Dear RIPE NCC members,
The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 189th meeting from 10-11 December
2025. The minutes are now available at:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2025/189th-executive-…
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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- Members of the RIPE NCC Executive Team gave end-of-year reports on
objectives and key results for their respective areas of responsibility.
- Mirjam Kühne, RIPE Chair, gave an update on developments in the RIPE
community.
- The Board approved a proposal for members of the RIPE Code of Conduct
Team to perform the duties of the Executive Board Election Code of Conduct
Team rather than finding volunteers from among the membership.
- The Board discussed the development of proposed charging scheme models to
be shared with the membership.
- The Board approved the publication of the Activity Plan and Budget 2026.
Some of the other topics discussed included:
- An amendment to the RIPE NCC Treasury Statute to adopt a more generic
investment strategy following advice from the RIPE NCC’s new investment
partner.
- The Board gave input on a document describing the goals of the RIPE NCC
Clearing House (reserves), which will be published as a RIPE Document.
- An update on the development of the RIPE NCC Strategy 2027-2031.
- Randy Bush, RIPE NCC Executive Board member, gave a presentation on the
long-term outlook for RIPE NCC strategy.
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Resolutions adopted
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- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the minutes of EB#188.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolves to approve the amendments to the
document “RIPE NCC Treasury Statute”.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolves that the members of the RIPE Code
of Conduct Team, who are not RIPE NCC staff or who do not declare a
conflict of interest, shall form the Code of Conduct (CoC) Team for the
Executive Board elections.
For the Executive Board elections taking place during the General Meeting
(GM) May 2026, the following members will form the CoC Team for the
Executive Board elections:
Sebastian Becker
Florian Hibler
Franziska Lichtblau
Robert Lister
Cynthia Revström
David Verolme
- The RIPE Executive Board resolves to publish an invitation for people
that wish to become arbiters according to Section B.2.2 of the RIPE NCC
Conflict Arbitration Procedure.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the risk appetite statements as
presented during EB#189.
- The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the RIPE NCC Activity Plan and
Budget 2026 and the publication of the document.
Kind regards,
Hans Petter Holen
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
RIPE NCC
