[ncc-announce] [news] 167th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting - Summary Notes

Dear RIPE NCC members,

The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 167th Meeting on 28 June 2023. The minutes are now available.

Minutes of the 167th Meeting: 
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2023/minutes-167th-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 it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from the meeting. Further details are available in the minutes.

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Main Items
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- I updated the Board on the recruitment of the Chief Registry Officer and the status of key objectives and deliverables for 2023.
- Simon-Jan Haytink presented the financial results up to May 2023, gave an update on the treasury project and asked the Board for direction for the 2024 budget following the adoption of the 2024 Charging Scheme at the last General Meeting. 
- Mirjam Kühne shared her report on developments in the RIPE community.
- Fergal Cunningham reported on the May 2023 General Meeting. 
- Felipe Victolla Silveira proposed to remove the suspension of the waiting list. The Board accepted his recommendation. 
- Athina Fragkouli gave an update on the possibility for Ukrainian members to prevent their resources from being transferred and asked the Board for advice on moving forward. The Board decided to extend the temporary resolution until the proposed policy completes the Policy Development Process.  
- Athina Fragkouli raised the issue of moderation of the Member-Discuss mailing list, pointing out that the delays caused by moderation were a source of concern. The Board decided to remove general moderation and only apply moderation on a case-by-case basis for members who do not comply with the RIPE Code of Conduct or for messages that are not relevant to the mailing list. 

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Resolutions Adopted
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- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the minutes of EB#165 and EB#166.

- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the updated Treasury Statute June 2023.

- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the selection of UBS Luxembourg as a counterparty in compliance with the updated Treasury Statute June 2023.

- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the selection of American Express Europe S.A. as a counterparty.

- The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolves to remove the suspension imposed on 21 April 2023 and allow the submission of new applications for the IPv4 Waiting List, effective immediately.

- The RIPE NCC Executive Board, taking into account:
●      The ongoing discussions about RIPE Policy Proposal 2023-03;
●      The perceived support by the community for this proposal; and
●      The time to reach consensus through the Policy Development Process
Resolves to extend the resolution EB#163-R-02 and continue allowing members and End Users (represented by their sponsoring LIRs) to request the prevention of their resources from being transferred until RIPE Policy Proposal 2023-03 completes the Policy Development Process.
The RIPE NCC Executive Board will review this resolution in six months and anticipates the RIPE community will develop a RIPE policy for a permanent solution in the meantime.

- The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolves to remove the temporary moderation of the members-discuss mailing list imposed on 7 March 2022. The RIPE NCC Executive Board further resolves to moderate emails sent from individual subscribers who, from 28 June 2023, send emails evaluated as not in accordance with the purpose of the mailing list or the principles of the RIPE Code of Conduct. This evaluation and moderation will be conducted by a designated member of the RIPE NCC Executive Board and a RIPE NCC staff member. All emails, accepted or rejected, will be archived on the RIPE NCC website. 
Further, the RIPE NCC Executive Board resolves that if individual subscribers are put under moderation based on this resolution, this moderation will last one year from the date the last non-complying email was sent, even if this email was sent while the individual subscriber was under moderation.

Kind regards,

Hans Petter Holen
Managing Director
RIPE NCC