Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the names of the first RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee. Chosen from a list of submitted nominations by the RIPE NCC Executive Board, the community members are: Nuno Garcia Mieke van Heesewijk Andreas Larson They will join Salam Yamout from the RIPE NCC Executive Board to complete the selection committee. The Executive Board sincerely thanks all those who put themselves forward to be on the committee and warmly welcome the new committee members. The committee is responsible for reviewing applications for projects supporting Internet resilience and operations from late November until late December 2017. These members have committed to serving a minimum term of one year (and a maximum of three) to ensure continuity. The call for funding applications opens on Sunday, 22 October and the Fund will be formally introduced in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session at RIPE 75 in Dubai. More information on the Fund can be found at: <https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/ripe-ncc-community-projects-fund> Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC