Minutes 134th Executive Board Meeting

Attendees:

• Christian Kaufmann (CK), Chairman
• Ondřej Filip (OF), Member
• Remco van Mook (RM), Treasurer
• Maria Häll (MH), Member
• Piotr Strzyżewski (PS), Secretary

• Gwen van Berne (GB), Managing Director, RIPE NCC
• Felipe Victolla Silveira (FS), Managing Director, RIPE NCC
• Hans Petter Holen (HH), RIPE Chair
• Athina Fragkouli (AF), Chief Legal Officer, RIPE NCC
• Sabine Mader (SM), Assistant to the Managing Directors, RIPE NCC

Apologies:

• Falk von Bornstaedt (FB), Member
• Salam Yamout (SY), Member

The Chairman opened the meeting at 11:00 (UTC+2).

1. Agenda setting, Apologies

It was noted that two board members, Falk von Bornstaedt and Salam Yamout, were not present.

2. Appointment of New Managing Director

Resolution EB#134-R-01:
The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolves to appoint Hans Petter Holen, in addition to Felipe Silveira, Gwen van Berne and Kaveh Ranjbar, as Managing Director of the Management Team as of 1 May 2020.

The RIPE NCC Executive Board also resolves to dismiss Felipe Silveira, Gwen van Berne and Kaveh Ranjbar as Managing Directors of the Management Team as of 1 June 2020.

3. Members-discuss mailing list

The RIPE NCC Executive Board discussed how to mitigate recent postings on the members-discuss mailing list that were not related to the purpose of the mailing list and/or the principles of the RIPE mailing list code of conduct.

Resolution EB#134-R-02:
The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolved to temporarily moderate the members-discuss mailing list until 1 June 2020. The mailing list will be moderated in accordance with the purpose of the mailing list and the principles of the code of conduct by the secretary of the board and a member of the RIPE NCC staff. All emails, accepted or rejected, will be archived on the RIPE NCC website. The RIPE NCC Executive Board will bring the discussion about a permanent solution to a suitable forum.

The Chairman adjourned the meeting at 11:50 (UTC+2).