[ncc-announce] [GM] Draft Minutes of the RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019

Dear colleagues,

We have now published the draft minutes from the October 2019 General 
Meeting (GM). The minutes contain links to the presentations given at 
the GM as well as the results of the voting on resolutions.

Included at the top of the minutes is a link to a new "GM Objections 
System". We would like to briefly explain what this is for.

At the May 2019 GM, the RIPE NCC Articles of Association (AoA) were 
updated to include some procedural details about how GMs should be run. 
Article 19.4 explains that the draft minutes should be published within 
two working days of the GM (today), and also explains that members have 
a period of three weeks in which they can object to the draft minutes. 
For an objection to be considered by the Executive Board, it must be 
signed by at least 100 members.

The new tool is designed to make this process simpler for members who 
wish to make an objection. Members can easily view and support other 
members' objections or submit their own. A RIPE NCC Access account that 
is associated with an existing membership is required to use the tool.

You can find the draft minutes at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2019/minutes

You can find the objection tool at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/minutes-objections

If you are interested in the relevant text in the AoA, you can read
Article 19.4 here:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-726

Kind regards

Athina Fragkouli
Chief Legal Officer
RIPE NCC