Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) takes place one week from today on 18 November. All members are asked to participate by registering their votes and attendance options through the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-nov-2015 The registration process takes less than a minute to complete, and we ask that you exercise your participation and voting rights in this important meeting for the RIPE NCC and the membership. Members voting remotely should register to do so before the deadline on 16:00 UTC+2 on 18 November. Agenda and Resolutions ----------------------- The agenda for the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2015/agenda-g... There will be a discussion of the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2016. This document lays out our plans for 2016 and the cost of those plans, so your input in the discussions can help shape the direction of the RIPE NCC in the coming year. The PDF is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2015/draft-ri... There are also two resolutions that the members will vote on at the GM. The first asks members to decide on what will happen to the RIPE NCC's 2015 budget surplus - it will be either returned to the RIPE NCC reserves or redistributed to the members as a rebate in 2016. A detailed explanation of this is available in my previous mail on the matter: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2015-October/000988.htm... The second resolution asks members to approve the updated RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure. The document outlining the changes and the justification for those changes is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/november-2015/updated-... The GM will also have updates from the RIPE NCC management and the Executive Board. The meeting will be broadcast live for all members from the remote participation page at 18:00 UTC+2 next Wednesday. We rely on our members to give us guidance and make important decisions related to the work of the RIPE NCC, so I look forward to seeing a strong showing of involvement from the members at next week's meeting. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates 5 Oct – Open registration for General Meeting 5 Oct – Open voting registration 21 Oct – Publish all GM documents, including Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2016 4 Nov – Deadline for proxy vote nominations 4 Nov – Deadline to publish final GM agenda 18 Nov – Close registration for electronic voting (16:00 UTC+2) 18 Nov – GM begins with main meeting (18:00 UTC+2) 20 Nov – GM closes with vote results announcement (10:45 UTC+2)