[ncc-announce] Executive Board Decisions for RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2009

Dear Colleagues,

Following discussions at the May 2009 General Meeting and on various 
mailing lists, I would like to inform you of the decisions the Executive 
Board has made and the proposed resolutions for the October General 
Meeting regarding:
- The Proposed Charging Scheme 2010
- Voting for elections of Executive Board members

The proposed Charging Scheme 2010
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The Executive Board proposes to follow the principle of RIPE policy 
2007-01, "Direct Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the 
RIPE NCC". The proposed Charging Scheme (Version A) includes a fixed fee 
per independent Internet number resource assignment. However, the RIPE 
NCC Executive Board notes that there are different opinions on the 
implications of charging for independent Internet number resources. 
Therefore, in the event that the proposed Charging Scheme (Version A) is 
not adopted, the RIPE NCC Executive Board provides for an alternative 
Charging Scheme (Version B) based on the current Charging Scheme 2009. 
Version B increases the service fees such that the total revenue
generated would equate to the total revenue generated by Version A.

The Executive Board would like to stress the importance it attaches to 
the RIPE NCC continuing to adhere to RIPE policies developed and agreed 
by the RIPE community. We feel that the alternatives outlined above meet 
this requirement.

Voting for elections of Executive Board members
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The Executive Board acknowledges the strong interest from RIPE NCC 
members in being able to vote via electronic means. The Executive Board 
proposes allowing for electronic voting but initially only for the 
elections of Executive Board members. The electronic voting will take 
place at the same time as the on-site voting during the alloted time in 
the General Meeting, which will in future be webcast. This will allow 
all members to try out the new procedure and system, and it will provide 
all of us with information on whether this increases the participation 
of members. In the future, if a successful system is established, we 
will extend electronic voting to other resolutions.

The agenda for the General Meeting, including links to the supporting 
documentation, is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-october2009/agenda.html

Best regards,

Nigel Titley
Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board