[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Moscow, to be held 16 - 18 June 2004 at the Hotel Metropol, Moscow, Russia. Registration for the Regional Meeting opens 19 April 2004. Attendance to the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting is open and free of charge. However, attendees are responsible to cover their own travel and accommodation costs. To register, please see: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/moscow-reg The RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will focus on Internet resource allocation and Internet management issues including: - How to participate in and influence IP address management policy-making; - The industry self-regulatory open structures and processes used by the RIPE NCC and the global Internet community; - Are we running out of IPv4 address space?; - An update on IPv6; - Local, Regional and Global Internet Working and Routing; - Domain Name management on the Internet; - Root Server Operations The Regional Meeting draft agenda can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/moscow-2004/agenda.html RIPE and the RIPE NCC will explain their roles in the administration of the Internet infrastructure as well as specific aspects in managing and operating the Internet infrastructure. The discussions will be directly related to the particular needs and concerns surrounding these issues in the region. The current draft meeting agenda reflects our intentions. However, it requires active participation from the local community to discuss specific issues of the region. The RIPE NCC has reserved several presentation opportunities for those with local knowledge of Internet management and operational issues affecting the region. If your organisation wishes to provide a presentation or suggest a relevant topic, please send your proposal by e-mail to: <contact@ripe.net> The RIPE NCC is one of four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) that provide Internet resource allocation, registration services and co-ordination activities that support the operation of the Internet globally. The RIPE NCC is an independent, not-for-profit membership organisation that provides services to members in its service region currently covering Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and African countries located north of the equator. Further information about the RIPE NCC and RIPE can be found at: http://www.ripe.net More information about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Moscow is available from: http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/moscow-2004/ Any further questions can be sent directly to: <contact@ripe.net>. Regards, Nathalie Dougall Membership Liaison Officer RIPE NCC