Draft Minutes
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1. Welcome, Preliminaries
RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, Ondřej Filip, opened the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) at 16:03 (UTC+3) on 22 October 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
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 an update on the Draft RIPE NCC Strategy 2027-2031 and Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2026 presented at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 91, which took place on 22 October from 14:00 (UTC+3) as specified in the General Meeting October 2025 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. Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2026
Hans Petter Holen, RIPE NCC Managing Director and CEO, presented the Draft Activity Plan and Budget for 2026 and opened the floor to questions from the members.
This followed a more in-depth presentation which took place at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group.
5. Financial Update and Redistribution of the RIPE NCC Surplus
Simon-Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, provided a financial update and outlined the resolution for the GM to vote on. He then opened the floor to questions from the membership.
The formal resolution was:
Resolution 1:
“The General Meeting approves the redistribution of the excess contribution/deficit paid in the financial year 2025 in the following way:
- In case there is an excess contribution, this will be redistributed to the membership in 2026 according to the RIPE NCC Clearing House procedure.
- In case of a deficit, this will be covered by the RIPE NCC reserves.”
Voting for this resolution took place under agenda point 8.
6. RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Update
Simon-Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, provided the General Meeting with an update on the process for the creation of the next proposed charging scheme , noting that the Charging Scheme Task Force finalised its report containing principles for a new charging scheme model in July 2025. Simon-Jan opened the floor to questions from the members.
View the update from the Chief Financial Officer
7. RIPE NCC Strategy 2027-2031
Hans Petter Holen, RIPE NCC Managing Director and CEO, gave an overview of the RIPE NCC’s draft five-year strategy to begin in 2027 and opened the floor to questions from the membership.
This followed a more in-depth presentation which took place at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group.
8. Voting on Resolutions
Karla Liddle-White, RIPE NCC Senior Communications Officer, gave a presentation on the voting platform and procedure.
At this point, the RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, Ondřej Filip, read out the resolution and declared voting open.
He said that the General Meeting would reconvene for the announcement of the voting results on Friday, 24 October at 10:30 UTC+3.
9. Announcement of Resolution Result (Friday, 24 October at 10:33 (UTC+3))
The General Meeting reconvened at 10:33 (UTC+3) on 24 October 2025. The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, Ondřej Filip, announced the results of voting on the resolution.
Resolution 1:
“The General Meeting approves the redistribution of the excess contribution/deficit paid in the financial year 2025 in the following way:
- In case there is an excess contribution, this will be redistributed to the membership in 2026 according to the RIPE NCC Clearing House procedure.
- In case of a deficit, this will be covered by the RIPE NCC reserves.”
Yes: 736
No: 56
Abstain: 9
The resolution was approved by the General Meeting.
Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, thanked the membership for their participation and closed the General Meeting at 10:36 UTC+3 on 24 October 2025.