Dear Colleagues, A new RIPE Document, [ripe-782][], "RIPE Task Forces: Definition and Guidelines" has been published at https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-782/. This document sets out how RIPE Task Forces are created and how they operate; it updates and expands on the information on RIPE task forces contained in Part II, Chapter 4 of [ripe-464][], the report of the RIPE Enhanced Cooperation Task Force. Mirjam and I would like to thank each of you who gave suggestions, feedback, and editorial support during the preparation of this document. I have tried to acknowledge all of you by name in the document itself, and ask you to pardon any inadvertent omissions. Best regards, Niall O'Reilly RIPE Vice-Chair --- [ripe-782]: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-782/ [ripe-464]: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-464