[ncc-announce] [news] 123rd RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting - Summary Notes and Minutes

Dear RIPE NCC members,

The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 123rd Meeting on 21 June 2019. The 
draft minutes of this meeting are now available:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2019/minutes-123rd-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 RIPE NCC Executive Board agreed on the functions of board members 
as required by the RIPE NCC Articles of Association (AoA), as follows:

	Chairman: Christian Kaufmann
	Treasurer: Remco van Mook
	Secretary: Piotr Strzyżewski

- On receiving a report on the current status of the draft RIPE Chair 
selection procedure, the RIPE NCC Executive Board noted its willingness 
to take on the role of appointing the Nomination Committee (NomCom) 
chair and confirming the selections made by the NomCom. Should the RIPE 
Chair selection procedure be adopted by the community, the RIPE NCC 
Executive Board will pass a formal resolution to accept their role in 
the process.

- The Executive Board received a report from the Managing Director of 
the RIPE NCC, Axel Pawlik, including an update on the outcomes from the 
recent meeting with European Commission (EC) and Europol representatives 
in Brussels in response to concerns about inclusivity of the RIPE Policy 
Development Process (PDP).

- The RIPE NCC Executive Board agreed to re-evaluate the option of 
offering paper ballots at RIPE NCC General Meetings.

Kind regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC