Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 102nd meeting on 2 October 2015. The draft minutes of this meeting are now available: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2015/minutes-102nd-exe... The Executive Board publishes the minutes of its meetings so that the workings of the Board and the decisions it makes are transparent for the membership that it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from the meeting. Further details are available in the minutes: - The Board approved several documents: updated Due Diligence Document, Inter-RIR Transfer Templates, updated Arbitration Procedure. - The RIPE NCC Management presented a financial outlook 2015-2017 and stress test to the Board. The financial outlook showed different scenarios with changes in membership growth, expenses and results. - In relation to the ongoing effort to improve the RIPE NCC's corporate governance, the Board discussed the third party review of the RIPE NCC corporate governance. - The Board approved the publication of the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2016. - The Board discussed the draft agenda and resolutions for the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2015/agenda-g... - The Board agreed to provide the IETF with a presentation slot at the GM to talk about the importance of the IETF endowment. - The Board created two new Board functions and allocated Academic & Research Liaison to Maria Häll and Government Liaison to Salam Yamout. You can give feedback on the minutes by emailing the Executive Board directly at <exec-board@ripe.net>. RIPE NCC members can also discuss matters among the entire membership by emailing <members-discuss@ripe.net>. Finally, I would like to encourage all members to register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting on 18 November. Remote participation and electronic voting options are available so that all members can take part in discussions and exercise their voting rights on important matters for the membership: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2015 Kind regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC