RIPE NCC General Meeting October 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, 13 October 2005 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Meeting venue:

Meeting Venue:	Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky Dam 9 1012 JS Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone:	+31 20 554 6097
Fax:	+31 20 554 7010
Date:	Thursday, 13 October 2005
Time:	17:00 - 18: 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, 13 October 2005 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 GM.

Registration:

Please note that registration for the RIPE Meeting does not include registration for the GM. You must register separately. Registration opens on Thursday, 15 September 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 at 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

We kindly ask you to register as soon as you can, and by 6 October 2005, if possible. This will help to make the registration process more efficient and will enable the RIPE NCC to provide all GM attendees with the relevant meeting materials. For more information, please see:

http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-october2005/

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

Important Dates

15 September 2005	Registration opens
29 September 2005	Submission deadline for proposed resolutions
13 October 2005	RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2005