[ncc-announce] [news] 95th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting Summary Notes and Minutes

Dear colleagues,

The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 95th meeting on 12 September 2014.
The draft minutes of this meeting are now available:
https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/executive-board/minutes/2014/minutes-95-executive-board-meeting

The Executive Board publishes the minutes of its meetings so that the
workings of the Board and the decisions it makes are transparent for the
membership that it represents.

The following is a summary of the main items from the meeting. Further
details are available in the minutes:

- The Board discussed the new draft tax ruling with the Dutch
authorities. In 2014, the RIPE NCC can reserve its surplus tax-free in
the Clearing House. From 2015 onwards, the General Meeting (GM) can
decide either to put the surplus (deficit) into the Clearing House after
paying corporate income tax or to redistribute the surplus (deficit) to
the members. The Board agreed that from 2015 onwards they would ask the
RIPE NCC members whether they want to pay tax or redistribute the
suplus/deficit. This would take place at each autumn GM.

- The Board approved the new RIPE NCC Standard Service Agreement (SSA)
that includes an update to Article 7, the RIPE NCC Clearing House,
because of the new tax ruling. This will be put forward to be voted on
by the membership at the RIPE NCC General Meeting on 5 November 2014.

- The Board asked the RIPE NCC to prepare a resolution to outline
actions in the event of sanctions being imposed on a country within the
RIPE NCC service region.

- The Board discussed proposed areas for potential expenditure of RIPE
NCC resources for the good of the Internet. The Board would like the
membership and community to discuss any proposed activities.

- The Board approved the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2015,
which is published for membership discussion at:
https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/november-2014/draft-ripe-ncc-activity-plan-and-budget-2015

- The Executive Board decided to set the electronic voting period for
the upcoming GM to close at 09:00 UTC on Friday, 7 November 2014. The
results will be announced before the closing plenary at 10:45 UTC on the
same day. Members can register for electronic voting via the LIR Portal:
https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/november-2014/gm-registration

You can give feedback by emailing the Executive Board directly at
<exec-board at ripe.net>. RIPE NCC members can also discuss matters among
the entire membership by emailing <members-discuss at ripe.net>.

Kind regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC