Dear Friends and Colleagues, *Please note that some of the times have changed from my original mail due to the slightly later starting time of all of our sessions in Madrid.* 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 2016 who will be elected by the RIPE community at RIPE 73 in Madrid. 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. Nominations for the RIPE 73 PC elections can be sent in from today until Tuesday October 25th, 15:30 CEST. 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 Tuesday at 15:30 CEST, and publish the biographies on the RIPE Meeting web site. Candidates (or their stand-ins) can present themselves at the start of the Tuesday 17:00 CEST session. The RIPE PC online voting system will be open from Tuesday October 25th, 16:00 CEST until Thursday October 27th, 17:30 CEST, 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 Friday morning, the 28th October, at the start of the 12:00 CEST closing plenary session. Questions about the RIPE PC can be sent to pc@ripe.net. Regards, Brian On Behalf of the RIPE PC -- Brian Nisbet, Network Operations Manager HEAnet Limited, Ireland's Education and Research Network 1st Floor, 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin 1 Registered in Ireland, no 275301 tel: +35316609040 fax: +35316603666 web: http://www.heanet.ie/