[ncc-announce] [GM] Voting at the RIPE NCC General Meeting

Dear members,

The RIPE NCC General Meeting takes place this Wednesday, 18 May and we 
are asking the members to exercise their voting rights on the 
resolutions and in the election for two Executive Board seats.

The three resolutions are:

1. "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2021."

2. "The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to 
its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2021 and Financial 
Report 2021."

3. "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023."

The Executive Board recommends that the membership vote to approve all 
three resolutions.

The first resolution asks members to adopt the financial reporting for 
2021. The second asks members to confirm that the Executive Board has 
discharged its duties as described in the Annual and Financial reports.

The third resolution asks members to adopt the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 
2023, which includes an increase of EUR 150 to the annual fee. The Board 
believes this increase will ensure the stability of the RIPE NCC in a 
year where we expect fewer paying LIR accounts and rising costs due to 
inflation. We also believe this increase is reasonable given there has 
been no change in fees since 2015.

The supporting documentation for these resolutions are available and we 
encourage you to read them:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/documentation-and-archive

There are three candidates in the Executive Board elections:
- Julius Cicenas
- Ondřej Filip
- Remco van Mook

The two elected candidates will represent you on the board for a three 
year team. You can read the biographies and motivations of each 
candidate on the GM webpages, and they will also speak at the GM. All 
the election information is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/eb-elections

Most importantly, I ask that you take two minutes to register to vote 
this week. We would like to see a large turnout so that the results 
broadly reflect the wishes of our members.
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/register

The RIPE NCC has also prepared a very short video that shows you how to 
register through the LIR Portal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2f0mDV5fkA

Kind regards,

Christian Kaufmann
Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board