Dear colleagues, Over the last few years, we worked on the recommendations by the RIPE NomCom 2020 [1]. One recommendation was still open: "to document community consensus on the relationship between RIPE and the RIPE NCC". We are excited to share a first draft document with you that describes this relationship as it has evolved from 1992 until the present time. Since Daniel Karrenberg has been involved in both the RIPE community and the RIPE NCC from the beginning, we asked Daniel to author such a document. This is now ready for review: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/draft-... Please let us know if you have any comments, questions, suggestions before 25 November 2024. We're also happy to hear feedback during the upcoming RIPE 89 meeting. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne and Niall O'Reilly RIPE Chair Team [1] RIPE Nominating Committee 2020 https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-762/