[ncc-announce] [GM] RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2016

Dear colleagues,

The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) was held from 26-28 October 2016 
adjacent to the RIPE 73 Meeting in Madrid. There were 147 attendees, 
including RIPE NCC staff and observers from the other Regional Internet 
Registries (RIRs).

The webcast from the meeting is archived at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016/webstream

There were three resolutions to be voted on at the General Meeting. The 
results of the voting on the resolutions are as follows:

Resolution 1 - The General Meeting adopts the amendments to the RIPE NCC 
Charging Scheme 2016 and RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2017. The amendments 
will take effect from the closing of this General Meeting onward and 
will have no retrospective effect.

Yes - 572
No - 135
Abstain - 28

The resolution passed.

Resolution 2 - The General Meeting approves the redistribution of the 
excess contribution paid in 2016 by redistributing the RIPE NCC 2016 
surplus to the membership in 2017.

Yes - 693
No - 25
Abstain - 14

The resolution passed.

Resolution 3 - The General Meeting adopts the amendments to the RIPE NCC 
Conflict Arbitration Procedure.

Yes - 546
No - 97
Abstain - 88

The resolution passed.

The RIPE NCC thanks its members for their participation at the GM.

Kind regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC