[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? Ceylan Intercontinental, Hotel, Asker Ocagi Cad. No:1, Taksim 34435, Istanbul, Turkey Telephone: + 90 212 368 44 44 Fax: + 90 212 368 44 99 WHEN? Wednesday, 26 April 2006 17:00 - 18: 00 EET (GMT +2 hours) RIPE NCC members can now register for this meeting. If you have already registered for the RIPE 52 Meeting, you will have to register separately to attend the GM. RIPE NCC Members can, however, attend the GM without registering for the RIPE 52 Meeting. You can register for the RIPE NCC GM at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration-general/meeting.ht... We will publish a list of registered attendees at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/attendees/index.html?id=30 You can register for the RIPE 52 Meeting at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-52/index.html VOTING AND RESOLUTIONS: When you arrive at the GM meeting, you will receive a meeting folder that contains your membership status and details of your voting rights. Candidate members can 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 on: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/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, 26 April 2006 from 16:00 - 17:00 EET. The RIPE NCC reports will not be repeated in the General Meeting. RIPE NCC ANNUAL REPORT: The RIPE NCC 2005 Annual Report will be available during the week commencing 27 March 2006. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIPE NCC CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD SEAT - APRIL 2006: 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-april2006/board-election-announcement.h... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates 15 March 2006: GM Registration opens 29 March 2006: Submission deadline for proposed resolutions 5 April 2006: Nominations for RIPE NCC Executive Board deadline 12 April 2006: Registration encouraged by this date 26 April 2006: RIPE NCC General Meeting April 2006 For more information about the GM, please go to: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/ If you have any questions about the GM send an e-mail to agm@ripe.net. Regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC