[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear RIPE NCC member, The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC Association invites you to the General Meeting (GM) of the RIPE NCC membership. WHERE Sokos Hotel Viru Viru Valjak 4 10111 Tallinn Estonia Telephone: +372 680 9300 Fax: +372 680 9236 WHEN Wednesday, 9 May 2007 17:15 - 18:30 EEST (UTC +3 hours) EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINATIONS Voting for the appointment of two RIPE NCC Executive Board members will take place at the GM. The deadline for nominations has now passed. The final shortlist of confirmed candidates is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/elections/candidates-confirmed.... Support for the nominations is archived at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/elections/nomination-support.ht... As the number of confirmed candidates does not exceed the number of Executive Board seats available, additional candidate(s) will be nominated to the election. The current Executive Board, in accordance with article 7 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association, will nominate the additional candidate or candidates and announce them on the confirmed candidates web page shortly. The Articles of Association are available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html AGENDA The agenda for the RIPE NCC GM is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/agenda.html SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS The proposed amended Articles of Association are available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/gm-may2007/articles-association.pdf An explanatory document will be published shortly. RIPE NCC ANNUAL REPORT The RIPE NCC 2006 Annual Report (including the Financial Report) is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/draft-documents/gm-may2007/annual_report_2006.pdf --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION You can register for the RIPE NCC GM at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration-general/meeting.ht... RIPE NCC members can now register for this meeting. If you have already registered for the RIPE 54 Meeting, you will have to register separately to attend the GM. RIPE NCC members can, however, attend the GM without registering for the RIPE 54 Meeting. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information about the GM, please go to: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2007/ If you have any questions about the GM, please e-mail us at agm@ripe.net. Regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC