Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2016 Draft Agenda is now online: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-oct-2016-agenda Please register to attend and vote, either in person or remotely, via the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2016 Two important points have been added to the draft agenda: With agenda item 6, the RIPE NCC Executive Board proposes to amend the way in which sign-up fees apply to legacy Internet resource holders. The reasoning behind this discussion was described on the ncc-announce mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2016-September/001086.h... With agenda item 7, the RIPE NCC Executive Board requests input from the membership on the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model. This discussion is currently taking place on the members-discuss mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2016-September/00234... Supporting documents for the GM are published online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016/supportin... List of items under discussion at the GM October 2016: - The RIPE NCC Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2017 - General Charging Scheme Model List of items to be discussed and voted on at the GM October 2016: - Charging Scheme for Legacy Internet Resource Holders - Redistribution of the RIPE NCC Surplus/Deficit - Amendments to the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure All information on how to participate, as well as the proxy voting form, is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016 If you have questions about the GM, please email us at <agm@ripe.net>. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC