Draft Minutes RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2026
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1. Welcome, Preliminaries
RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, Ondřej Filip, opened the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) at 16:07 (UTC+1) on 20 May 2026.
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
Hans Petter Holen, RIPE NCC Managing Director and CEO, presented an update on the recent activities of the RIPE NCC and opened the floor to questions from the membership.
This was in addition to RIPE NCC updates presented at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 92, which took place on 20 May from 14:00 (UTC+1) as specified in the General Meeting May 2026 agenda.
View the Report from the RIPE NCC
3. Report from the Executive Board
Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, presented the report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board before opening the floor to questions from members.
View the Report from the Executive Board
4. 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:
"The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2025 and Financial Report 2025."
Voting for this resolution took place under agenda point 8.
5. Adoption of the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2024
Simon-Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, presented the Financial Report 2025 and opened the floor to questions from the membership.
The formal resolution was:
"The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2025."
Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 8.
6. RIPE NCC Charging Scheme
Simon-Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, and Raymond Jetten, RIPE NCC Executive Board Treasurer, presented the proposed options for the Charging Scheme 2027 models. Following the presentation the floor opened for membership discussion.
The formal resolution was:
Option A: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model A”
Option B: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model B”
Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 8.
7. RIPE NCC Executive Board Election
The five candidates for the Executive Board election introduced themselves in a pre-recorded video. The Executive Board election was to fill three seats.
Voting took place under Agenda point 8.
Watch the candidate statements video
8. 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, Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, 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, 22 May at 10:30 UTC+1.
9. Announcement of Resolution and Election Results (Friday, 22 May at 10:30 UTC+1)
The General Meeting reconvened at 10:31 (UTC+1) on 22 May 2026. The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, Ondřej Filip, announced the results of voting on the resolutions and election.
Resolution 1:
"The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2025 and Financial Report 2025."
Yes: 2,174 (91.42%)
No: 204 (8.58%)
Abstain: 671
The resolution was approved by the General Meeting.
Resolution 2:
"The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2025."
Yes: 2,400 (94.19%)
No: 148 (5.81%)
Abstain: 501
The resolution was approved by the General Meeting.
Resolution 3:
Option A: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model A”
1,547 (51.12%)
Option B: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model B”
1,479 (48.88%)
Abstain: 23
Option A was approved by the General Meeting.
The following three candidates were elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board:
Raymond Jetten
Maria Häll
Lars-Johan Liman
Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, thanked the membership for their participation and closed the General Meeting at 10:33 UTC+1 on 22 May 2026.