Dear colleagues, The deadline for making nominations for the RIPE NCC Executive Board election has passed. There are four confirmed candidates: - Mohammadreza Karimi Badrabadi - Piery Garot - Remco van Mook - Nigel Titley The election is to fill two seats and will take place at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM), and the voting period for electronic voters will remain open from 25-27 May 2016. The submitted candidate biographies are posted at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/candidate-bio... The agenda for the meeting also contains the four resolutions that the membership will be asked to vote on at the GM: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/agenda The RIPE NCC Executive Board strongly encourages all RIPE NCC members to register for the GM and exercise their voting rights. Over 700 RIPE NCC members are currently registered to vote at the GM, and we hope to see this number increase before the meeting takes place. You can register directly by clicking the GM Preferences link in the My LIR section in the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-may-2016 All information about the meeting, including the supporting documentation and information on how to participate, is available from the GM pages: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016 If you have any questions about the GM or you have problems with registration, please contact <agm@ripe.net>. We look forward to your participation in this important meeting for the RIPE NCC membership. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC