[ncc-announce] Confirmed Candidates for RIPE NCC Executive Board Elections

Dear RIPE NCC member,

Voting for the appointment of two RIPE NCC Executive Board members  
will take place at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) to be  
held on Wednesday, 5 May 2010 from 16:00-20:00 (CEST) at the Prague  
Marriott Hotel in the Czech Republic.

The deadline for nominations has now passed. The final shortlist of  
confirmed candidates is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/elections/candidates-confirmed.html

Support for nominations is archived at:
http://www.ripe.net/maillists/ncc-archives/agm-nominations/2010/index.html


Registration
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You must register for the GM separately from the RIPE 60 Meeting. As a  
RIPE NCC member, you can attend both the RIPE NCC Services Working  
Group session and the members-only section of the GM without being  
registered for RIPE 60. See below for further information on the RIPE  
NCC Services Working Group session.

You can register for the GM online at:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/registration

Please complete the online registration form by 23:59 (UTC), 21 April  
2010.


Proxy Voting
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If your organisation is to be represented by a third party who is not  
an authorised employee or director, please fill out the proxy form and  
send it to us by 23:59 (UTC), 21 April 2010. Any proxy sent to us  
after this date will not be valid.

The proxy form is available to download at:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/proxy.html


Draft Agenda
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The draft agenda for the RIPE NCC GM is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/agenda.html


Report from the RIPE NCC
-----------------------
The Report from the RIPE NCC presentation will be given during the  
RIPE NCC Services Working Group session at RIPE 60, which constitutes  
the first part of the GM. GM attendees who have not registered for the  
RIPE Meeting are welcome to participate in this working group session.  
This takes place on Wednesday, 5 May 2010 from 16:00-17:30 (CEST),  
immediately before the members-only section of the GM. The Report from  
the RIPE NCC presentation will not be repeated in the members-only  
section of the GM.


Electronic Voting
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For the first time, electronic voting is available for RIPE NCC  
members who are unable to attend the GM but who wish to vote in the  
RIPE NCC Executive Board elections.

If you wish to vote electronically at the GM, you must register to do  
so by following the instructions in the email that was sent to members  
on 6 April 2010. A second registration email will be sent to members  
who have not registered.

The deadline to register for electronic voting is 23:59 (UTC), 21  
April 2010. This is also the deadline for sending a copy of your  
passport or ID to the RIPE NCC to confirm your registration to vote  
electronically.

More information on electronic voting is available in the Voting  
section of the General Meeting May 2010 webpages:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2010/

If you have any questions about electronic voting, please email us at <agm at ripe.net 
 >.


Candidate Members and Resolutions
---------------------------------
Candidate members are welcome to attend the GM but are not permitted  
to vote, according to article 16.7 of the RIPE NCC Articles of  
Association. Full 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.

Please also note that the GM can only pass resolutions that have been  
submitted and published according to article 15 of the RIPE NCC  
Articles of Association.

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

If you have any questions about the GM, please email us at  
<agm at ripe.net>.

Regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC

Important dates
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18 March 2010 Call for nominations for RIPE NCC Executive Board
25 March 2010 GM registration opens
25 March 2010 Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online
6 April 2010 Registration for electronic voting opens
14 April 2010 Deadline for nominations to Executive Board
21 April 2010 Submission deadline for proposed resolutions
21 April 2010 Online registration for GM closes
21 April 2010 Deadline for registration for electronic voting
21 April 2010 Proxy forms must be received by the RIPE NCC
5 May 2010 RIPE NCC General Meeting