Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the formation of the RIPE Cooperation Working Group. This working group is an important forum in which to discuss cooperation between the many stakeholders in the Internet community, including business, government, regulators and civil society. It follows on from the work of the Enhanced Cooperation Task Force, community discussions at the RIPE 56 Meeting in May 2008, and the recognition that a more open dialogue between all stakeholders is vital to ensuring the continued stability of the Internet. A draft charter for the working group can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/cooperation/index.html This page also contains a link to subscribe to the Cooperation Working Group mailing list (cooperation-wg@ripe.net). As with all RIPE Working Groups, both the name and charter of the Cooperation Working Group are open for discussion, whether on the mailing list or at RIPE Meetings. Co-chairs for the Cooperation Working Group will be Martin Boyle, from the .uk registry Nominet, and Maria Häll, from the Government Offices of Sweden. We encourage everyone with an interest in multistakeholder cooperation to participate in this new working group, and we look forward to the working group making a valuable contribution to the RIPE community and its relationship with the broader Internet community. Regards, Martin Boyle and Maria Häll Co-Chairs, RIPE Cooperation Working Group Martin Boyle Senior Policy Advisor Nominet Martin.Boyle@nominet.org.uk Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road Oxford OX4 4DQ UK Maria Häll Deputy Director Division for Information Technology Policy Ministry of Enterprise, Energy and Communications maria.hall@enterprise.ministry.se SE-103 33 Stockholm SWEDEN