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Minutes of the General Meeting May 2021

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1. Welcome, Preliminaries

Christian Kaufmann, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, opened the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) at 18:00 (UTC+2) on 19 May 2021.

Christian 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, presented the report.

The report can be found here:

https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/documentation-and-archive/report-from-the-ripe-ncc-managing-director.pdf 

The first part of the RIPE NCC reporting for the General Meeting was presented by the RIPE NCC Managing Director, Hans Petter Holen, in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 82. This took place on 19 May from 16:00-17:45 (UTC+2). The presentation can be found here:

https://ripe82.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/74-RIPE-NCC-Update_RIPE82.pdf 

3. Report from the Executive Board

Christian Kaufmann, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, gave a presentation from the RIPE NCC Executive Board.

The report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board can be found here: 

https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/documentation-and-archive/report-from-the-ripe-ncc-executive-board.pdf 

 Following the presentation, there was an Open Mic session where participants raised various issues with the Executive Board. 

4. Adoption of the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020

Simon-Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Finance Manager, gave a presentation of the draft Financial Report 2020.

The Draft RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020 presentation can be found here: 

https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/documentation-and-archive/presentation-ripe-ncc-financial-report-2020.pdf  

The formal resolution was: 

Resolution 1: 

“The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020.” 

Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 9. 

5. Discharge of the Executive Board

The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2020 and Financial Report 2020 were published and announced on 30 March 2021.

The formal resolution was: 

Resolution 2:

"The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2020 and Financial Report 2020."

Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 9.

6. RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022

Ondřej Filip, Executive Board Treasurer, gave a presentation on the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022.

The presentation can be found here: 

https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/documentation-and-archive/presentation-of-the-ripe-ncc-charging-scheme-2022.pdf

The formal resolution was: 

Resolution 3: 

"The General Meeting approves the adoption of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022." 

Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 9. 

7. Charging Scheme Model Discussion

Ondřej Filip, Executive Board Treasurer, continued with a presentation giving background and issues to consider with the RIPE NCC’s charging scheme model. 

The presentation can be found here:

https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/documentation-and-archive/ripe-ncc-charging-scheme-discussion.pdf

This was followed by a discussion on the Charging Scheme Model by GM participants.

8. RIPE NCC Executive Board Election - Introduction of Executive Board candidates

Introduction of the five Executive Board candidates via video. 

The RIPE NCC Executive Board election is to fill two seats. 

Voting took place under Agenda point 9.

9. Voting on Resolutions and for Executive Board Seats

Ulka Athale, RIPE NCC Senior Communications Officer, gave a presentation on the RIPE NCC voting procedure:

https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2021/documentation-and-archive/voting-on-resolutions.pdf

At this point, Christian Kaufmann, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair read out the resolutions and declared voting open. He said the General Meeting would reconvene for the announcement of the voting results on Friday, 21 May at 10:15 (UTC+2).

10. Announcement of Resolution and Election Results

The General Meeting reconvened at 10:15 (UTC+2) on Friday, 21 May. The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, Christian Kaufmann, announced the results of the voting on the resolutions.

Resolution 1:

“The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020.”

Yes - 1,250

No - 79

Abstain -140

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 2:

"The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2020 and Financial Report 2020."

Yes - 1,162

No - 99

Abstain -197

The resolution was approved.

Resolution 3:

"The General Meeting approves the adoption of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022."

Yes - 1,093

No - 309

Abstain - 53

The resolution was approved.

The following two candidates were elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board:

  • Job Snijders
  • Piotr Strzyżewski

 The full voting report is also available. 

10. Close

The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, Christian Kaufmann, thanked the members for their participation and closed the General Meeting at 10:20 UTC+2 on 21 May 2021.