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RIPE 54: Register now
by RIPE Meeting 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Dear Colleagues, RIPE 54 will be held 7 - 11 May 2007, at the Sokos Hotel Viru in Tallinn, Estonia. MEETING PLAN ============ The RIPE 54 Meeting Plan is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/meeting-plan.html DRAFT AGENDA ============ The *draft* Plenary Agenda is online at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/agendas/index.html RIPE NCC SERVICES CENTRE ======================== During RIPE 54, members and non-members can use the RIPE NCC Services Centre to talk with RIPE NCC staff about membership, billing and RIPE NCC services. More information is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/services-centre.html REGISTRATION ============ Register online for RIPE 54 at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/register/40 MEETING FEE =========== The meeting fee is EUR 400. This covers the full week of the RIPE Meeting. You receive a EUR 50 discount if your payment is received before 12:00 CET on Friday, 4 May 2007. DAY TICKETS =========== Day tickets are also available and cost EUR 125 per day. FREE TICKETS ============ If you are a *new* Local Internet Registry (LIR), you receive *two* free RIPE Meeting tickets as part of your membership. You can find out more about how to use your free RIPE Meeting tickets at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/new-lir.html TRAVEL VISA FOR ESTONIA ======================= The visa application process can take up to 30 days so we advise you to check as soon as possible whether you need visa to enter Estonia: http://www.mfa.ee/eng/kat_132/915.html Please note that holders of Russian passports need a visa to enter Estonia. If you do require a visa, please e-mail: meeting(a)ripe.net. A visa will then be applied for on your behalf by the meeting hosts, Norby Telecom. MORE INFORMATION ================ For more information about RIPE 54, please see: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-54/index.html If you have any questions, please contact: <meeting(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Sandra Gijzen RIPE NCC

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Final Call For Support Statements on Nominees to ICANN Board
by Axel Pawlik 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Forwarded on behalf of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO): ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, This is a final reminder that the comment period for nominees to the ASO's ICANN Board seat closes at 18:00 UTC on 20 April 2007. Following a public nomination period, the ASO Address Council (ASO AC) selected the final set of candidates to fill the ASO seat on the ICANN Board currently held by Raimundo Beca, whose term expires in June 2007. The candidates are: - Al-Din J. Kadhem Al-Radhi - Smain Aouissi - Raimundo Beca - Vikram Gupta - Jordi Palet Martinez - Remco Van Mook - Shahmeet Singh - Kuo-Wei Wu In May 2007, the ASO AC will make its final selection to appoint one of these individuals to fill the ASO Board seat. To aid them in making their final selection, the ASO AC members request your comments and statements of support for these candidates. If you would like to add a statement of support for any candidate, please send it to the ASO AC Nominations Committee at: board-nomms(a)aso.icann.org All comments received are being published on the ASO website. To view them, follow the links for each candidate at: http://www.aso.icann.org/elections Kind Regards, ASO Secretariat ---------------------- Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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2006-07 Implementation: First Raise in IPv4 Assignment Window Size
by Flor Paredes 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.] Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the policy proposed in proposal 2006-07: 'First Raise in IPv4 Assignment Window Size' will come into effect on 7 June, 2007. This proposal can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2006-07.html We will also publish the new 'IPv4 Address Allocation and Assignment Policies for the RIPE NCC Service Region' document on this day. This document will be available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv4-policies.html Best regards, Flor de Maria Paredes Mattos Registration Services Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Network Maintenance Tuesday April 17 at 17:00 UTC
by Mark Guz 12 Apr '07

12 Apr '07

[apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, On Tuesday 17/04/2007, between 17:00 and 19:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC will carry out planned maintenance work on our core network infrastructure. RIPE NCC services will be temporarily unavailable during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. This work is due to the deployment of a new section of dark fibre between 2 of our PoPs, which was aborted on April 12. If you have any questions about this, please send an e-mail to: ops(a)ripe.net Regards Mark Guz Senior Engineer Operations Department RIPE NCC http://www.ripe.net

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Second Reminder: RIPE NCC Call for Nominations for Executive Board Seats - May 2007
by Axel Pawlik 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear RIPE NCC member, The terms for the following RIPE NCC Executive Board members will expire at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) in May 2007: * Janos Zsako * Nigel Titley Voting for the appointment of a RIPE NCC Executive Board member will take place at the GM. The vacant seats are both for three-year terms. In compliance with the RIPE NCC Articles of Association, the RIPE NCC is calling for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, 18 April 2007. More details about the Executive Board elections are available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/board-election-announcement.ht… The final shortlist of confirmed candidates will be available after Wednesday, 18 April 2007 at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/elections/candidates-confirmed… Support for current nominations is archived at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/elections/nomination-support.h… If you have any questions about the GM, please e-mail us at agm(a)ripe.net Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2007: Agenda Online
by Axel Pawlik 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear RIPE NCC member, The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC Association invites you to the General Meeting (GM) of the RIPE NCC membership. WHERE Sokos Hotel Viru Viru Valjak 4 10111 Tallinn Estonia Telephone: +372 680 9300 Fax: +372 680 9236 WHEN Wednesday, 9 May 2007 17:15 - 18:30 EEST (UTC +3 hours) The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce that the following are now available online: AGENDA The agenda for the RIPE NCC GM is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/agenda.html SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS The proposed amended Articles of Association are available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/gm-may2007/articles-association.pdf The certified version of the proposed amended Articles of Association is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/gm-may2007/articles_association_ce… An explanatory document will be published shortly. RIPE NCC ANNUAL REPORT The RIPE NCC 2006 Annual Report (including the Financial Report) is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/gm-may2007/annual_report_2006.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION You can register for the RIPE NCC GM at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration-general/meeting.h… RIPE NCC members can now register for this meeting. If you have already registered for the RIPE 54 Meeting, you will have to register separately to attend the GM. RIPE NCC members can, however, attend the GM without registering for the RIPE 54 Meeting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information about the GM, please go to: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/ If you have any questions about the GM, please e-mail us at agm(a)ripe.net. Regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Network Maintenance Announcement
by Menno Schepers 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

Dear Colleagues, Between 17:00 and 19:00 (UTC) on Thursday, 12 April 2007, the RIPE NCC will carry out planned maintenance work on our network infrastructure. The following services will be unavailable during this period: - Authoritative forward DNS services for ccTLD's hosted on all ns-ccTLD.ripe.net servers - Authoritative reverse DNS services hosted on ns-pri.ripe.net, ns-sec.ripe.net and ns.ripe.net - e-Learning.ripe.net services We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions about this, please e-mail <ops(a)ripe.net>. Regards Menno Schepers -- Menno Schepers | mschepers(a)ripe.net RIPE NCC | Junior Systems Engineer

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RIPE NCC Annual Report and Member Update Available
by Axel Pawlik 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2006 is now available online at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/gm-may2007/annual_report_2006.pdf The Annual Report details the RIPE NCC's performance during the fiscal year ending 31 December 2006. It also offers an overview of the activities carried out by the RIPE NCC and the services offered to its membership and the RIPE community. The latest edition of Member Update (April 2007) is also now available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/newsletter/index.html The RIPE NCC Member Update is published a month prior to each RIPE Meeting. The main purpose of the Member Update is to: * Keep RIPE NCC members up-to-date with the services provided by the RIPE NCC; * Provide updates on policy development issues in the RIPE community; * List forthcoming RIPE NCC training courses and Internet related conferences that may be of interest to members. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Network Maintenance 1700 UTC (1900 CEST) Thurday 5 April 2007
by Mark Guz 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

[apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, On Thursday 05/04/2007, between 17:00 and 19:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC will carry out planned maintenance work on our core network infrastructure. RIPE NCC services will be temporarily unavailable during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. This work is due to the deployment of a new section of dark fibre between two of our PoPs If you have any questions about this, please send an e-mail to: ops(a)ripe.net Regards Mark Guz Senior Engineer Operations Department RIPE NCC http://www.ripe.net

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Reminder: RIPE NCC Call for Nominations for Executive Board Seats - May 2007
by Axel Pawlik 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear RIPE NCC member, The terms for the following RIPE NCC Executive Board members will expire at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) in May 2007: * Janos Zsako * Nigel Titley Voting for the appointment of a RIPE NCC Executive Board member will take place at the GM. The vacant seats are both for three-year terms. In compliance with the RIPE NCC Articles of Association, the RIPE NCC is calling for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, 18 April 2007. More details about the Executive Board elections are available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/board-election-announcement.ht… The final shortlist of confirmed candidates will be available after Wednesday, 18 April 2007 at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/elections/candidates-confirmed… If you have any questions about the GM, please e-mail us at agm(a)ripe.net Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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