Dear RIPE NCC member, Voting for the appointment of two RIPE NCC Executive Board members will take place at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) to be held on Wednesday, 5 May 2010 from 16:00-20:00 (CEST) at the Prague Marriott Hotel in the Czech Republic. The deadline for nominations has now passed. The final shortlist of confirmed candidates is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/elections/candidates-confirmed.... Support for nominations is archived at: http://www.ripe.net/maillists/ncc-archives/agm-nominations/2010/index.html Registration ------------ You must register for the GM separately from the RIPE 60 Meeting. As a RIPE NCC member, you can attend both the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session and the members-only section of the GM without being registered for RIPE 60. See below for further information on the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session. You can register for the GM online at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/registration Please complete the online registration form by 23:59 (UTC), 21 April 2010. Proxy Voting ------------ If your organisation is to be represented by a third party who is not an authorised employee or director, please fill out the proxy form and send it to us by 23:59 (UTC), 21 April 2010. Any proxy sent to us after this date will not be valid. The proxy form is available to download at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/proxy.html Draft Agenda ------------ The draft agenda for the RIPE NCC GM is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/agenda.html Report from the RIPE NCC ----------------------- The Report from the RIPE NCC presentation will be given during the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session at RIPE 60, which constitutes the first part of the GM. GM attendees who have not registered for the RIPE Meeting are welcome to participate in this working group session. This takes place on Wednesday, 5 May 2010 from 16:00-17:30 (CEST), immediately before the members-only section of the GM. The Report from the RIPE NCC presentation will not be repeated in the members-only section of the GM. Electronic Voting ----------------- For the first time, electronic voting is available for RIPE NCC members who are unable to attend the GM but who wish to vote in the RIPE NCC Executive Board elections. If you wish to vote electronically at the GM, you must register to do so by following the instructions in the email that was sent to members on 6 April 2010. A second registration email will be sent to members who have not registered. The deadline to register for electronic voting is 23:59 (UTC), 21 April 2010. This is also the deadline for sending a copy of your passport or ID to the RIPE NCC to confirm your registration to vote electronically. More information on electronic voting is available in the Voting section of the General Meeting May 2010 webpages: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/ If you have any questions about electronic voting, please email us at <agm@ripe.net
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Candidate Members and Resolutions --------------------------------- Candidate members are welcome to attend the GM but are not permitted to vote, according to article 16.7 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Full members who are not able to attend the GM but still want to vote can do so by means of proxy voting as per article 16. Please also note that the GM can only pass resolutions that have been submitted and published according to article 15 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. The RIPE NCC Articles of Association can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html If you have any questions about the GM, please email us at <agm@ripe.net>. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important dates -------------------- 18 March 2010 Call for nominations for RIPE NCC Executive Board 25 March 2010 GM registration opens 25 March 2010 Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online 6 April 2010 Registration for electronic voting opens 14 April 2010 Deadline for nominations to Executive Board 21 April 2010 Submission deadline for proposed resolutions 21 April 2010 Online registration for GM closes 21 April 2010 Deadline for registration for electronic voting 21 April 2010 Proxy forms must be received by the RIPE NCC 5 May 2010 RIPE NCC General Meeting