Dear Friends and Colleagues, The RIPE Programme Committee is responsible for recruiting and selecting presentations for the RIPE Meeting Plenary sessions. As the term of two RIPE PC members end, we are looking for new members in Autumn 2017 who will be elected by the RIPE community at RIPE 75 in Dubai. There are currently two seats up for election to the RIPE PC. Please send nominations, with a biography, statement of interest and photograph, to pc@ripe.net. The Charter of the RIPE Programme Committee (https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-pc-charter) provides more information about the composition and roles of the RIPE PC. Note that the schedule of RIPE 75 meeting starts on Sunday, and the days we are closing nominations and voting has been pushed one day forward (earlier). Nominations for the RIPE 75 PC elections can be sent in from today until Monday October 23rd, 15:30 GST. We will announce the PC elections at the RIPE meeting opening sessions, but interested parties can nominate themselves from now. We will close candidate nominations on Monday at 15:30 GST (GMT+4), and publish the biographies on the RIPE Meeting web site. Candidates (or their stand-ins) can present themselves at the start of the Monday 16:00 GST session. The RIPE PC online voting system will be open from Monday October 23rd, 16:00 GST until Wednesday October 25th, 17:30 GST, for the community members to cast their votes. The total voting numbers may be public. The official announcement of the elected RIPE PC members will be on Thursday morning, the 26th October, at the start of the 11:00 GST closing plenary session. Questions about the RIPE PC can be sent to pc@ripe.net. Regards, Brian and Benno on behalf of the RIPE PC -- Benno J. Overeinder NLnet Labs http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/