Announcement
RIPE NCC Annual General Meeting 2000
Dear RIPE NCC member,
The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC Association is pleased
to invite you to the Annual General Meeting(AGM) of the RIPE NCC membership
to be held on 24 October 2000 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel, Boeing Avenue 2, Amsterdam
Schiphol Airport
Start Time: 10:30am
According to article [16.2] of the RIPE NCC statutes,
those members wishing to attend the Annual General Meeting must register
before 9 October 2000.
A list of registered attendees
will be published regularly on the RIPE NCC Website. You will receive
confirmation containing your membership status and number of votes upon
your arrival at the meeting. Due to the RIPE 37 Meeting your registration
confirmation will not be delivered prior to 19 September 2000.
Please note that candidate members are welcome to attend
the meeting but are not permitted to vote according to article [16.3]
of the statutes. Proxy voting for members is possible as per article
[16.4]. Please also note that the meeting can only pass resolutions
which have been submitted and published according to article [15.2]
of the RIPE NCC statutes. The RIPE NCC Articles of Association can be
found at:
ftp://ftp.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-176.txt
The term for the following RIPE NCC Executive Board member
expires:
Frode Greisen
Voting for the appointment of one RIPE NCC Executive Board
member will take place at the upcoming meeting. At this time I invite
you to submit your nominations following the guidelines outlined in
article [7] of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Please find an
excerpt of the general guidelines included in the text below.
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Excerpt from the RIPE NCC Articles of Association:
Article [7.1] The management of the association shall
be constituted of an executive board consisting of at least three and
at most five members. The members of the executive board shall be member
personally. Any natural person, except employees of the association,
may 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 four
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] A resigning member of the executive board
may be appointed again.
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If you plan to attend the upcoming AGM meeting please
register as soon as possible. It is recommended to register and cancel
at a later date should your plans change, rather than miss the statutory
deadline for registration. Should you have any further questions regarding
the AGM 2000 Meeting please send an email to < agm@ripe.net
>.
Important Dates:
· 25 September 2000: Submission Deadline of Proposed
Resolutions
· 25 September 2000: Nominations for RIPE NCC Executive Board
Due
· 09 October 2000: AGM 2000 Registration Deadline
· 09 October 2000: Proxy Form Deadline (if applicable)
· 24 October 2000: Annual General Meeting 2000
Kind Regards,
Kees Neggers
Chairman, RIPE NCC Executive Board
AGM 2000 DRAFT AGENDA
1. Welcome, Preliminaries, Agenda
2. Operational Report by NCC Management
3. Approval of 1999 Financial Results
The formal resolution:
"The general meeting adopts the 1999 Audited Financial Report of the
RIPE NCC."
The 1999 Audited Financial Report can be found at:
4. Interim Financial Report Q3'00
5. Postponing 2001 Annual General Meeting
Article 14.2 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association
states that a general meeting be held within six months after the
financial year close to approve the audited financial statements,
unless the period in question is extended by the Annual General Meeting.
Traditionally meetings are held in autumn to review the activity plan,
budget and charging scheme for the subsequent operating year.
The formal resolution:
"As no special circumstances are foreseen the general meeting proposes
to extend the period to approve the audited financial statements 2000
as stated in article 14.2 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association
to 31 October 2001. The board shall send the audited financial statements
to the members upon receipt of the auditors final report and audited
financial statements."
Article 14.2 can be found at:
6. RIPE NCC Activities, Expenditure and Charging Scheme
2001 (ripe-213)
The draft `RIPE NCC Activities, Expenditure and Charging
Scheme 2001' (ripe-213) is now available on the RIPE NCC Web site
at:
The formal resolution:
"The general meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Activities,
Expenditure and Charging Scheme 2001."
7. Report from the RIPE NCC Executive Board
8. RIPE NCC Executive Board Elections
The term of Frode Greisen expires on 12 November 2000.
Candidates for the Executive Board can be nominated according to article
[7] of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. The deadline for nominations
for the Executive Board is 25 September 2000.
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