[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) Registration for the RIPE NCC GM opens today. 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. VOTING AND RESOLUTIONS: When you arrive at the GM, you will receive a meeting folder that contains your membership status, voting slips and details of your voting rights. Candidate members may attend the meeting but are not allowed to vote according to article 16.3 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Members who cannot attend the GM but who want to vote can do this by means of proxy voting as per article 16.4. To nominate a proxy voter, follow instructions at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/proxy.html The meeting can only pass resolutions that have been submitted and published according to articles 15.3 and 15.4 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association that you can find at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html RIPE NCC REPORTS: The RIPE NCC reporting for the GM will happen during the RIPE NCC Services Working Group. GM attendees who have not registered for the RIPE Meeting are welcome to participate in this working group session on Wednesday, 9 May 2007 from 16:00 - 17:00 EEST (UTC +3 hours). The RIPE NCC reports will not be repeated in the General Meeting. RIPE NCC ANNUAL REPORT: The RIPE NCC 2006 Annual Report (including the Financial Report) will be available during the week commencing 2 April 2007. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIPE NCC CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD SEATS - MAY 2007: In compliance with the RIPE NCC Articles of Association, the RIPE NCC is calling for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. You can find more details at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/board-election-announcement.htm... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates 28 March 2007: GM registration opens 11 April 2007: Submission deadline for proposed resolutions 18 April 2007: Nominations for RIPE NCC Executive Board deadline 25 April 2007: GM Registration encouraged by this date 9 May 2007: RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2007 For more information about the GM, please go to: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/ The RIPE NCC Membership discussion list members-discuss@ripe.net facilitates RIPE NCC members' input to, and feedback on, RIPE NCC General Meetings. More information is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/lists.html If you have any questions about the GM, send an e-mail to agm@ripe.net. Regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC