The voting for this election will be conducted electronically. The RIPE NCC has engaged BigPulse, an external company that specialises in web-based voting solutions, to conduct the poll. No paper ballots will be issued. Each RIPE 77 attendee will have one vote. The nominee with the most votes will be elected.
All votes cast during the NRO NC election are completely anonymous.
Before voting opens, all those who are checked in to attend RIPE 77 – with the exception of Regional Internet Registry (RIR) staff – will receive an invitation to register to vote in the NRO NC election. Registration to vote closes at 18:00 local time (UTC+2) on Thursday, 18 October. After this time, registered voters will receive a voting link. This is a personal auto-sign-in link that enables the user to cast one vote.
Voting opens at 19:00 local time (UTC+2) on Thursday, 18 October 2018. From this time, all people with a link can access the voting pages and cast their vote.
Votes can be cast until 10:30 UTC+2 on Friday, 19 October.
At 10:30 UTC+2 on 19 October, the trusted third-party software will notify the RIPE NCC of the results of the voting.
At 12:00 UTC+2 on 19 October, the RIPE Chair will announce the results of the voting to the RIPE 77 audience. The announcement will also be webcast for remote participants.