Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 113th meeting on 8 September 2017. The draft minutes of this meeting are now available: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2017/minutes-113th-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 agreed with the plans and strategic objectives for RIPE NCC’s engagement in Internet of Things (IoT) activities. - The Board approved the publication of the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2018. - The Board approved the Draft Agenda for the RIPE NCC General Meeting in October 2017. - The Board agreed to announce the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee members on 2 October 2017. - The Board approved the document “RIPE NCC Vision and Strategic Goals, July 2017”. - RIPE Chair Hans Petter Holen reported that the organisation for RIPE 75 was moving ahead smoothly and noted that a session for IoT was included the working group sessions portion of the RIPE Meeting agenda. - The Board thanked Jochem de Ruig for his years of service as CFO at the RIPE NCC. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC