[ncc-announce] [GM] Voting Issue at RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2020

Dear members,

It was brought to our attention last week that a member received an
extra vote for the recent October RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM).
Following this, we conducted a full audit of all members who received
voting rights at the GM.

We found that three LIR accounts should have been recorded as belonging
to three already existing members, but they were not. Instead they were
recorded as separate members with voting rights. As a result we
allocated three extra votes to these three LIR accounts.

The three extra votes could not have had an impact on the results of the
voting on resolutions. In the closest vote, a three-vote swing would
mean approval by 75% rather than 75.25%. See full voting numbers at the
end of this mail.

However, we take this very seriously and we will amend our processes
ahead of the next GM to ensure all members are assigned the correct
voting rights. We are also analysing previous GM votes to assess whether
this issue had an impact on previous voting results.

The draft minutes of the GM containing the voting results are published
and members can review them and lodge objections should they wish to do so:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2020/minutes-general-meeting-october-2020

Voting Results:

Resolution 1 - Simple majority
Yes 1,336
No 48
Approval: 96.5%

Resolution 2 - Two-thirds majority
Yes 1,082
No 154
Approval: 87.5%

Resolution 3 - Two-thirds majority
Yes 900
No 296
Approval: 75.25%

Resolution 4 - Two-thirds majority
Yes 1,059
No 165
Approval: 86.5%

Regards,

Hans Petter Holen			Christian Kaufmann
Managing Director			Chair
RIPE NCC				RIPE NCC Executive board