Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 150th meeting on 15 and 16 December. The minutes from the meeting are now available: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2021/minutes-150th-exe... 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. ----------------------- Main Items ----------------------- The majority of the meeting was dedicated to the results of the RIPE NCC in 2021. Additionally, the final changes to the Activity Plan and Budget 2022 were discussed, and the document was approved by the Board for publication. Further: - Felipe Victolla Silveira presented a project to improve the integration of tickets between Zendesk and the LIR Portal and to display limited ticket history. The Board agreed with this plan, to be delivered in Q1 2022, and requested a follow-up with members after its implementation. - RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne presented on the latest developments in the community, including the Address Policy Working Group’s plans for IPv4 and IPv6 policies, the RIPE Code of Conduct Task Force’s strategy planning, and the next steps in the revision of the Policy Development Process. - Possible alternative Charging Scheme models for 2023 were discussed. The Board agreed to present four models to the membership and recommended that they be discussed at another Open House before the next General Meeting. - Fergal Cunningham presented a review of the General Meeting of November 2021. He noted that the voting procedure had resulted in delays and confusion. The Board discussed the matter and decided to investigate possible alternative voting procedures. - The Board agreed to issue a new call for members of the Code of Conduct Team to give everyone a chance to join. ---------------------------- Resolutions Adopted ---------------------------- - The minutes of the 149th Board meeting were approved. - The Board approved the risk mitigation plans in the Integrated Risk Management Report. - The Board approved two amendments to the RIPE NCC procedural document “Closure of Members, Deregistration of Internet Resources and Legacy Internet Resources” (ripe-716). - The Board approved the RIPE NCC Strategy 2022-2026 and the publication of the document. - The Board approved the RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2022 and the publication of the document. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC