Dear RIPE NCC member, Voting for the appointment of one RIPE NCC Executive Board member will take place at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) to be held on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 at the Grand Union Hotel in Ljubljana. The deadline for nominations has now passed. The final shortlist of confirmed candidates is available at: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/april-2012/confirmed-candidates Support for nominations is archived at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/agm-nominations/ Registration ------------ You can register for the GM online at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/april-2012/registration Proxy Voting ------------ If your organisation is to be represented by a third party who is not an authorised employee or director, please fill out the proxy form and send it to us by 23:59 (UTC), 4 April 2012. Any proxy sent to us after this date will not be valid. The proxy form is available to download at: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/april-2012/proxy-vote-registration-... Electronic Voting ----------------- Electronic voting is available for RIPE NCC members who wish to vote in the RIPE NCC Executive Board elections and on the resolutions to be voted upon at the GM. If you wish to vote electronically at the GM, you must register to do so by following the instructions in the email that was sent to members on 14 March 2012. If you are a contact person for a RIPE NCC member and did not receive the invitation to register to vote electronically, please email <agm@ripe.net> to let us know. We will send this invitation again one week before the GM. The deadline to register for electronic voting is 18:00 (UTC +2), 17 April 2012. This is also the deadline for sending a copy of your passport or ID to the RIPE NCC to confirm your registration to vote electronically. If you sent your passport to register for electronic voting for a previous GM, you will not need to send it again. You just need to email <agm@ripe.net> to let us know. Attendees at the GM can choose to vote by paper ballot or electronically, but they must complete the electronic voting registration by 17 April 2012 if they wish to choose that option. More information on the voting procedure is available at: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/april-2012/voting-procedure If you have any questions about voting, please email us at <agm@ripe.net>. Draft Agenda ------------ The draft agenda for the RIPE NCC GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/april-2012/agenda Candidate Members 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 22 February - Call for nominations for RIPE NCC Executive Board seat 7 March - GM registration opens 14 March - Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online 14 March - Registration for electronic voting opens 28 March - Deadline for nominations for Executive Board 4 April - Deadline for proxy forms to be received by RIPE NCC 4 April - Submission deadline for proposed resolutions 17 April - Deadline to register for electronic voting 18 April - RIPE NCC General Meeting