Dear members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board Election Task Force assembled in July in order to carry out a full evaluation of our Executive Board nomination and election process. The task force has since shared its report with my fellow board members and I, and we are glad to announce that we fully support all nine of the recommendations they have made for improving the existing processes. The final report is now available on the RIPE NCC website as a supporting document for our October GM, which will take place from 28-30 October adjacent to the RIPE 81 meeting. There will be a presentation on the report during the GM, and members will also have a chance to vote on changes to the RIPE NCC Articles of Association that are necessary if the recommendations are to be implemented. https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2020/supportin... The task force has carried out its objective swiftly and diligently. On behalf of the board, I would like to express our sincere appreciation for the work done by each of the eight members of the task force in such a short amount of time: Erik Bais Randy Bush Carlos Friaças Töma Gavrichenkov Sergey Myasoedov (Task Force Chair) Arnold Nipper Cynthia Revström Jan Žorž We look forward to discussing this topic further with all RIPE NCC members at the October GM. Kind regards, Christian Kaufmann RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman