Dear Colleagues,
RIPE 57 will be held from 26-30 October (Sunday - Thursday) 2008, at
the JW Marriott Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
REGISTRATION
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You can register online for RIPE 57 at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/register/54
MEETING AGENDA
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The meeting agenda is online at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/meeting-plan.html
MEETING FEE
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The fee for the meeting is EUR 400. This covers the full
RIPE Meeting week. You will receive a EUR 50 discount if your payment is
received before 12:00 UTC on Thursday, 23 October 2008.
DAY TICKETS
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Day tickets are available online and cost EUR 125 per day. Day tickets
can also be purchased at the Registration Desk during the meeting itself.
STUDENT DISCOUNT
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A student ticket costs EUR 175 and you must show a valid international
student card upon arrival at the meeting to qualify as a student. This
discount does not apply to day tickets or to RIPE Dinner tickets.
FREE TICKETS
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If you are a *new* Local Internet Registry (LIR), you are entitled to
*two* free RIPE Meeting tickets as part of your membership. You can find
out more about how to use your RIPE Meeting tickets at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/new-lir.html
SPONSORING A RIPE SOCIAL EVENT
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Opportunities for your organisation to sponsor social events and various
parts of the RIPE Meeting are available. For more information please
contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>.
HOTEL INFORMATION
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The JW Marriott hotel offers a special room rate for RIPE 57 Meeting
attendees of approx 180 EUR, if you book by 1 October 2008. Other nearby
hotels are also offering special rates. More information on how to book
your hotel is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/hotels.html
IMPORTANT NOTE
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Please note that the RIPE 57 Meeting starts on a *Sunday* and ends on a
*Thursday* to coordinate with the working week in the Middle East region.
MORE INFORMATION
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If you have questions, please contact meeting(a)ripe.net.
Please also check the meeting homepage regularly for updated information:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/
Regards,
Camilla Meidell
Conference Coordinator
RIPE NCC
[Apologies for duplicate e-mails]
Dear Colleagues,
This is a call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill
one vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number council
(NC). The term of Wilfried Woeber, who was appointed to the NRO NC by
the RIPE NCC Executive Board in January 2006, ends on 31 December 2008.
The RIPE NCC Executive Board will select one representative from the
nominees to serve a three-year term on the NRO NCC beginning 1 January
2009. The decision of the Executive Board will be announced at the RIPE
57 Meeting, which will be held in Dubai, UAE, from 26-30 October 2008.
The deadline for nominations is 22 September 2008. Any individual
residing within the RIPE NCC service region is eligible for nomination,
except Regional Internet Registry (RIR) staff members. Self-nominations
are permitted.
Please send your nominations to <nominations(a)ripe.net> by 23:00 UTC on
22 September 2008.
To find out more about the NRO NC and the election process, please see:
http://www.ripe.net/info/resource-admin/nro2008/
Regards,
Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC
Important Dates:
22 September 2008: Deadline for NRO NC nominations
10 October 2008: Deadline for all confirmed nominations to be posted
on the RIPE NCC website
27 October 2008: Result of the selection announced at the RIPE 57
Meeting in Dubai, UAE
