[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] *RIPE NCC General Meeting April 2006 Announcement* Dear RIPE NCC Member, The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC Association is pleased to invite you to the General Meeting (GM) of the RIPE NCC membership. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 at: *Meeting Venue*: Ceylan Intercontinental, Hotel Asker Ocagi Cad. No:1, Taksim 34435, Istanbul, Turkey *Telephone*: + 90 212 368 44 44 *Fax*: + 90 212 368 44 99 *Date*: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 *Time*: 17:00 - 18: 00 EET (GMT +2 hours) *Registration* Registration for the RIPE Meeting does not include registration for the GM. You must register separately. Registration opens Wednesday, 15 March 2006. You can attend the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session and the GM without being registered for the RIPE 52 meeting. A list of registered attendees will be published regularly on the RIPE NCC web site. You can register for the RIPE NCC GM at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration-general/meeting.ht... You can register for RIPE 52 at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-52/index.html When you arrive at the GM meeting you will receive a meeting folder containing your membership status and details on your voting rights. *RIPE NCC Reports* The RIPE NCC reporting for the General Meeting (GM) will be presented in 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. This takes place on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 from 16:00 – 17:00. The RIPE NCC reports will not be repeated in the General Meeting. *Voting & Resolutions* Please note that candidate members are welcome to attend the meeting but are not permitted to vote according to article 16.3 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. 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 16.4. To nominate a proxy voter please follow instructions on: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/proxy.html Please also note that the meeting can only pass resolutions that have been submitted and published according to articles 15.3 and 15.4: The RIPE NCC Articles of Association can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html *RIPE NCC Annual Report* The RIPE NCC 2005 Annual Report will be available for review 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. The vacant seat is for a three-year term and is to fill the place currently held by Frode Greisen, whose term expires in April 2006. Voting for the appointment of the RIPE NCC Executive Board member will take place at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM). The GM will be held on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 at the Ceylan Intercontinental Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. Please submit your nomination prior to Wednesday, 5 April 2006, following the guidelines outlined in article 7 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. You can read excerpts of the general guidelines for this process, below. Please note: You must be a RIPE NCC member and a registered LIR contact to support a nomination. Nomination submissions should include the following information: · Your full name: · Your organisation: · The LIR RegID: · Name of candidate you wish to support: Nominations may be submitted by e-mail to: agm-nominations@ripe.net Excerpts from the RIPE NCC Articles of Association: Article [7.1] The executive board of the association shall consist of at least three and at most five natural persons. They shall be member of the board in a personal capacity and do not have to be members of the association. Employees of the association cannot be appointed member of the executive board. Article [7.2] The members of the executive board shall be appointed by the general meeting from a list of nominees to be drawn up by the members. A nomination for the appointment of a member of the executive board shall need the written support of at least five members. If three weeks before the general meeting the number of candidates does not exceed the number of vacancies, the executive board shall have to nominate one or more candidates so that the total number of proposed candidates shall exceed the number of members of the executive board to be appointed by the general meeting. Article [8.3] The membership in the executive board shall become effective at the end of the general meeting at which the member is appointed and shall automatically terminate at the end of the annual meeting in the third calendar year after the year in which the member was appointed. The member shall be eligible for immediate re-appointment. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 on the GM, please see: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/ If you have any questions about the GM please e-mail us at: agm@ripe.net Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC