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

Dear members,

The RIPE NCC General Meeting takes place tomorrow, Wednesday, 24 May and we are asking the members to exercise their voting rights on the resolutions and in the election for three Executive Board seats.

The six resolutions are:
1. “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2022.”

2. "The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2022 and Financial Report 2022."

3. Presentation of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2024.

Option A: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2024 Model A.”

Option B: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2024 Model B.”

Option C: "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2024 Model C.”

Option D: "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2024 Model D.”

4. In addition to the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme adopted in Resolution 3, the General Meeting adopts an extra charge of EUR 50 per ASN as an integral part of the Charging Scheme 2024.

5. In addition to the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme adopted in Resolution 3, the General Meeting adopts an extra charge of EUR 500 per accepted transfer request as an integral part of the Charging Scheme 2024.

6. The General Meeting adopts the amendments to the RIPE NCC Standard Service Agreement.

The first resolution asks members to adopt the financial reporting for 2022. 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 vote for a new Charging Scheme model. The Board believes that the category-based model (Model A) will put the RIPE NCC in the best position to manage change in the future. Resolutions 4 and 5 are separate votes on charging for ASN assignments and transfer requests. 

The Board’s advice to members is therefore to vote preferentially for Models A, B, C and D in that order, and to vote “yes” for additional charges for ASNs and transfers.

Finally, resolution 6 asks members to adopt amendments to the RIPE NCC Standard Service Agreement.

The supporting documentation for these resolutions are available and we encourage you to read them:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2023/documentation-and-archives/supporting-documents

There are eight candidates in the Executive Board elections:
- Fahad AlShirawi
- Mustafa Ömer Gölgeli
- Maria Häll
- Raymond Jetten
- Dmytro Kohmanyuk
- Olena Kushnir
- Harald A. Summa
- Salam Yamout

The three elected candidates will represent you on the Board for a three-year term. You can read the biographies and motivations of each candidate on the GM webpages. All the election information is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2023/executive-board-election

If you missed it, you can watch the RIPE NCC Open House: Meet the Executive Board Candidates session where candidates introduced themselves and answered questions from members:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-meet-the-executive-board-candidates-2023

Most importantly, we 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://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active

Please note that your email client should support TLS 1.2 to receive the voting emails. More information on how to vote is available on this page: 
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2023/how-to-vote 

On-site attendees can already check in at the registration desk - you need to do this to get a GM sticker that will grant you attendance to the meeting. Please register and check in as early as possible.

Best regards,
General Meeting Organisation Team
RIPE NCC