Minutes
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1. Welcome, Preliminaries
The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, Christian Kaufmann, opened the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) at 18:30 UTC+2 on 13 May 2020, welcomed attendees and appointed Athina Fragkouli, RIPE NCC Chief Legal Officer, as the Secretary of the General Meeting.
2. Report from the RIPE NCC
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 80. This took place on 13 May 2020 from 16:00-17:45 UTC+2.
The RIPE NCC Update can be found here:
https://ripe80.ripe.net/presentations/33-RIPE-NCC-Update-NCC-Services-RIPE-80.pdf
3. Report from the Executive Board
The RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman, Christian Kaufmann, gave the presentation from the RIPE NCC Executive Board.
The Report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board can be found here:
4. Adoption of the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2019
RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, Gwen van Berne, presented the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2019.
The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2019 presentation can be found here:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/ripe-ncc-financial-update-2019.pdf
Resolution 1:
"The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2019."
Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 8.
5. Discharge of the Executive Board
The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2019 and Financial Report 2019 were published and announced on 15 April 2020.
Resolution 2:
"The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2019 and Financial Report 2019."
Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 8.
6. RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2021
RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, Gwen van Berne, presented the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2021.
The RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2021 presentation can be found here:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/ripe-ncc-charging-scheme-2021.pdf
Resolution 3:
"The General Meeting approves the adoption of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2021."
Voting for this resolution took place under Agenda point 8.
7. RIPE NCC Executive Board Election
Piotr Strzyżewski, RIPE NCC Executive Board Secretary, took over as Chair for the remainder of the General Meeting. The Executive Board candidates introduced themselves.
The RIPE NCC Executive Board election was to fill three seats.
Voting took place under Agenda point 8.
8. Voting on Resolutions and for Executive Board Seats
RIPE NCC Communications Officer Alun Davies gave a presentation on the voting procedure for the GM.
The presentation can be found here:
At this point, the RIPE NCC Executive Board Secretary, Piotr Strzyżewski, read out the resolutions and declared voting to be open. He said that the General Meeting would reconvene for the announcement of the voting results on 15 May at 10:45 UTC+2.
9. Announcement of Resolution and Election Results (Friday, 15 May at 10:45 UTC+2)
The General Meeting reconvened at 10:45 UTC+2 on 15 May. RIPE NCC Executive Board Secretary, Piotr Strzyżewski, announced the results of the voting on the resolutions.
Resolution 1
“The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2019.”
Yes – 2,551
No – 186
Abstain – 364
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 2019 and the Financial Report 2019."
Yes – 2,330
No – 229
Abstain – 507
The resolution was approved.
Resolution 3
"The General Meeting approves the adoption of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2021"
Yes – 2,660
No – 189
Abstain – 208
The resolution was approved.
The following three candidates were elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board:
- Maria Häll
- Raymond Jetten
- Christian Kaufmann
The full voting report is available.
10. Close
RIPE NCC Executive Board Secretary, Piotr Strzyżewski, thanked the members for their participation and closed the General Meeting at 10:50 UTC+2 on 15 May 2020.