Dear RIPE NCC member, Voting for the appointment of the RIPE NCC Executive Board member will take place at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) to be held on Wednesday, 6 May 2009 from 16:00-19:00 at the Krasnapolsky Hotel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The deadline for nominations has now passed. The final shortlist of confirmed candidates is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2009/elections/candidates-confirmed.... Support for nominations is archived at: http://www.ripe.net/maillists/ncc-archives/agm-nominations/2009/ Registration ---------------- You must register for the GM separately from the RIPE 58 Meeting. As a member, you can attend both the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session and the members-only section of the GM without being registered for RIPE 58. See below for further information on the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session. You can register for the GM online at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration-general/meeting.ht... Please complete the online registration form by 22 April 2009. Proxy Voting ------------------ In the event that your organisation is to be represented by a director or an authorised employee, the registration form should state the name(s) of the employee(s) or director(s). If more than one authorised person is to attend the GM, please specify on the registration form who is allowed to exercise the voting rights. If your organisation is to be represented by a third party, not being an authorised employee or director, please fill out the proxy form and send it to us by 22 April 2009. Any proxy sent to us after this date will not be valid. The proxy form is available to download here: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2009/proxy.html Draft Agenda ------------------ The draft agenda for the RIPE NCC GM is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2009/agenda.html Report from the RIPE NCC ------------------------------------ The Report from the RIPE NCC presentation will be given during the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session during RIPE 58, which constitutes the first part of the GM. GM attendees who have not registered for the RIPE Meeting are welcome to participate in this working group session. This takes place on Wednesday, 6 May 2009 from 16:00-17:30, immediately before the members-only section of the GM. The report from the RIPE NCC presentation will not be repeated in the members-only section of the GM. Voting and Resolutions ------------------------------- Candidate members are welcome to attend the GM but are not permitted to vote according to article 16.7 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Full members who are not able to attend the GM but still want to vote can do so by means of proxy voting as per article 16. Please also note that the GM can only pass resolutions that have been submitted and published according to article 15 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. The RIPE NCC Articles of Association can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html If you have any questions about the GM, please email us at <agm@ripe.net>. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important dates -------------------- 19 March 2009 GM registration opens 19 March 2009 Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online 15 April 2009 Deadline for nominations to Executive Board 22 April 2009 Submission deadline for proposed resolutions 22 April 2009 Online registration for GM closes 22 April 2009 Proxy forms must be received by the RIPE NCC 6 May 2009 RIPE NCC General Meeting