hello, the RIPE Programme Committee are responsible for recruiting and selecting presentations for the plenary of RIPE meetings. we are expanding our membership by four additional members to be elected by the community at RIPE65 in Amsterdam, and we have updated the documentation here: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-meetings/pc/composition-and-roles the PC has been functioning well since our formation, but we have found ourselves short-staffed in several ways. we lack representation from several important RIPE communities right now, we do not have a wide range of expertise and experience, and we are reduced to a very small number of people in the case of any PC members taking vacation or otherwise unable to attend PC calls or follow up on speaker requests. please consider standing for a PC position in AMS or nominating a colleague who you believe would be effective in the role. questions to me or to pc@ripe.net. cheers, t -- Todd Underwood, for the Programme Committee tmu@google.com