Draft Minutes

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1. Welcome, Preliminaries

Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, opened the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) at 16:00 (UTC+1) on 14 May 2025. He welcomed attendees and appointed Athina Fragkouli, RIPE NCC Chief Legal Officer, as the Secretary of the General Meeting.

2. Report from the RIPE NCC

The first part of the RIPE NCC reporting for the General Meeting was presented in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 90. This took place on 14 May 2025 from 14:00 - 15:30 (UTC+1).

Hans Petter Holen, RIPE NCC Managing Director and CEO, also provided a report from the RIPE NCC before opening the floor for questions from members.

3. Report from the Executive Board

Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, provided a report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board. He also expressed his thanks to outgoing Board member, Remco van Mook, for his service. Remco then took to the stage to deliver a farewell speech.

4. Adoption of the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2024

Simon-Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, presented the Financial Report 2024 and opened the floor to questions from the membership.

The formal resolution was:

Resolution 1: "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2024."

Voting took place under agenda point 10.

5. Discharge of the Executive Board

Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, presented on the discharge of the RIPE NCC Executive Board.

The formal resolution was:

Resolution 2: "The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2024 and Financial Report 2024."

Voting took place under agenda point 10.

6. RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure

Kevin Brennan, RIPE NCC Legal Counsel, presented proposed amendments to the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure and opened the floor to questions from the membership.

The formal resolutions were:

"The General Meeting adopts the amendments to Section B.1. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure. It further resolves that these amendments do not apply to the current terms of the current arbiters. Instead, the terms of the current arbiters will expire in the order of their original appointment, beginning in 2026. Specifically, the term of arbiters appointed in 2001 will expire in 2026, the term of those appointed in 2010 will expire in 2027, the term of those appointed in 2011 will expire in 2028, and the term of those appointed in 2018 will expire in 2029. The relevant arbiters shall be eligible for immediate re-appointment accordingly."

"The General Meeting adopts the amendments to sections B.2.1. and B.2.2. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."

"The General Meeting adopts the amendments to sections B.2.3. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."

"The General Meeting adopts the amendments to section C.1. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."

"The General Meeting adopts the amendments to sections C.2.1. and C.2.2. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."

“The General Meeting adopts the amendments to section C.3. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."

Voting took place under agenda point 10.

7. Report from the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Task Force

Peter Hessler, RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Task Force Co-Chair, presented a report from the Task Force and opened the floor to questions from the membership.

8. RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2026

Simon-Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, gave a presentation on the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2026.

The formal resolution was: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2026.”

Voting took place under agenda point 10.

9. RIPE NCC Executive Board Election

The three candidates for the Executive Board election introduced themselves in a pre-recorded video. The Executive Board election was to fill two seats.

Voting took place under Agenda point 10.

10. Voting on Resolutions and for Executive Board Seats

Karla Liddle-White, RIPE NCC Senior Communications Officer, gave a presentation on the voting platform and procedure.

At this point, Remco van Mook, RIPE NCC Executive Board member, read out the resolutions and declared voting open. He said that the General Meeting would reconvene for the announcement of the voting results on Friday, 16 May at 10:30 UTC+1.

11. Announcement of Resolution and Election Results

The General Meeting reconvened at 10:30 (UTC+1) on 16 May 2025. Remco van Mook, RIPE NCC Executive Board member, announced the results of voting on the nine resolutions and the Executive Board election.

Resolution 1: "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2024."

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 2: "The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2024 and Financial Report 2024."

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 3: “The General Meeting adopts the amendments to Section B.1. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure. It further resolves that these amendments do not apply to the current terms of the current arbiters. Instead, the terms of the current arbiters will expire in the order of their original appointment, beginning in 2026. Specifically, the term of arbiters appointed in 2001 will expire in 2026, the term of those appointed in 2010 will expire in 2027, the term of those appointed in 2011 will expire in 2028, and the term of those appointed in 2018 will expire in 2029. The relevant arbiters shall be eligible for immediate re-appointment accordingly.”

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 4: “The General Meeting adopts the amendments to sections B.2.1. and B.2.2. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure.”

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 5: "The General Meeting adopts the amendments to sections B.2.3. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 6: "The General Meeting adopts the amendments to section C.1. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 7: "The General Meeting adopts the amendments to sections C.2.1. and C.2.2. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 8: "The General Meeting adopts the amendments to section C.3. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 9: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2026.”

The resolution was approved.

The following two candidates were elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board:
Ondřej Filip
Randy Bush

12. Close

Remco van Mook, RIPE NCC Executive Board member, thanked the membership for their participation and closed the General Meeting at 10:33 UTC+1 on 16 May 2025.