[ncc-announce] [news] 138th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting - Summary Notes

Dear RIPE NCC members,

The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 138th Meeting via teleconference 
on 8 September 2020.

The draft minutes of the meeting are now available:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2020/minutes-138th-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 Board approved amendments to the procedural document “Due 
Diligence for the Quality of RIPE NCC Registration Data”:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-748

- The Board approved the publication of the Draft Agenda for the RIPE 
NCC General Meeting in October 2020.

- The Board approved the publication of the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan 
and Budget 2021 with the proposed amendments of adding a section on 
sanctions and FTEs per activity:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2020/draft-ripe-ncc-activity-plan-and-budget-2021.pdf

- The Board adopted the recommendations of the RIPE NCC Executive Board 
Election Task Force and instructed the Managing Director to implement 
the recommendations that are not subject to an amendment of the RIPE NCC 
Articles of Association. The Board also approved proposed amendments to 
the RIPE NCC Articles of Association and instructed the Managing 
Director to prepare a relevant resolution(s) for the adoption of the 
proposed amendment by the next General Meeting.

- The Board instructed the RIPE NCC to publish the report of the 
Executive Board Election Task Force for the membership:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/ripe-ncc-executive-board-election-task-force

- The Board decided to increase the number of the Executive Board 
members that acting jointly have the authority to represent the 
Association from two to four. The RIPE NCC Executive Board approved the 
relevant proposed amendment to Article 10.4 of the RIPE NCC Articles of 
Association and instructed the Managing Director to prepare a relevant 
resolution for the adoption of the proposed amendment by the next 
General Meeting.

- The Board also received an update from the new RIPE Chair, Mirjam 
Kühne.

Kind regards,

Hans Petter Holen
RIPE NCC Managing Director