[members-discuss] [comms-circle] Re: [ncc-announce] [GM] Executive Board Meeting to Discuss Charging Scheme Input from Members

Considering we had 700+ participants call for the amendment to not 
change the charging scheme, and only needed 2% of the member base, this 
seems relatively achievable.

I've asked the opinion of the current individuals up for election to the 
EB their thoughts on the matter of this issue as well over on the 
candidate mailing list so I'll be curious to what they say.

I did notice in the articles as well if the entire EB is dissolved then 
the management must elect a new interim EB so I really would like to get 
the opinions of each board member so we can know if this is a universal 
problem with each and every board member, or if this is simply 
spearheaded by a few people.

It feels like presenting the membership with a vote that results in the 
same outcome, is not providing the membership with a genuine choice and 
feels very manipulative. I'm not an expert on Dutch law at all, but 
would this charging scheme even stand up to the scrutiny of the legal 
system there? Can it truly be considered a choice when each choice 
results in increased fee's and a larger bloated budget for RIPE?



On 5/14/24 7:21 AM, Rob Evans wrote:
>> ++ for this one:
>>
>> Second question, how many members need to support a proposal to recall board members and force a new election? It seems that may be the only way we will actually see any progress on this matter is to fully replace the board of directors.
> This is covered in the Articles of Association.
>
> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-818/#article-9-executive-board-appointment-suspension-and-dismissal
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> You need to get the votes to call an EGM with the resolutions of dismissing the members of the board, and then achieve a two-thirds majority for those resolutions.
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> Rob
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