[ncc-announce] Voting Options at General Meetings

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Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE NCC Executive Board has been evaluating various options 
regarding the proposal to change the voting procedure currently used to 
elect the Executive Board during General Meetings.

Several of these options were presented at the General Meeting in May 
2009. Please refer to this presentation for more details:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2009/presentations/

After discussion during this meeting, there was no clear consensus on 
how to proceed. The minutes of the General Meeting are available at:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2009/minutes.html

The Executive Board concluded that in order to widen participation in 
elections, it will propose to allow voting by postal ballot for 
Executive Board elections. This addition to the voting process will not 
require a major effort or a major investment from the RIPE NCC.

The Executive Board will monitor whether this enhancement leads to 
increased participation and based on these outcomes will decide on 
further steps.

Membership discussion of the proposed changes to voting options for 
General Meetings can take place at <members-discuss at ripe.net>.

For your information, there has already been some discussion on the 
members-discuss mailing list. The mailing list archive is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/maillists/ncc-archives/members-discuss/2009/index.html#00064 


Best regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC