[ncc-announce] RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2012 Published

Dear members,

The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) November 2011 saw valuable discussion 
regarding the RIPE NCC Budget 2012 and the RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2012.

The minutes of that GM are now posted at:
http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/november-2011/minutes

The Budget and Activity Plan are also published as RIPE Documents:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-544/at_download/pdf
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-543/at_download/pdf

At the GM, the membership raised concerns regarding the Budget 2012 and 
rejected the proposed RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2012. In light of this, 
the Executive Board has reduced by 2% the Budget 2012 that was presented 
to members at the GM. Please note that this will not result in the 
reduction of any core services to members.

Discussion of the Activity Plan at the GM centred on the lack of costs 
for services contained in that document. The revised Activity Plan 2012 
now contains the costs for key services provided by the RIPE NCC.

The Executive Board will work with the RIPE NCC's Senior Management to 
further develop the RIPE NCC Budget and Activity Plan, and to more 
closely align the two documents.

We on the Executive Board, as always, welcome the feedback we receive 
from members on these issues. If you would like to comment on the Budget 
and Activity Plan, you can do so publicly on the Membership Discussion 
mailing list at <members-discuss at ripe.net>. You can also give your 
feedback directly to the Executive Board at <exec-board at ripe.net>.

Best regards,
Nigel Titley
RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman