1999 RIPE NCC Annual General Meeting
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RIPE NCC Annual General Meeting Minutes
1999 (AGM'99)
19 October 1999-11-25
Minutes
Scribe: Alissar Nabali
Document: ripe-205
ABSTRACT
Traditionally these minutes reflect
the detailed discussions for the benefit
of those unable to attend the meeting.
Those interested in a very short summary
may want to refer to the Appendix listing
the decisions.
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List of Participants RIPE NCC AGM 1999
James Aldridge, EUnet Communications Services BV
Lajos Balint, HUNGARNET
Steve Barton, I S Products Limited
Stephen Burley, UUNET
Ali Badiel Drissa, ONATEL
Tim Dimond, I S Products Limited
Kees van Draanen, RIPE NCC
Frode Greisen, Ebone Inc.
Arjen Jansen, Glasshouse Business Network
Sabine Jaume, Renter
Daniel Karrenberg, RIPE NCC
Theodoros Karounos, GR-NET S.A.
Mirjam Kuehne, RIPE NCC
Keith Mitchell, London Internet Exchange
Kees Neggers, SURFnet bv
Hans Niklasson, Tele2 AB
Mike Norris, HEAnet
Axel Pawlik, RIPE NCC
Carsten Schiefner, TCP/IP GmbH - Contrib.Net
Darren Taylor, Demon Internet Limited
Nigel Titley, Level3 Communications International
Wilfried Woeber, Vienna Univ. Computer Center -
ACOnet
DRAFT AGENDA
1.Welcome, Preliminaries, Approval of
AGM'98 Minutes, Agenda
2.Operational Report by NCC Management
3.Financial Reporting:
a.Approval of 1998 Financial Results
b.Interim Financial Report Q3'99
4.Postponing 2000 Annual General Meeting
5.Activity Plan and Expenditure for 2000 (ripe-197)
6.Charging Scheme (ripe-198)
7.Report from the Executive Board
8.RIPE NCC Executive Board Elections
1. Welcome, Preliminaries, Approval of AGM'98 Minutes, Agenda
Keith Mitchell, chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive
Board, and as such statutory chair of the meeting
welcomed all attendees and introduced Axel Pawlik,
the new Manager Director of RIPE NCC. He also
announced receiving an apology from Mr. Daniele
Bovio, a candidate for the Executive Board, who
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could not be present. The Chair proposed to review
the proposed agenda and asked participants to sug-
gest amendments or query agenda items. No amendments
or questions were raised and the agenda was fixed.
2. Operational Report by RIPE NCC Management
Mirjam Kuehne, RIPE NCC Head of External Services,
provided an overview of operations and services cov-
ering the period October 1998 through to October
1999.
The presentation can be found at:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/contrib/agm99/ncc-status/
3. Financial Reporting:
a.Approval of 1998 Financial Results
The audited Financial Statements for 1998 have been
approved by the RIPE NCC Executive Board and have
been available on the RIPE NCC servers for six
months. To date, no comments have been received. The
general meeting approved the 1998 audited financial
results.
b.Interim Financial Report Q3'99
Kees van Draanen presented the financial results up
to the third quarter of 1999. He stated that the
results were interim, unaudited and based on accrual
accounting. The RIPE NCC Q3'99 financial results
presentation can be found at:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/contrib/agm99/financial/
4. Postponing 2000 Annual General Meeting
Article 14.2 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association
states that a general meeting be held within six
months after the financial year close to approve the
audited financial statements, unless the period in
question is extended by the Annual General Meeting.
Traditionally meetings are held in autumn to review
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the activity plan, budget and charging scheme for
the subsequent operating year.
The formal resolution:
"As no special circumstances are foreseen the gen-
eral meeting proposes to extend the period to
approve the audited financial statements 1999 as
stated in article 14.2 of the RIPE NCC Articles of
Association to 31 October 2000. The board shall
send the audited financial statements to the members
upon receipt of the auditors final report and
audited financial statements." The motion was passed
unanimously by the meeting participants.
5. Activity Plan and Expenditure for 2000 (ripe-197)
The RIPE NCC Activities & Expenditure 2000 document
can be found on the RIPE NCC Web site at:
http://www.ripe.net/docs/ripe-197.html
Mirjam Kuehne and Kees van Draanen presented the RIPE NCC
Activity Plan and Expenditure for 2000. The presentation can
be found on the RIPE NCC Web site at:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/contrib/agm99/activity-plan/
Discussions resulting from the presentation were as
follows:
Stephen Burley asked about the eventual charging
scheme for the Test Traffic Measurement service.
Daniel answered stating that the RIPE NCC will prob-
ably have 2 kinds of members, the first would make
use of Registration Services and the second would
use Test Traffic Services or both. We need to inves-
tigate how to make the Test Traffic Service useful
for those who do not participate directly. Stephen
Burley asked if the RIPE NCC had a definite date
proposed for a payment scheme for those members who
do not wish to make use of this service. Mirjam
stated that the RIPE NCC will investigate the charg-
ing scheme during the 2000 operating year in order
to propose a charging scheme defining both services
for 2001. This issue will be further discussed in
the Test Traffic Working Group and at RIPE Meetings.
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Mike Norris asked about the level of charges
expected for users of the Test Traffic Service in
2001. This year's expenditure or the project is
ECU300k and in 2001 the expenditure is expected to
be of the same order of magnitude. Daniel stated
that his personal goal is to reach about 100 serious
users by 2001. So the charges would be on the order
of ECU3000 per user per year; probably less once
more users join.
Hans Niklasson referred to the announcement of addi-
tional training courses for RIPE NCC members in 2000
and asked what the time frame would be for deliver-
ing such courses.
Mirjam answered that a need for additional courses
and courses with a different focus was clearly
stated in responses to the RIPE NCC membership ques-
tionnaire conducted in December 1998. What exactly
the new courses will entail will be discussed with
the membership. We obviously need to make sure
courses that fall into the responsibilities of the
ISPs are not provided by the RIPE NCC. Hans Niklas-
son also asked how the additional course would be
financed. Kees said that the plan is to cover the
costs with the initial sign-up fees charged to each
member.
Ali Badiel Drissa asked if the training course mate-
rial could be made available electronically, as many
LIRs find it too expensive to travel to the courses.
Mirjam pointed out that the Training Course material
has always been available on the RIPE NCC web
servers under:
http://www.ripe.net/lir/courses/index.html
New handouts and material is being developed and
these will also be posted on the web site. The RIPE
NCC has tried to organise meetings in African coun-
tries but unfortunately had to cancel them for vari-
ous reasons, also due to lack of interest. The RIPE
NCC constantly monitors its new and present member-
ship to plan upcoming courses.
Lajos Balint asked what the 500 KEU reserve in the
Budget is intended for? Kees van Draanen stated
that this amount is a best guess of activities that
cover additional Co-ordination Activities including
costs to ICANN, the set-up and operating costs of
the ASO Address Council as well as resources to make
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the RIPE community's policies and point of view bet-
ter known.
The formal resolution:
"The general meeting adopts the activity plan and
budget for the year 2000."
The General Meeting unanimously adopted the RIPE NCC
Activity Plan and Budget for the 2000 operation
period.
6. Charging Scheme (ripe-198)
Kees van Draanen presented the proposed Charging
Scheme 2000 document to the participants. In the
proposal presented by Kees a small registry is
charged 2400 EUR, a medium registry 3350 EUR and a
large registry 4,400 EUR
The draft 'RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2000' (ripe-198)
and fee schedule is available on the RIPE NCC Web
site at:
http://www.ripe.net/docs/ripe-198.html
The board proposes to continue using the charging
scheme successfully used over the last years.
The formal resolution:
"The general meeting resolves to continue using the
current charging scheme and adopts the year 2000 fee
schedule."
The General Meeting decided to continue using the
current charging scheme and unanimously adopted the
2000 (ripe-198) fee schedule.
7. Report from the Executive Board
Keith Mitchell gave a Report on the Executive Board
activities in the period from November 1998 to Octo-
ber 1999
.br The Executive Board presentation can be found
on:
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http://www.ripe.net/meetings/contrib/agm99/executive/
8. RIPE NCC Executive Board Elections
The term of Kees Neggers expires on 12 November
1999. Candidates for the Executive Board can be nom-
inated according to article 7 of the RIPE NCC Arti-
cles of Association.
Nominations for the RIPE NCC Executive Board
included Nigel Titley, Kees Neggers and Daniele
Bovio. In the first round of voting, Nigel Titley
received 29 votes, Kees Neggers 17 and Daniele Bovio
3. A second vote was taken to fill the remaining
seat on the board. In the second round Kees Neggers
received 43 votes and Daniele Bovio received 6
votes.
Nigel Titley and Kees Neggers were elected to the
RIPE NCC Executive Board.
Wim Vink, on behalf of the Executive Board thanked
Keith Mitchell for his service on the Board. Keith
Mitchell thanked the members for their confidence in
the Executive Board and he also thanked the Execu-
tive Board for their commitment and good work.
9. Closing
With no further business to discuss, Keith Mitchell
formally closed the meeting.
APPENDIX: Decisions of the Meeting
- The general meeting decides to extend the period
for adoption of the annual report 1999 as mentioned
in article 14.2 of the statutes to 15 November 2000.
The board shall send the annual report to the mem-
bers as soon as the books have been audited and the
final report of the auditors has been received.
- The general meeting adopts the Activity Plan and
Expenditure 2000 (ripe-197).
- The general meeting decides to continue using the
current charging
scheme and adopted the 2000 fee schedule
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(ripe-198).
- Executive Board Elections: Nigel Titley was
elected to the board. Kees Neggers was elected to
the board.
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