[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. DRAFT AGENDA The draft agenda is now available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/agenda-new.html REGISTRATION RIPE NCC members may attend this meeting. If you are a RIPE NCC member and have already registered for the RIPE 52 Meeting, you will have to register separately to attend the GM. RIPE NCC members may also 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... Registration for the GM is encouraged by Wednesday, 12 April 2006. VOTING AND RESOLUTIONS: When you arrive at the GM, 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 The submission deadline for proposed resolutions has now passed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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