Voting Report

There were four resolutions to be voted on at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2022. 

1,722 members registered to vote and 1,269 members cast their ballots. 

Resolution 1 needed more than 50% of Yes votes or No votes to be either approved or rejected. Resolutions 2, 3 and 4 needed more than two thirds of YES votes to be approved. 

Abstentions were noted but did not count towards the overall results.

The vote count for the resolutions are recorded below.

The original reportis also available. 

The RIPE NCC and its Executive Board would like to thank all those who participated in the voting process. If you have questions about the process, please contact the GM organisers.

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.'

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 2

Proposal to implement amendments in the Dutch law

'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.'

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 3

Proposal to give the Management Team the authority to call for Executive Board elections

'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.'

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 4

Proposal to remove the requirement to have paper ballots for RIPE NCC General Meeting voting

'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.'

The resolution was approved.