Dear Colleagues, [ Apologies for duplicate mails ] We herewith open registration to the 31st RIPE meeting, which will be held at: the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland and is hosted by the London Internet Exchange (LINX). The RIPE meeting will take place on the following days: Wednesday 23rd, Thursday 24th and Friday 25th September 1998. However, several other meetings shall be taking place in the days prior to the meeting, incl.: o an EOF tutorial on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning o a RPSL course on Tuesday afternoon o a Newcomers orientation talk on Tuesday afternoon More information about the(se) meeting(s) and the registration form, can be found on this page: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/mtg.html The registration fee of 100 ECU includes refreshments and lunch but doesn't include the RIPE dinner. The admission charge including the RIPE dinner event is 150 ECU. Pre-payment facilities will close on September 11th. Registration forms will be accepted after this date, however in that case payment will not be processed and has to take place on site. Please note that there appears to be a shortage of available hotels in Edinburgh in September. We would like to advise you to start looking for accommodation as soon as possible. For those of you who wish to attend the RIPE meeting and need a visa we would also like to advise you to begin these procedures as soon as possible. We will send invitations on request to those requiring them. If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at <meeting@ripe.net>. Kind regards, Naomi de Bruyn RIPE Meeting Registrations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration is also possible and easier online at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/ripe/form.html %START Do not change the following field %MTG [ ripe31 ] Please add a value in the 'box' area marked between the square brackets (i.e. "[" and "]" s). If values are already supplied between the brackets, please delete all values except one. PART 1 - Registration Note this is what will be used for your badge and for the attendee list, so please take care to fill it in correctly. 1) Your name Please enter your first name. First name first, surname last. e.g. John , Mary B. %NAME [ ] Please enter your surname next e.g. Doe %SURNAME [ ] 2) Your Organisation/Institution %ORG [ ] 3) The NCC Reg-id of your Organisation %REGID [ ] (Only if you represent a Local Internet Registry) 4) Your e-mail address %EMAIL [ ] 5) Country code of organisation e.g. IT FR DE %CTRY [ ] 6) Do you want to attend the Newcomers Orientation Talk ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %INTRO-MTG [ no / yes ] 7) Do you want to attend the EOF Tutorial ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %EOF-TUTOR [ no / yes ] 8) Do you want to attend the RPSL course ? (please delete one option so your choice is in the form) %RPSL-COURSE [ no / yes ] PART 2 - Payment of Registration Fees WARNING!! - Note that sending your credit card information via e-mail is in principle not secure. The payment information will be transmitted in clear via e-mail. If you do not want to do this, please leave your credit card details blank in this form, and send them to us by fax. Please do not forget to mention your name and organisation on the fax, so there will be no risk in us getting confused. Our fax number is: +31 20 535 44 45 1) Method of payment. Payment in advance is greatly preferred. (please delete all choices except one) %PMETH [in advance; credit card at meeting; credit card at meeting; cash ] 2) Type of credit card (please delete all choices except one) %CTYPE [ VISA / American Express / Mastercard ] 3) Card number %CCNUM [ ] 4) Expiry date %CCDATE [ ] 5) Card holders name %CCNAME [ ] 6) Card holders address %CCADDR [ ] 7) Amount to be paid %AMT [RIPE Meeting only; ECU 100 RIPE Meeting plus RIPE dinner; ECU 150 ] Your payment cannot be processed after September 11th, 1998 with this form. You are welcome to send in your personal data with this form to register, but the payment can only be made at the meeting itself on September 21st, 22nd and 23rd 1998 %END