Dear members, It was brought to our attention last week that a member received an extra vote for the recent October RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM). Following this, we conducted a full audit of all members who received voting rights at the GM. We found that three LIR accounts should have been recorded as belonging to three already existing members, but they were not. Instead they were recorded as separate members with voting rights. As a result we allocated three extra votes to these three LIR accounts. The three extra votes could not have had an impact on the results of the voting on resolutions. In the closest vote, a three-vote swing would mean approval by 75% rather than 75.25%. See full voting numbers at the end of this mail. However, we take this very seriously and we will amend our processes ahead of the next GM to ensure all members are assigned the correct voting rights. We are also analysing previous GM votes to assess whether this issue had an impact on previous voting results. The draft minutes of the GM containing the voting results are published and members can review them and lodge objections should they wish to do so: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2020/minutes-g... Voting Results: Resolution 1 - Simple majority Yes 1,336 No 48 Approval: 96.5% Resolution 2 - Two-thirds majority Yes 1,082 No 154 Approval: 87.5% Resolution 3 - Two-thirds majority Yes 900 No 296 Approval: 75.25% Resolution 4 - Two-thirds majority Yes 1,059 No 165 Approval: 86.5% Regards, Hans Petter Holen Christian Kaufmann Managing Director Chair RIPE NCC RIPE NCC Executive board