New/Revised RIPE Document Announcement -------------------------------------- A revised/new document is available from the RIPE document store. Ref: ripe-133 Title: RIPE NCC Activities & Expenditure 1996 Author: Daniel Karrenberg, RIPE NCC Date: 25 October 1995 Format: PS=221392 TXT=42640 Obsoletes: Obsoleted by: Updates: Updated by: See also: ripe-125, ripe-132, ripe-134 Old: Short content description ------------------------- This memorandum describes the RIPE NCC activities and associated expenditure for the year 1996. The companion document "RIPE NCC Revenue & Charging 1996" (ripe-134) describes ways to generate the nec- essary revenue. The "RIPE NCC Activity Plan" (ripe-125) defines the activities of the RIPE NCC desired by the RIPE com- munity. Based on this activity plan the RIPE NCC has drafted this document which was subsequently amended according to the decisions of the NCC Con- tributors Committee as per point 3.2 of the commit- tee's terms of reference. For details about those decisions see the minutes of the Spetember 1995 meeting of the committee (ripe-132). TERENA has subseuently approved the expenditure budget as pro- posed. FTP Access ---------- All RIPE documents and Internet RFC`s are available via anonymous FTP from host ftp.ripe.net. Type "ftp ftp.ripe.net". Login with username "anonymous" supplying your email address as the password. After logging in, type "cd ripe/docs/" followed by the command "get filename". The relevant filenames for this document are: ripe-133.txt for the ASCII version ripe-133.ps for the PostScript version Electronic Mail Retrieval of Documents -------------------------------------- Documents can also be retrieved from the RIPE document store using a mail server program. For more information on how to use the program, send email to: mail-server@ripe.net with "send HELP" in the body text. RIPE NCC Interactive Information Server --------------------------------------- Type "telnet info.ripe.net". This is a menu driven service allows the document store to be browsed. After reading documents you are prompted as to whether you would like to receive an email copy of the document you have just read. If you would, you simply enter your email address and the document will be mailed to you. Below are details of alternative methods of access. Gopher Access ------------- The same documents are available via a "gopher" server at "gopher gopher.ripe.net". WAIS Access ----------- There is also a "WAIS" server at wais.ripe.net, where there is a WAIS index for RIPE documents "ripe-docs.src" WWW Access ---------- For those who wish to add this home page at the RIPE NCC to their own customized home pages, it can be accessed as: http://www.ripe.net MIME Mail Reader ---------------- Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader implementation to automatically retrieve the RIPE document by FTP or mail server. SEND ripe/docs/ripe-133.txt