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Forwarded on behalf of the Address Supporting Organization (ASO):
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Dear Colleagues,
This is a final reminder that the comment period for nominees to the
ASO's ICANN Board seat closes at 18:00 UTC on 20 April 2007.
Following a public nomination period, the ASO Address Council (ASO AC)
selected the final set of candidates to fill the ASO seat on the ICANN
Board currently held by Raimundo Beca, whose term expires in June 2007.
The candidates are:
- Al-Din J. Kadhem Al-Radhi
- Smain Aouissi
- Raimundo Beca
- Vikram Gupta
- Jordi Palet Martinez
- Remco Van Mook
- Shahmeet Singh
- Kuo-Wei Wu
In May 2007, the ASO AC will make its final selection to appoint one of
these individuals to fill the ASO Board seat. To aid them in making
their final selection, the ASO AC members request your comments and
statements of support for these candidates.
If you would like to add a statement of support for any candidate,
please send it to the ASO AC Nominations Committee at:
board-nomms(a)aso.icann.org
All comments received are being published on the ASO website. To view
them, follow the links for each candidate at:
http://www.aso.icann.org/elections
Kind Regards,
ASO Secretariat
----------------------
Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC
[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.]
Dear Colleagues,
RIPE 55 will be held from 22-26 October 2007 at the Grand Hotel
Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
REGISTRATION
============
You can register online for RIPE 55 at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration/meeting.html?id=47
MEETING FEE
===========
The registration fee for the meeting is EUR 400. This covers the full
RIPE Meeting week. You will receive a EUR 50 discount if your payment is
received before 08:00 (UTC) on Friday, 19 October 2007.
DAY TICKETS
===========
Day tickets are also available online and cost EUR 125 per day.
FREE TICKETS
============
If you are a *new* Local Internet Registry (LIR), you will receive *two*
free RIPE Meeting tickets as part of your membership. You can find out
more about how to use your RIPE Meeting tickets at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/new-lir.html
MEETING PLAN
============
The RIPE 55 Meeting Plan is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/meeting-plan.html
Suggestions and proposals for presentations are welcome. They can be
sent to <meeting(a)ripe.net> or to the relevant RIPE Working Group mailing
lists:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/index.html
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
===================
RIPE 55 attendees who want to stay at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky can
take advantage of a reduced room rate. You can find more information and
the online hotel booking form at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/venue.html
TRAVEL VISA FOR THE NETHERLANDS
===============================
If you require a visa to enter the Netherlands, please request one as
soon as possible. We are happy to provide you with an invitation
letter upon request after you have completed the meeting registration.
BECOME A SPONSOR
================
If you would like to be a sponsor during RIPE 55, there are still three
sponsor options available. You can sponsor:
- RIPE 55 Dinner Entertainment
- RIPE 55 Webcasting
- RIPE 55 Terminal Room
For more information about becoming a sponsor, please see:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/sponsorship.html
FURTHER INFORMATION
===================
For more information about RIPE 55, please see:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/index.html
If you have any further questions, please contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>.
Regards,
Sandra Gijzen
RIPE NCC
[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.]
Dear Colleagues,
The next RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will be held from 2-3 October 2007 at
the Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow, Russia.
Presentations on region-specific issues play a central part in the
meeting agenda. Attendees can also meet with RIPE NCC staff and the
region's key industry players.
Presentations and Meeting Agenda
--------------------------------
The presentations at this meeting are based on what you think are the
most important topics for your region. The agenda (see below) has spaces
reserved for presentations on issues affecting the local Internet
community. We need your help to complete it.
If you have ideas for presentations, please submit a proposal to
<meeting(a)ripe.net>.
Presentations can be given in English or Russian. Simultaneous
translation between both languages is provided during the meeting.
The preliminary meeting agenda is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/agenda.html
The agenda will be updated when presenters and topics are confirmed.
Registration
------------
This meeting is free although you must register to attend. You can
register online at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration/meeting.html?id=44
RIPE NCC Services Centre
------------------------
During RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Moscow, members and non-members can use
the RIPE NCC Services Centre to talk with RIPE NCC staff about
membership, billing and RIPE NCC services. More information is available
at: http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/services-center.html
RIPE NCC Seminars
------------------
The RIPE NCC Seminars will take place on Wednesday 3, October from 09:00
- 18:00 at the RIPE Meeting venue. These seminars are free and open to
everyone. You do not have to be a member of the RIPE NCC to attend. More
information is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/seminars.html
For more information about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Moscow,
please see:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/index.html
If you have any questions, please e-mail <meeting(a)ripe.net>.
Regards,
Paul Rendek
Head of Member Services & Communications
RIPE NCC
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Dear Colleagues,
This is a call for the RIPE community to nominate individuals from the
RIPE NCC service region to serve on the Address Supporting Organization
(ASO) Address Council (AC).
Hans Petter Holen (Visma IT AS) vacates his seat on 31 December, ending
his three-year term.
Important
----------
The ASO Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) states that the public
nomination period should open 90 days in advance of the next open policy
meeting (RIPE 55) and close 30 days before the start of this meeting.
Due to an oversight in the RIPE NCC's administrative procedure, this
public nomination period was not announced to the RIPE community at the
scheduled time.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
If there are no objections from the community, we would like to proceed
with the nomination process as follows:
- 19 September: Nomination period opens
- 15 October: Nomination period closes
- 15 October: Complete Nomination list posted at:
www.ripe.net/info/resource-admin/aso2007/nominations.html
- 25 October: Elections take place during the RIPE Address Policy
Working Group session at RIPE 55
How to Nominate Candidates
-----------------------
Please send your nominations to nominations(a)ripe.net by 23:00 UTC on 15
October 2007.
For details of the information that must be included with your
nomination please see:
www.ripe.net/info/resource-admin/aso2007/index.html
More Information
----------------
Information about the ASO AC and the nomination procedure can be found at:
http://aso.icann.org/ac/
Information about the election procedure during RIPE 55 can be found at:
www.ripe.net/info/resource-admin/aso2007/selection-procedure.html
More information about RIPE 55 can be found at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/index.html
Kind regards,
Paul Rendek
Head of External Relations & Communications
RIPE NCC
[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.]
Dear Colleagues,
RIPE 55 will be held from 22-26 October 2007 at the Grand Hotel
Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
REGISTRATION
============
You can register online for RIPE 55 at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration/meeting.html?id=47
MEETING FEE
===========
The registration fee for the meeting is EUR 400. This covers the full
RIPE Meeting week. You will receive a EUR 50 discount if your payment is
received before 08:00 (UTC) on Friday, 19 October 2007.
DAY TICKETS
===========
Day tickets are also available online and cost EUR 125 per day.
FREE TICKETS
============
If you are a *new* Local Internet Registry (LIR), you will receive *two*
free RIPE Meeting tickets as part of your membership. You can find out
more about how to use your RIPE Meeting tickets at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/new-lir.html
MEETING PLAN
============
The RIPE 55 Meeting Plan is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/meeting-plan.html
Suggestions and proposals for presentations are welcome. They can be
sent to <meeting(a)ripe.net> or to the relevant RIPE Working Group mailing
lists:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/maillists/index.html
HOTEL ACCOMMODATION
===================
RIPE 55 attendees who want to stay at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky can
take advantage of a reduced room rate. You can find more information and
the online hotel booking form at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/venue.html
TRAVEL VISA FOR THE NETHERLANDS
===============================
If you require a visa to enter the Netherlands, please request one as
soon as possible. We are happy to provide you with an invitation
letter upon request after you have completed the meeting registration.
BECOME A SPONSOR
================
If you would like to be a sponsor during RIPE 55, there are still three
sponsor options available. You can sponsor:
- RIPE 55 Dinner Entertainment
- RIPE 55 Webcasting
- RIPE 55 Terminal Room
For more information about becoming a sponsor, please see:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/sponsorship.html
FURTHER INFORMATION
===================
For more information about RIPE 55, please see:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/index.html
If you have any further questions, please contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>.
Regards,
Sandra Gijzen
RIPE NCC
[Apologies for duplicate e-mails.]
Dear Colleagues,
The next RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will be held from 2-3 October 2007 at
the Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow, Russia.
Presentations on region-specific issues play a central part in the
meeting agenda. Attendees can also meet with RIPE NCC staff and the
region's key industry players.
Presentations and Meeting Agenda
--------------------------------
The presentations at this meeting are based on what you think are the
most important topics for your region. The agenda (see below) has spaces
reserved for presentations on issues affecting the local Internet
community. We need your help to complete it.
If you have ideas for presentations, please submit a proposal to
<meeting(a)ripe.net>.
Presentations can be given in English or Russian. Simultaneous
translation between both languages is provided during the meeting.
The preliminary meeting agenda is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/agenda.html
The agenda will be updated when presenters and topics are confirmed.
Registration
------------
This meeting is free although you must register to attend. You can
register online at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration/meeting.html?id=44
Meeting Venue
-------------
RIPE NCC Regional Meeting attendees who would like to stay at the
Marriott Grand Hotel can take advantage of a reduced room rate. For more
information and the online reservation form, go to:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/venue.html
More information about the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Moscow is
available at:
http://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional/moscow-2007/index.html
If you have any questions, please e-mail <meeting(a)ripe.net>.
Regards,
Paul Rendek
Head of Member Services & Communications
RIPE NCC
