[ncc-announce] [news] 141st and 142nd RIPE NCC Executive Board Meetings - Summary Notes

Dear RIPE NCC members,

The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 141st Meeting on 5 February 2021 and its 142nd Meeting over 11-12 March 2021. The minutes of the meetings are now available.

Minutes of the 141st Meeting:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-141st-executive-board-meeting

Minutes of the 142nd Meeting:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-142nd-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.

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Resolutions Adopted
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The following resolutions were adopted:
- The Board decided on a low-level risk appetite for 2021, accepting the existing high-risk items and mitigation plans as presented in the Integrated Risk Management report.
- The proposed document "RIPE NCC Executive Board Remuneration and Reimbursement Policy" was approved for publication as a RIPE Document. The document can be viewed at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-753/
- Minutes of the 140th and 141st Board meetings were approved.
- The Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022 was approved for submission to the General Meeting (GM) May 2021 (to be voted upon).
- The publication of the draft agenda for the GM was approved.
- The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2020 was approved for publication.
- The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2020 was approved for submission to the GM (to be voted upon).
- Amendments to the procedural documents “Transfer of Internet Number Resources and Change of a Member’s Official Legal Name” and "Independent Internet Number Resources - Contractual Relationship Changes Between Sponsoring LIR and End Users” were approved.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolved to stop moderating individual subscribers that were put in moderation for emails they sent in the past, and from now on individual subscribers will be placed under moderation for one year if they violate the Code of Conduct.

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Key Discussions
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The main points of discussion were:
- The Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2022 was discussed in light of the forecast drop in membership numbers. A lower sign-up fee of €1,000 has been proposed.
- The RIPE NCC management reported on various internal projects including staff and HR reports; the quarterly risk management report; the RIPE NCC’s financial status; the areas of concern regarding sanctions and recent regulatory developments in the RIPE NCC service region.
- The purchase of fifth generation RIPE Atlas hardware probes was discussed.
- The RPKI Resilience report was presented, including the completed audit on RFC compliance and security.
- The RIPE Chair team spoke about developments in RIPE, chiefly the new draft Code of Conduct (CoC), the Policy Development Process (PDP) and Appeals Process, efforts to strengthen the visibility of the RIPE community and initiatives to address the well-being of the RIPE community.

Kind regards,

Hans Petter Holen
RIPE NCC Managing Director