In the latest voting that took place at the GM, there was the following summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The General Meeting approves to add/subtract the excess contribution/deficit paid in the financial year 2026 in the following way: - In case there is an excess contribution, this will be added to the RIPE NCC reserves. - In case of a deficit, this will be covered by the RIPE NCC membership in 2027.” NOTE: If the membership does not approve the resolution, the excess contribution paid will be redistributed to the membership in 2027 according to the RIPE NCC Clearing House procedure and the deficit will be paid by RIPE NCC reserves. Yes - 57% No - 42% ------------------------------------------------------------- I think that the wording on this resolution determined the results. Everyone on this list has complained over the increase of budgets and the need for a smaller budget. In the past, excess budget has been redistributed to the members. If the resolution had been worded as: The General Meeting approves to redistribute the excess contribution to the membership in 2027 according to the RIPE NCC Clearing House procedure and if there is a deficit it will be paid by RIPE NCC reserves. Then it would have easily passed. Perhaps, in the future, wording of resolutions can be vetted by the membership so as to eliminate these kinds of issues? Thanks, Hank