that the Activity Plan can continue to meet the needs of the members. There was no input.

Kees handed over to Frode Greisen, ICANN Liaison on the RIPE NCC Executive Board, to give a report on what has been happening with ICANN and the RIRs.
Frode noted that the RIRs were supportive when ICANN was set up as ICANN filled a vacuum. He noted that since the RIRs signed the initial agreement on the Address Supporting Organization (ASO) with ICANN, the RIRs had had little interaction with ICANN. He noted that the main reason for this was that ICANN had been focused on Top-Level Domains (TLDs). He added that the RIRs had wanted to clarify the role of IANA and their relationship with IANA so that it could be more formalised.

Frode noted that standards relating to IP addressing are formulated in the IETF and that it is up to the Internet community to see how these are implemented. He noted that a few years ago the RIRs decided to change the ASO arrangement with ICANN, and a new ASO Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in October 2004. He noted that this was a first step in formalising the relationship and the policy making. He added that the next step would be to formalise the actual allocation of the IP addresses from the IANA pool and to the RIRs. He noted that this is the subject of the contract that the RIRs are intending to develop between the RIRs and ICANN. He added that the plan is to get such a contract signed by the end of 2005.

Frode asked for comments or questions.
There were none.

7. RIPE NCC Executive Board Elections

Kees noted that the Executive Board are elected in three year terms and that these terms expire in a staggered timeframe. He noted that there were two vacant seats on the Executive Board.

Frode volunteered to chair the election procedure and explained the voting process.

The candidates were asked to briefly introduce themselves.

The four candidates were:
Lars-Johan Liman
Manfredo Miserocchi
Kees Neggers
Jim Reid

Biographies of the candidates can be found online.

Voting Results

Seat 1: Round 1 of Voting

Lars-Johan Liman 21
Manfredo Miserocchi 48
Kees Neggers 18
Jim Reid 50

Frode noted that 69 votes were required for election, and that a second round of voting would be required.

He added that all candidates were eligible for votes in the next round.

Seat 1: Round 2 of Voting

Lars-Johan Liman 7
Manfredo Miserocchi 53
Kees Neggers 41
Jim Reid 35

Frode noted that a third round of voting would be required. He added that, according to the RIPE NCC Voting Procedure, Lars-Johan Liman was not eligible for votes in the third round of voting.

Seat 1: Round 3 of Voting

Kees Neggers 50
Manfredo Miserocchi 53
Jim Reid 32

Frode noted that a fourth round of voting would be required. He added that, according to the RIPE NCC Voting Procedure, Jim Reid was not eligible for votes in the fourth round of voting.

Seat 1: Round 4 of Voting

Neggers 73
Miserocchi 61

Kees Neggers was elected.

Seat 2: Round 1 of Voting

Frode noted that the remaining three candidates were eligible for votes.

Lars-Johan Liman 14
Manfredo Miserocchi 54
Jim Reid 58

Frode noted that 64 votes were required for election, and that a second round of voting would be required.

He added that all candidates were eligible for votes in the next round.

Seat 2: Round 2 of Voting

Lars-Johan Liman 13
Manfredo Miserocchi 55
Jim Reid 59

Frode noted that a third round of voting would be required. He added that, according to the RIPE NCC Voting Procedure, Lars-Johan Liman was not eligible for votes in the third round of voting.

Seat 2: Round 3 of Voting

Manfredo Miserocchi 58
Jim Reid 78

Jim Reid was elected.

8. Close

Kees asked if there were any further comments. There were no further comments.
He thanked the RIPE NCC General Meeting attendees.

The Meeting was brought to a close at 19:15