[members-discuss] External thoughts on the Executive Board Election TF

Hi Elad,

Yes they are in the supporting documents section of the page for the GM in
May 2020.
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-743

- Cynthia


On Sat, Nov 7, 2020 at 5:35 PM Elad Cohen <elad at netstyle.io> wrote:

>
> "and how their money should be spent"
>
>
> The email below is from 14th of April 2020 (bold part by me):
>
> -----
> *Dear Elad,*
> *Thanks so much for your interest in RIPE NCC’s transactions. The Finance
> department sees it as one of its primary roles to give the membership full
> insight in the financial obligations of our association. *
>
> *Further to your questions to the Executive Board (Christian Kaufmann)
> please be informed that the Finance department plans to create a Purchase
> History Calendar with Purchases above 100k and a Capital Investment
> overview with investments above 25k. *
>
> *These overviews will be presented to the membership during the GM in May
> and I am confident that this will provide you with the information you are
> looking for. We will start with the 2019 details and we will make a
> comparison with 2018. Please allow us a couple of weeks to set up a proper
> format that also meets GDPR requirements. *
>
> *Happy to answer any more questions in the meantime,*
> *Kind rgs,*
>
> *Gwen van Berne *
> *CFO RIPE NCC*
> -----
>
>
> Anyone saw the purchase history calendar in the GM on May, or anywhere ?
> ...
>
> Maybe RIPE NCC representative can please step in ?
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* members-discuss <members-discuss-bounces at ripe.net> on behalf of
> Gert Doering <gert at space.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 7, 2020 5:52 PM
> *To:* Harry Cross <me at harrycross.me>
> *Cc:* Members Discuss <members-discuss at ripe.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [members-discuss] External thoughts on the Executive Board
> Election TF
>
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 12:35:20PM +0000, Harry Cross wrote:
> > The NCC made a lot of noise at RIPE81 about trying to attract new members
> > and new "blood" into the NCC and community. Locked doors and locked away
> > decisions and suggestion making won't help with this - but this is just
> an
> > opinion.
>
> You are squarely mixing "RIPE community" and "RIPE NCC".
>
> The RIPE NCC is a formal organization which has an executive board,
> flowing money, and paying members.  And members *vote* on what the EB
> should do, and how their money should be spent.  And yes, this excludes
> all non-members from the final decision.
>
> The RIPE *community* is "all of us", and this is the primary focus of
> the RIPE meeting (of which the RIPE *member* AGM on wednesday evening is
> not a part, it just happens to happen in the same week to reduce
> travelling).
>
> RIPE is open, and the RIPE WGs solicit "fresh blood" to bring new
> impulses to the community.
>
> The RIPE NCC is not open in the sense of "anyone can come and influence
> RIPE NCC business".
>
> Gert Doering
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