[ncc-announce] [news] 163rd RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting - Summary Notes

Dear RIPE NCC members,

The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 163rd Meeting on 14-15 December 2022. The minutes from the meeting are later than planned and are now available.

Minutes of the 163rd Meeting: 
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2022/minutes-163rd-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 to the membership that it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from the meetings. Further details are available in the minutes.

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Main Items
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- The Board reviewed the deliverables of the external investigation into an allegation from a RIPE NCC staff member of bullying and intimidating treatment by an Executive Board member. 

The investigation was tasked to identify whether there have been violations of the RIPE NCC Code of Conduct from the moment the RIPE NCC Code of Conduct was applicable to the person in question, i.e. from the moment the person in question was elected as a member of the RIPE NCC Executive Board. From the deliverables of the external investigation, no violation of the RIPE NCC Code of Conduct was identified. The Chair will follow up with a separate meeting with the board member in question. The Managing Director and HR Director will communicate the outcome of the investigation to the employee and all RIPE NCC staff before the publication of the minutes.

- The Board requested the Managing Director to investigate whether it is possible to amend the Articles of Association in order to allow the Board to temporarily suspend board members until a final decision is made by the GM. The Board also requested to investigate mechanisms for the assessment of Executive Board candidates before an election.

- I shared an update on the RIPE NCC’s objectives and provided details on the Objectives and Key Results (OKR) methodology. The meeting contained updates on developments and OKR results for HR, Community & Engagement, the Registry, Information Technology, and Information, Security and Compliance.

- I gave a status update on the latest developments in AFRINIC. The Board expressed their concerns for the lack of development and resolution of the issues.  

- The Board discussed the impact analysis of four scenarios which apply temporary restrictions on Ukrainian resource holders and resolved to allow Members and End Users to request the prevention of their resources from being transferred for a period of six months (until 1 July 2023).  

- Athina Fragkouli shared a follow-up analysis on corporate governance and legal matters of the potential corporate restructure.

- Athina also suggested small amendments to the terms and conditions of the IPv4 Transfer Listing Service. The amendments clarify that members must publish only IPv4 addresses eligible for transfer and that the RIPE NCC may remove the publication of IPv4 addresses that are not eligible for transfer.

- The Board agreed with the notarisation of documents in specific cases 

- The Board discussed the various arguments that support a request to use XK as the Kosovo country code in the RIPE Database and in the RIPE NCC membership application process.

- RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne shared her report on developments in the RIPE community.

- I explained the changes from the draft version of the Activity Plan and Budget 2023 to the one published at the October 2022 GM.

-  The Board held an executive session with Hans Petter to assess the results of 2022 and provide feedback and recommendations.

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Resolutions Adopted
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- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the minutes of EB#161 and EB#162.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolves to allow Members and End Users (represented by their sponsoring LIRs) to request the prevention of their resources from being transferred for a period of six months (until 1 July 2023). 
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board also resolves that all transfer requests from Ukraine, including the pending ones, are only allowed if accompanied by notarised supporting documents.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the proposed amendments to the IPv4 Transfer Listing Service Terms and Conditions.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the proposed amendments to the RIPE NCC Certified Professionals Service Terms and Conditions.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves to request notarisation of documents supporting transfer requests above a certain risk level determined by the RIPE NCC.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2023 and the publication of the document.

Kind regards,

Hans Petter Holen
Managing Director
RIPE NCC