Dear Ulf, all,

Thank you for your mail on this. We have just had our first Executive
Board meeting since the General Meeting and we brought this up for
discussion.

We would like to hear more feedback from the membership on these voting
issues. Do members think there is a case for removing the option to vote
with paper ballot and by proxy?

On a slightly different issue, we have received comments asking that we open electronic
voting before the General Meeting. However, the board would prefer that
members cast their vote after the presentations and discussions on each
issue so they will be fully informed before voting.

We also feel that the current electronic voting window is sufficient to
allow all members in the service region to cast their votes (some
calculations show that if were to hold a General meeting in the easternmost
timezone in the region then the westernmost zone (Iceland) would still have
2 hours of working time to cast their vote). However, if members
believe that the voting window should be extended we would
also like to hear from you.

The Executive Board meets again in September, and we would appreciate
hearing from the membership on these matters before we have our
discussions there.

Best regards,

Nigel Titley
RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman