Minutes 161st Executive Board Meeting

23 October 2022, Belgrade

Attendees:

• Ondřej Filip (OF), Chair
• Maria Häll (MH), Member
• Raymond Jetten (RJ), Treasurer
• Christian Kaufmann (CK), Member
• Remco van Mook (RvM), Member
• Job Snijders (JS), Member
• Piotr Strzyżewski (PS), Secretary (joined during topic 3)
• Mirjam Kühne (MK), RIPE Chair (topic 1-5)
• Daniella Coutinho (DC), Executive Assistant, RIPE NCC (topic 1-5)
• Fergal Cunningham (FC), Head of Membership Engagement, RIPE NCC (topic 1-5)
• Athina Fragkouli (AF), Chief Legal Officer, RIPE NCC
• Simon-Jan Haytink (SJH), Finance Manager, RIPE NCC (topic 1-5), attending remotely
• Hans Petter Holen (HPH), Managing Director, RIPE NCC
• Hisham Ibrahim (HI), Chief Community Officer, RIPE NCC (topic 2-5)
• Kaveh Ranjar, Chief Information Officer, RIPE NCC  (topic 1-5), attending remotely
• Felipe Victolla Silveira (FVS), Chief Operations Officer, RIPE NCC (topic 1-5)
• Carolien Vos (CV), HR Director, RIPE NCC

Guests:

• Antony Gollan, Communications Manager (topic 1-5)

1.  Welcome and agenda

The Chair opened the meeting at 14:45 (UTC+2) and welcomed everyone.

1.1 Apologies, new agenda points

The Chair noted all members of the RIPE NCC Executive Board (the Board) were present except Piotr Strzyzewski who sent his apologies and would join later. No additional agenda items were added to the agenda.

1.2 Conflict of interest

One Board member noted a conflict of interest for topic 6: Status Investigation. It was agreed that the Board member would leave when the discussion takes place.

1.3 Approval of minutes

Resolution EB#161-R-01
The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the minutes of EB#160.

The RIPE NCC Executive Board unanimously adopted the resolution.

2. Approval RPKI T&C

As agreed during EB#160, Felipe Victolla Silveira consulted the stakeholders regarding the ‘Publish in Parent’ service of RPKI. After assessing the different points raised, it was decided to proceed with the deployment of the service as it currently stands. In order to launch the service, the RIPE NCC Certification legal framework needs to be amended to this new service.

Resolution EB#161-R-02
The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the proposed amendments to the RIPE NCC Certification legal framework.

The RIPE NCC Executive Board unanimously adopted the resolution.

3. Board briefings

Ahead of RIPE Meetings, the RIPE NCC prepares briefings for the Board around the most important current topics. The briefings for RIPE 85 were reviewed and discussed.

4. GM and RIPE 85 presentations

The Board reviewed and discussed the presentations that were prepared ahead of the General Meeting of October 2022. The RIPE 85 presentations for the RIPE NCC Services Working Group were made available to the Board.

5. AFRINIC

Hans Petter Holen gave an update on the developments within AFRINIC. The NRO (Number Resource Organization) reconfirmed they will support AFRINIC if needed.

6. Status investigation

The Board member who declared a conflict of interest for topic 6 left the Board meeting. 

The remaining Board members and the Managing Director, Chief Legal Officer and HR Director discussed the status and agreed on the next steps.

The Board Chair is to answer any questions from the Board member under investigation if needed.

The Chair closed the meeting at 20:00 (UTC+2).

Resolutions

Resolution EB#161-R-01
The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the minutes of EB#160.

The RIPE NCC Executive Board unanimously adopted the resolution. 

Resolution EB#161-R-02
The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the proposed amendments to the RIPE NCC Certification legal framework.

The RIPE NCC Executive Board unanimously adopted the resolution.