Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 183rd meeting in March 2025. The minutes from these meetings are now available at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2025/183rd-executive-b... The Executive Board publishes the minutes of its meetings so that the workings of the Board and the decisions it makes are transparent to the membership it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from the meetings. Further details are available in the minutes. ------------------------------- Main Items ------------------------------- - I presented my latest update to the Board which included activities in Q1 2025 and an update on the RIPE NCC legal entity in Dubai. - Fergal Cunningham, Head of Membership Engagement, gave a brief overview of the plans for the RIPE NCC Strategy 2027-2031. - Athina Fragkouli, Chief Legal Officer, and Eleonora Petridou, Chief Information Security Officer, facilitated a discussion on strategic risks identified by Board member Remco van Mook relating to the structure and funding of the RIPE NCC. - There was discussion of the recommendations from board governance training. - There was a discussion of the selection of the Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team for the May GM. - The RIPE NCC’s Chief Financial Officer, Simon-Jan Haytink, gave the financial update from February 2025. Simon-Jan also noted that the auditors had approved the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2024. - Ondřej Filip gave an overview of how work is progressing with the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Task Force. - Simon-Jan shared a proposal to retain the current charging scheme. - The Annual Report 2024 was approved for publication by the Board. - Athina put forward amendments to the Arbitration Procedure as suggested by the arbitration panel. - The RIPE NCC’s Chief Community Officer, Hisham Ibrahim, gave a presentation on the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund (CPF) and gave an update on work to review the initiative. - Athina gave a presentation on progress with updates to the ICP-2 document, “Criteria for Establishment of New Regional Internet Registries ------------------------------- Resolutions Adopted ------------------------------- Resolution EB#183-R-01 The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the minutes of EB#179, EB#180, EB#181 and EB#182. Resolution EB#183-R-02: The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the submission of the audited RIPE NCC Financial Report 2024 to the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting for its adoption. Resolution EB#183-R-03 The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the submission of the Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2026 to the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting for members to vote on. Resolution EB#183-R-04: The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the RIPE NCC Annual Report 2024 and the publication of the document. Resolution EB#183-R-05 The RIPE NCC Executive Board adopts the proposed amendments to the document “RIPE Database Acceptable Use Policy” as amended. Resolution EB#183-R-06 The RIPE NCC Executive Board adopts the proposed amendments to the documents “RIPE Fellowship Terms and Conditions” and “RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative Terms and Conditions” as amended. Resolution EB#183-R-07 The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the proposed amendments to the document “RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure” and instructs the Managing Director to prepare the relevant resolution(s) for the adoption of the proposed amendments by the next General Meeting. Resolution EB#183-R-08 The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the publication of the draft agenda for the RIPE NCC General Meeting in May 2025 as amended. Resolution EB#183-R-09 The RIPE NCC Executive Board, taking into account Resolution EB#176-R-04 to suspend the activity “RIPE NCC Community Project Fund” for 2025, resolves to cease the activity “RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund” permanently. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer RIPE NCC