Dear Colleagues, I cordially invite all NCC contributors in good standing to the 1996 Meeting of the RIPE NCC Contributors Committee to be held on September 11th 1996 from 09:30 to approx. 17:00 (as announced on June 11th) at Dorint Hotel Schiphol Amsterdam Sloterweg 299 NL-1171 VB Badhoevedorp phone: +31 20 658 81 11 fax: +31 20 659 71 01 I urge all contributors from organizations of any size to attend this meeting i n which the 1997 activities and expenditures of the NCC will be discussed and approved. Your attendance will help ensure that this valuable service becomes even more relevant to your needs. If you plan to attend, please register, using the form at the end of this message, as soon as possible but before September 5th. This will allow proper planning of meeting logistics. Those attending without advance registration may not get food and drink and may have to sit on the floor :-). Steve Druck TERENA VicePresident for Services Proposed Agenda --------------- 1. Welcome 2. NCC Activity Report 3. NCC Financial Report 4. Activities & Expenditure 1997 5. Revenue & Charging 1997 6. Closing Please send suggestions for additional agenda items to Steve Druck <VUSTEVE@wis.weizmann.ac.il> well before the meeting. Documents --------- The draft documents "Activities & Expenditure 1997" and "Revenue & Charging 1997" are being prepared and will be circulated on August 30th. Information about the state of this work and early drafts can be obtained from Daniel Karrenberg <Daniel.Karrenberg@ripe.net>. Meeting Logistics ----------------- The hotel is a couple of minutes ride from the airport, but it is *not* at a walkable distance. More pointers including a map of the hotel's situation vis-a-vis major highways is available from the NCC web site http://www.ripe.net/. Look under the heading 'Meetings'. A web based registration form is available there too. Doors will open at 09:00. The meeting will start at 09:30. A buffet lunch will be served around 12:30. The hotel offers a drink after the meeting. Registration Form ----------------- Use the form on the web at http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/noframes/translate?html/noframes/contrib-form.ht... or mail the one below to <meeting@ripe.net>. Please leave the strings starting with % and place your input between the brackets [] in the text so that we can process your request automatically. Please specify the information as you want it to appear on the list of participants and your badge. We will confirm your registration by E-mail. Thank you. %START PART 1 - Registration %MTG [ contcom96 ] 1) Your name Enter First name, Last name in FULL e.g. John Doe Mary-Beth Walton %NAME [ ] 2) Your Organisation/Institution %ORG [ ] 3) Your e-mail address %EMAIL [ ] 4) Registtry ID, the registry ID string of the registry you represent e.g. fr.lereseau de.dasnetz uk.thenet %REGID [ ] %END