Draft Minutes RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2026
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Draft Minutes RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2026
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1. Welcome, Preliminaries
Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, opened the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) at 16:00 (UTC+2) on 28 October 2026.
He welcomed attendees and appointed Athina Fragkouli, RIPE NCC Chief Legal Officer, as the Secretary of the General Meeting.
2. Report from the RIPE NCC
Hans Petter Holen, RIPE NCC Managing Director, presented an update on the recent activities of the RIPE NCC.
This was in addition to two RIPE NCC updates presented at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 93, which took place on 28 October from 14:00 (UTC+2) as specified in the General Meeting October 2026 agenda.
View the report from the RIPE NCC
3. Report from the Executive Board
Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, presented the report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board before opening the floor to questions from members.
View the Report from the Executive Board
4. Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2027
Hans Petter Holen, RIPE NCC Managing Director, presented the Draft Activity Plan and Budget for 2027 and opened the floor to questions from the members.
This followed a more in-depth presentation which took place at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group.
5. Financial Update and RIPE NCC Surplus
Simon-Jan Haytink, RIPE NCC Chief Financial Officer, provided a financial update and outlined the resolution for the GM to vote on. He then opened the floor to questions from the membership.
The formal resolution was:
Resolution 1
“The General Meeting approves to add/subtract the excess contribution/deficit paid in the financial year 2026 in the following way:
- In case there is an excess contribution, this will be added to the RIPE NCC reserves.
- In case of a deficit, this will be covered by the RIPE NCC membership in 2027.”
NOTE: If the membership does not approve the resolution, the excess contribution paid will be redistributed to the membership in 2027 according to the RIPE NCC Clearing House procedure and the deficit will be paid by RIPE NCC reserves.
Voting for this resolution took place under agenda point 8.
6. Amendments to the Articles of Association - Board Structure
Athina Fragkouli, RIPE NCC Chief Legal Officer, gave a presentation on the proposed amendments to the Articles of Association to change the Board structure.
The formal resolution was:
Resolution 2
"The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, adopts the amendments to the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 30 September 2026.
Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary."
As per the moment that the amendments to the Articles of Association will have been executed before the Dutch civil law notary, the current members of the Executive Board will become Non-Executive Board Members. As soon as possible after the execution of the amendments to the Articles of Association, the Non-Executive Board Members will appoint the current Managing Director as Executive Board Member.
Voting for this resolution took place under agenda point 8.
7. RIPE NCC Arbiter Panel Election
Karla Liddle-White, RIPE NCC Senior Communications Officer, gave a presentation on the Arbiter Panel election. The Arbiter Panel election was to fill six seats.
Voting for this resolution took place under agenda point 8.
8. Voting on Resolutions and Arbiter Panel Election
Karla Liddle-White, RIPE NCC Senior Communications Officer, gave a presentation on the voting platform and procedure.
At this point, Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, read out the resolutions and declared voting open.
He said that the General Meeting would reconvene for the announcement of the voting results on Friday, 30 October at 10:30 UTC+2.
9. Announcement of Resolution and Election Results (Friday, 30 October 2026 at 10:30 UTC+2)
The General Meeting reconvened at 10:31 (UTC+2) on 30 October 2026.
Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, announced the results of voting on the resolutions and election.
Resolution 1
“The General Meeting approves to add/subtract the excess contribution/deficit paid in the financial year 2026 in the following way:
- In case there is an excess contribution, this will be added to the RIPE NCC reserves.
- In case of a deficit, this will be covered by the RIPE NCC membership in 2027.”
NOTE: If the membership does not approve the resolution, the excess contribution paid will be redistributed to the membership in 2027 according to the RIPE NCC Clearing House procedure and the deficit will be paid by RIPE NCC reserves.
Yes: 583 (57.44%)
No: 432 (42.56%)
Abstain: 87
The resolution was approved by the General Meeting.
Resolution 2
"The General Meeting, in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association, adopts the amendments to the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 30 September 2026.
Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary."
Yes: 761 (81.56%)
No: 172 (18.44%)
Abstain: 169
The resolution was approved by the General Meeting.
The following six candidates were elected to the Arbiter Panel:
Victor Bolaños Guerra
Jean-Paul M. Chia
Kurt Jaeger
Klaus Landefeld
Ralph Karseboom
Matyas Koszik
Ondřej Filip, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair, thanked the membership for their participation and closed the General Meeting at 10:35 UTC+2 on 30 October 2026.