Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) takes place one week from today on Tuesday, 24 October. All members are asked to participate by registering their votes and attendance options via my.ripe.net: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2017 The registration process takes less than a minute to complete, and we ask that you exercise your participation and voting rights in this important meeting for the RIPE NCC and the membership. Almost 1,000 members have registered to participate so far. Members voting remotely should register to do so before the deadline on 16:00 UTC+4 on 24 October. Agenda and Resolutions ----------------------- The agenda for the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2017/agenda There will be a discussion of the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2018. This document lays out our plans for 2018 and the cost of those plans, so your input in the discussions can help shape the direction of the RIPE NCC in the coming year. The PDF is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2017/draft-rip... There are also three resolutions that the members will vote on at the GM. The first asks members to decide on what will happen to the RIPE NCC's 2017 budget surplus - it will be either returned to the RIPE NCC reserves or redistributed to the members as a rebate in 2018. The second and third resolutions ask members to adopt the updated RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure and RIPE NCC Articles of Association. The documents outlining these changes are available online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2017/supportin... The GM will also have updates from the RIPE NCC management and the Executive Board. The meeting will be broadcast live for all members from the remote participation page at 18:00 UTC+4 next Tuesday, 24 October. We rely on our membersto give us guidance and make important decisions related to the work of the RIPE NCC, so I look forward to seeing a strong showing of involvement from the members at next week's meeting. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC