[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2017 Published

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 
2017 is now available. This definitive document has been approved by the 
RIPE NCC Executive Board with input from the RIPE NCC membership. It 
outlines the work we will undertake in the coming year and the 
associated costs for each activity.

The document is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-671

Based on developments over the past few months, feedback the Executive 
Board received from the membership at the General Meeting (GM) and 
through other feedback mechanisms, changes have been made since the 
draft Activity Plan and Budget was introduced in September. In order to 
make members aware of all updates, a new appendix has been added to the 
document, outlining the changes introduced.

These changes include:

- The Resource Certification activity has been updated to include the 
purchase of new Hardware Signing Modules
- The LISP EID Registry has changed to “expanding” and the text has been 
updated to reflect that this has now been implemented
- Text has been added on RIPE Meeting Fellowships that will be available 
in 2017
- “Community Projects Fund” has been renamed “Good of the Internet” and 
has been split into four component activities

There is a total additional budget of 61 kEUR for the following 
Operational Expenditures:

- 20 kEUR for RIPE Meeting Fellowships
- 55 kEUR budget for in-region travel to attend, host and facilitate 
meetings in the RIPE NCC service region
- 55 kEUR for HR consultancy
- A reduction of 69 kEUR as a result of decreases in personnel, housing, 
office costs, marketing and contributions

There is additional budget for the following Capital Expenditures:

- 150 kEUR under Resource Certification for the purchase of new Hardware 
Signing Modules

The draft Activity Plan and Budget 2017 was discussed during the GM on 
26 October 2016. The minutes from that GM are available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016/minutes

Kind regards

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC