Considering we had 700+ participants call for the amendment to not change the charging scheme, and only needed 2% of the member base, this seems relatively achievable. I've asked the opinion of the current individuals up for election to the EB their thoughts on the matter of this issue as well over on the candidate mailing list so I'll be curious to what they say. I did notice in the articles as well if the entire EB is dissolved then the management must elect a new interim EB so I really would like to get the opinions of each board member so we can know if this is a universal problem with each and every board member, or if this is simply spearheaded by a few people. It feels like presenting the membership with a vote that results in the same outcome, is not providing the membership with a genuine choice and feels very manipulative. I'm not an expert on Dutch law at all, but would this charging scheme even stand up to the scrutiny of the legal system there? Can it truly be considered a choice when each choice results in increased fee's and a larger bloated budget for RIPE? On 5/14/24 7:21 AM, Rob Evans wrote:
++ for this one:
Second question, how many members need to support a proposal to recall board members and force a new election? It seems that may be the only way we will actually see any progress on this matter is to fully replace the board of directors. This is covered in the Articles of Association.
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-818/#article-9-executive-board-a...
You need to get the votes to call an EGM with the resolutions of dismissing the members of the board, and then achieve a two-thirds majority for those resolutions.
Rob