Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 139th Meeting via teleconference on 30 October 2020. The draft minutes of the meeting are now available: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2020/minutes-139th-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 RIPE NCC Executive Board decided to re-appoint Hervé Clément for another term on the Number Resource Organization Numbers Council (NRO NC), representing the RIPE NCC service region. Hervé's term will begin on 1 January 2021 and ends on 31 December 2023. - The Executive Board discussed moderation of the Membership Discussion mailing list. The Board agreed that general moderation should be removed to allow good discussion among members and instead individual members who do not act in accordance with the purpose of the mailing list and the principles of the RIPE Code of Conduct should be moderated. Kind regards Hans Petter Holen RIPE NCC Managing Director