The minutes of the General Meeting are available for download in PDF format.
All RIPE NCC members have the right to object to the General Meeting draft minutes, as per section 19.4 of the Articles of Association. The GM Draft Minutes Objections System was available for this purpose.
The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair Ondřej Filip, opened the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) at 16:00 UTC+1 on 29 November 2023, welcomed attendees and appointed Athina Fragkouli, RIPE NCC Chief Legal Officer, as the Secretary of the General Meeting.
The first part of the RIPE NCC reporting for the General Meeting was presented in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 87. This took place on 29 November 2023 from 14:00-15:30 (UTC+1):
https://ripe87.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ncc-services-wg/
The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair Ondřej Filip gave the report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board.
The report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board can be found at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2023/documentation-and-archive/1-report-from-the-ripe-ncc-executive-board.pdf
Hans Petter Holen, RIPE NCC Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, gave a presentation on the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2024.
The presentation can be found at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2023/documentation-and-archive/2-draft-activity-plan-and-budget_hans-petter-holen.pdf
Simon Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, shared a financial update and presented on the redistribution of the RIPE NCC 2023 financial surplus.
The presentation can be found at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2023/documentation-and-archive/3-financial-update_simon-jan-haytink.pdf
The formal resolution was:
Resolution 1
“The General Meeting approves the redistribution of the excess contribution/deficit paid in 2023 by redistributing the RIPE NCC 2023 surplus/deficit to the membership in 2024.”
Voting took place under agenda point 7.
Athina Fragkouli, RIPE NCC Chief Legal Officer, gave a presentation on the proposed amendments to the Articles of Association.
The presentation can be found at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2023/documentation-and-archive/4-aoa-amendments_athina-fragkouli.pdfThe formal resolution was:
Resolution 2*
"The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, adopts the amendments to the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 1 November 2023.
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."
*There was a typo in resolution 2. The resolution text contained an incorrect reference to Articles 10 and 11.5 which should not have been included.
Voting took place under agenda point 7.
Karla Liddle-White, RIPE NCC Communications Officer, gave a presentation on the new voting platform and procedure.
The presentation can be found at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2023/documentation-and-archive/5-voting-presentation_karla-liddle-white.pdfAt this point, Executive Board Chair Ondřej Filip read out the resolutions and declared voting open. He said the General Meeting would reconvene for the announcement of the results on Friday, 1 December 2023 at 10:30 (UTC+1).
The General Meeting reconvened at 10:28 (UTC+1) on Friday, 1 December 2023.
The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, Ondřej Filip announced the results of the
voting on the resolutions. He noted that there had been a typo in resolution 2 and an email was sent to all voters on the morning of 30 November to inform them.
Resolution 1
"The General Meeting approves the redistribution of the excess contribution/deficit paid in 2023 by redistributing the RIPE NCC 2023 surplus/deficit to the membership in 2024."
Yes: 750
No: 437
Abstain: 17
Resolution 1 was approved by the General Meeting.
Resolution 2*
"The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, adopts the amendments to the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 1 November 2023.
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."
*There was a typo in resolution 2. The resolution text contained an incorrect reference to Articles 10 and 11.5 which should not have been included.
Yes: 834
No: 198
Abstain: 172
Resolution 2 was approved by the General Meeting.
The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, Ondřej Filip, thanked members for their participation and closed the General Meeting at 10:35 UTC+1 on 1 December 2023.