Dear colleagues, A new RIPE Document, ripe-781, "Policy Development Process in RIPE", is published: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-781/ This document obsoletes the previous version of the document, ripe-710. The main changes in the updated document are: - It encourages sharing an idea for a policy proposal with the community before starting the official PDP. - It clarifies some aspects of the appeal procedure. - It explains the process to change the PDP. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair