Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) takes place today at 19:00 UTC+2 in the Castilla room of the Meliá Castilla Hotel in Madrid. If you have registered to attend in person, please come to the GM Registration Desk before 17:00 local time to pick up your meeting materials and the badge you will need to gain entry to the meeting. Electronic voting registration will remain open until 17:00 UTC+2 if you wish to vote electronically. To register, you should log in to the LIR Portal with RIPE NCC Access and set your GM preferences for attendance and voting: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2016 The GM will be webcast for remote participants at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016/webstream A chat facility will be available from the same page for those who would like to join the discussions. If you want to use your own client to connect, please use the following settings: IRC connection to irc.ripe.net, port 6667 Channel: #gm Password: gmoct2016 All those who registered for electronic voting will receive an email today at approximately 17:00 UTC+2 with a link to the voting software. A reminder will also be sent tomorrow, 27 October. Voting will become active at agenda point 10 and will remain open until 10:00 UTC+2 on Friday, 28 October. All information on the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016 Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC