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-b... 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. --------------- Main items --------------- - 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. --------------------------- Resolutions adopted --------------------------- - 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