Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC Executive Board is seeking volunteers to join the Arbiters Panel in accordance with the requirements of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure and the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Wilfried Woeber and Pierre Baume have recently resigned from their positions as arbiters. The following eight people currently make up the panel of arbiters: - Nick Williams - Kurt Kayser - Jaap Akkerhuis - Keith Mitchell - Alireza Ghafarallahi - David Freedman - James Hickman - Ondřej Surý The Executive Board is asking for volunteers to take seats on the Arbiters Panel. The Executive Board will then appoint several arbiters, depending on the number of volunteers. These appointments will be presented to the RIPE NCC General Meeting on 16 May 2018 for approval by the membership. See below for information on the Conflict Arbitration Procedure, including the requirements to be an arbiter: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/arbitration How to Volunteer ----------------- To volunteer to be a member of the Arbiters Panel, please send an email to <nominations@ripe.net> by 4 April 2018 with the following fields filled in: Name: Profession: Biography: Motivation: Declaration of interests: [Please list all functions or past functions that may cause a conflict of interest with a possible party (for example, shareholder in a Member organisation)] The Executive Board will then meet to appoint arbiters for the RIPE NCC membership's consideration. Best regards, Nigel Titley RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman