RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Nairobi 28-30 July 2004

Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE NCC is pleased to announce the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Nairobi,
to be held 28-30 July 2004.  Details of the venue will follow shortly.

Attendance to the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting is open and free of charge.
However, attendees are responsible for covering their own travel and
accommodation costs.

Registration for the Regional Meeting is open.
To register, please see:

http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/nairobi-reg

The RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will focus on Internet resource allocation
and Internet management issues including:

- The industry self-regulatory open structures and processes used by the 
RIPE NCC and the global Internet community;
- How to participate in and influence IP address management policy-making;
- AfriNIC - The emerging RIR;
- Peering and Exchange Points;
- Are we running out of IPv4 address space?;
- An update on IPv6;
- Domain Name management on the Internet;
- Root Server Operations.

The Regional Meeting draft agenda can be found at:

http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/nairobi-2004/agenda.html

RIPE and the RIPE NCC will explain their roles in the administration of the
Internet infrastructure as well as specific aspects in managing and
operating the Internet infrastructure. The discussions will be directly
related to the particular needs and concerns surrounding these issues in
the region.

The current draft meeting agenda reflects our intentions. However, it requires
active participation from the local community to discuss specific issues of
the region.  If your organisation wishes to provide a
presentation or suggest a relevant topic, please send your proposal by
e-mail to:

<contact at ripe.net>

The RIPE NCC is one of four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) that
provide Internet resource allocation, registration services and
co-ordination activities that support the operation of the Internet
globally. The RIPE NCC is an independent, not-for-profit membership
organisation that provides services to members in its service region
currently covering Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and African
countries located north of the equator.  Further information about the
RIPE NCC and RIPE can be found at:

http://www.ripe.net

More information about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, Nairobi is
available from:

http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/regional-meetings/nairobi-2004/

Any further questions can be sent directly to:

<contact at ripe.net>.

Regards,

Nathalie Dougall
Membership Liaison Officer
RIPE NCC