Dear colleagues,
The RIPE NCC is pleased to present its first formal Annual Report since we
are established as an independent association. In previous years the formal
reporting was part of the TERENA association's Annual Report.
Of course we are continuously reporting about our activities on the network
and at RIPE meetings. Our web site provides a wealth of information that is
impossible to include in a formal Annual Report. Yet I hope that you will
find the report useful because of its short and comprehensive format.
http://www.ripe.net/annual-report/98ar.html
I also hope that this report will be a useful tool for you to spread the
word about the RIPE NCC both inside and outside your organisation. It is
important that all those involved in discussions about the administrative
structures of the Internet know what RIPE and the RIPE NCC are and how they
operate.
For myself, personally, this report represents the last full year that the
RIPE NCC has been functioning under my responsibility. As you may know, I
have decided to take a step back professionally in order to have more time
and energy to devote to my family. I am very happy that I can do this at a
point in time where the RIPE NCC has come of age in many ways and is the
stable and professional organisation described in the report.
The RIPE NCC Annual Report 1998 can be found on the RIPE NCC Web site at:
All RIPE NCC members will receive a hard copy version of this report by
postal mail. We will be happy to provide additional copies upon request.
Kind Regards,
Daniel Karrenberg
General Manager
RIPE NCC
The programme of the TERENA-NORDUnet Conference 1999 is now available at
http://www.terena.nl/tnnc
The Conference will be held in Lund, Sweden, from the 7th to the 10th of
June this year.
The web site has been updated and now contains the full details of all the
lectures, not only by distinguished speakers such as Esther Dyson, Van
Jacobson, Vsten Frenberg, and Doug Van Houweling, but also a wealth of
papers that will be presented by University and industry researchers from
many different countries and on many topics that are relevant to "the
Challenge of Gigabit Networking".
Check it out for yourself!
Registration for this Conference is still open, even though space at the
Conference centre is limited.
Registration is possible on-line via http://tnnc.lundaforum.se or via a
plain-text form at http://www.terena.nl/tnnc/registration_form.html
Looking forward to seeing you in Lund,
Bert van Pinxteren.
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Bert van Pinxteren
TERENA Chief Administrative Officer
Singel 468
1017 AW Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. (direct): +31-20-530 4491; fax: +31-20-530 4499
E-mail: <pinxteren(a)terena.nl>; http://www.terena.nl
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Dear members of RIPE,
We would like to inform you that the RIPE NCC is currently recruiting
a new Managing Director.
Details of this position and required qualifications and experience can be
found at:
http://www.ripe.net/info/employment/gen-manager.html
Kind regards,
Angela MacLeod
Personnel Officer
