RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2005 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 to be held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 at the Clarion Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden.

Meeting Venue:

Meeting Venue:	Clarion Hotel Ringvägen 98, 10460 Stockholm Sweden
Telephone:	+46 (0) 8 462 10 00
Fax:	+46 (0) 8 462 10 29
Date:	Thursday, 5 May 2005
Time:	17:00 CET

RIPE NCC Reports

The RIPE NCC reporting for the General Meeting (GM) will be presented in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group. This takes place on Thursday from 16:00-17:00. GM Attendees that have not registered for the RIPE Meeting are welcome to participate in this Working Group Session. The RIPE NCC reports will not be repeated in the General Meeting.

Registration
Registration for the RIPE Meeting does not include registration for the GM. You must register separately. Registration opens Thursday, 7 April 2005.

A list of registered attendees will be published regularly on the RIPE NCC web site. You will receive confirmation containing your membership status and voting rights upon your arrival to the meeting.

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]. 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

You can find the RIPE NCC 2004 Annual Report at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/gm-may2005/ar2004.pdf

You can find the RIPE NCC 2004 Financial Report at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/gm-may2005/Financial-report-2004.pdf

For more information, please see:

http://www.ripe.net//membership/gm/gm-may2005/index.html

Should you have any further questions regarding the GM please send an e-mail to agm@ripe.net.

Important Dates

RIPE NCC Executive Board Member Elections

The term for the following RIPE NCC Executive Board members expires:

• Kees Neggers
• Manfredo Miserocchi

Voting for the appointment of two RIPE NCC Executive Board members will take place at the upcoming meeting. Both vacant seats are for a three-year term. Please submit your nomination following the guidelines outlined in article [7] of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Nominations and support for nominees should be sent to agm-nominations@ripe.net. Only a RIPE NCC member can enter a message of support for a nomination.

You must be a registered LIR contact to support a nomination and include the following information:

• Full name:
• Organisation:
• RegID:
• Name of candidate you wish to support:

You are encouraged to submit nominations prior to Friday, 15 April 2005. You can read an excerpt of the general guidelines of this process below:

Excerpt from the RIPE NCC Articles of Association:

Article [7.1] The executive board of the association shall consist of at least three and at most five natural persons. They shall be member of the board in a personal capacity and do not have to be members of the association. Employees of the association cannot be appointed member of the executive board.

Article [7.2] The members of the executive board shall be appointed by the general meeting from a list of nominees to be drawn up by the members.

A nomination for the appointment of a member of the executive board shall need the written support of at least five members. If three weeks before the general meeting the number of candidates does not exceed the number of vacancies, the executive board shall have to nominate one or more candidates so that the total number of proposed candidates shall exceed the number of members of the executive board to be appointed by the general meeting.

Article [8.3] The membership in the executive board shall become effective at the end of the general meeting at which the member is appointed and shall automatically terminate at the end of the annual meeting in the third calendar year after the year in which the member was appointed. The member shall be eligible for immediate re-appointment.

For more information, please see:

http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2005/index.html.