RIPE NCC General Meeting April 2006 Announcement

Dear RIPE NCC Member,

The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC Association is pleased to invite you to the General Meeting (GM) of the RIPE NCC membership. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 at:

Registration

Registration for the RIPE Meeting does not include registration for the GM. You must register separately. Registration opens Wednesday, 15 March 2006. You can attend the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session and the GM without being registered for the RIPE 52 meeting. A list of registered attendees will be published regularly on the RIPE NCC web site.

You can register for the RIPE NCC GM at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration-general/meeting.html?id=30

You can register for RIPE 52 at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-52/index.html

When you arrive at the GM meeting you will receive a meeting folder containing your membership status and details on your voting rights.

RIPE NCC Reports

The RIPE NCC reporting for the General Meeting (GM) will be presented in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group. GM attendees who have not registered for the RIPE meeting are welcome to participate in this working group session. This takes place on Wednesday, 26 April 2006 from 16:00 - 17:00.

The RIPE NCC reports will not be repeated in the General Meeting.

Voting & Resolutions

Please note that candidate members are welcome to attend the meeting but are not permitted to vote according to article 16.3 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Members who are not able to attend the GM but still want to vote can do so by means of proxy voting as per article 16.4. To nominate a proxy voter please follow instructions on:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/proxy.html

Please also note that the meeting can only pass resolutions that have been submitted and published according to articles 15.3 and 15.4:

The RIPE NCC Articles of Association can be found at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html

RIPE NCC Annual Report

The RIPE NCC 2005 Annual Report will be available for review week commencing 27 March 2006.

For more information on the GM, please see:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/

If you have any questions about the GM please e-mail us at:
agm@ripe.net.

Best regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC