Minutes - RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2015
Transcript of all presentations and discussion at the General Meeting
1. Welcome, Preliminaries
The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, Nigel Titley, opened the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) at 18:00 (UTC +2) on 13 May 2015 and welcomed attendees.
2. Report from the RIPE NCC
The RIPE NCC reporting for the General Meeting was presented by RIPE NCC Managing Director Axel Pawlik in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 70. This took place on 13 May 2015 from 16:00-17:45 (UTC +2). General Meeting attendees that were not registered for the RIPE Meeting were welcome to participate in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session. The RIPE NCC reports were not repeated in the General Meeting. The presentation is available at:
https://ripe70.ripe.net/presentations/111-RIPE70-Axel-Services-v1.9.pdf
3. Presentation of the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2014
Jochem de Ruig, the RIPE NCC's Chief Financial Officer, presented the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2014. The presentation is available at:
4. Adoption of the Audited RIPE NCC Financial Report 2014
Resolution 1:
"The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2014."
Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 10.
5. Discharge of the Executive Board
Resolution 2:
"The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2014."
Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 10.
6. RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2016
Jochem de Ruig, the RIPE NCC's Chief Financial Officer, presented the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2016. The presentation is available at:
The Executive Board agreed to publish a document before the next GM showing the stress tests carried out for RIPE NCC strategic planning.
Resolution 3:
"The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2016."
Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 10.
7. Charging for AS numbers
Discussion of this item was included in Jochem's presentation on the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2016 (see Agenda point 6 above).
Resolution 4:
“In addition to the Charging Scheme, the General Meeting approves a separate charge of EUR 50 per ASN.”
Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 10.
8. Report from the Executive Board
Nigel Titley gave the presentation from the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The presentation is available at:
9. RIPE NCC Executive Board Appointments or Election
The RIPE NCC Executive Board election was to fill two seats. The four candidates were:
- Dmitry Burkov
- Amir Mohsenian
- Piotr Strzyżewski
- János Zsakó
Voting for this election took place under Agenda point 10.
10. Voting on Resolutions and for Executive Board Seats
The RIPE NCC's Membership Communications Officer, Fergal Cunningham, gave a presentation on voting at the RIPE NCC General Meeting. The presentation is available at:
At this point, Nigel declared the voting window to be open. He adjourned the GM until the announcement of the voting results on Friday, 15 May at 10:45 UTC+2.
11. Announcement of Resolution and Election Results
The General Meeting reconvened at 10:45 (UTC +2) on 15 May. The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, Nigel Titley, announced the results of the voting on the resolutions.
The following three resolutions were approved:
- "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2014."
- "The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2014."
- "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2016."
The following resolution was rejected:
- “In addition to the Charging Scheme, the General Meeting approves a separate charge of EUR 50 per ASN.”
The following two candidates were elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board:
- Dmitry Burkov
- János Zsakó
The full voting report is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2015/voting-report
12. Close
Nigel thanked the members for their participation and closed the GM at 10:48 UTC+2.