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Highlights

The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) May 2008 was held on Wednesday, 7 May 2008. The GM was held adjacent to the RIPE 56 Meeting, which took place from 5-9 May 2008 at the Hotel Palace in Berlin, Germany.

There were 111 attendees excluding RIPE NCC staff and observers from the other Regional Internet Registries.

RIPE NCC Financial Status 2007-2008

Janos Zsako, Treasurer of the RIPE NCC Executive Board, presented the attendees with:

  • The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2007
  • A report on the financial status of the organisation during the first quarter of 2008
  • The financial outlook for the rest of 2008

Kees Neggers, Chairman of the Executive Board, presented the attendees with the Update from the Executive Board.

Resolutions

The following resolutions were voted on at the General Meeting:

  • Adoption of the 2007 Financial Report of the RIPE NCC
  • Discharge of the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report
  • Approval of the addition of Jaap Akkerhuis, Olaf Kolkman and Remko van Mook to the RIPE NCC Arbitration Pool

These resolutions were accepted with one abstention to the discharge of the Executive Board.

Executive Board Election

An election for two three-year seats previously held by Kees Neggers and Jim Reid took place. The seven candidates were:

  • Fahad AlShirawi
  • Joao Damas
  • Ian Meikle
  • Kees Neggers
  • Jim Reid
  • Max Tulyev
  • Andreas Wittkemper

The members voted as follows:

Seat one

Round One
Fahad AlShirawi 49
Joao Damas 59
Ian Meikle 19
Kees Neggers 39
Jim Reid 13
Max Tulyev 3
Andreas Wittkemper 29
Abstentions 4
Round Two
Fahad AlShirawi 94
Joao Damas 67
Ian Meikle 1
Kees Neggers 35
Jim Reid 9
Max Tulyev 0
Andreas Wittkemper 5
Abstentions 4
Round Three
Fahad AlShirawi 104
Joao Damas 68
Ian Meikle 1
Kees Neggers 28
Jim Reid 5
Andreas Wittkemper 3
Abstentions 6
Invalid 1
Round Four
Fahad AlShirawi 119
Joao Damas 66
Kees Neggers 22
Jim Reid 3
Andreas Wittkemper 1
Abstentions 4
   
   

Fahad AlShirawi was accepted into seat one.

Seat two

Round One
Joao Damas 75
Ian Meikle 19
Kees Neggers 31
Jim Reid 6
Max Tulyev 4
Andreas Wittkemper 76
Abstentions 5
Round Two
Joao Damas 80
Ian Meikle 17
Kees Neggers 15
Jim Reid 4
Max Tulyev 3
Andreas Wittkemper 92
Abstentions 5
Round Three
Joao Damas 80
Ian Meikle 17
Kees Neggers 9
Jim Reid 5
Andreas Wittkemper 100
Abstentions 5
   
Round Four
Joao Damas 80
Ian Meikle 17
Kees Neggers 11
Andreas Wittkemper 102
Abstentions 6
   
   
Round Five
Joao Damas 84
Ian Meikle 0
Andreas Wittkemper 124
Abstentions 7
Invalid 1
   

Andreas Wittkemper was accepted into the second seat.