[ncc-announce] RIPE NCC Call for Nominations for Executive Board Seats - May 2008

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails]

Dear RIPE NCC member,

In compliance with the RIPE NCC Articles of Association, the RIPE NCC is
calling for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board.

The two vacant seats are for three-year terms and are to fill the places
currently held by Kees Neggers and Jim Reid, whose terms expire in May 2008.

Voting for the appointment of the RIPE NCC Executive Board members will
take place at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM). The GM will be
held on Wednesday, 7 May 2008 from 16:00-18:30, adjacent to the RIPE
56 Meeting, which takes place from 5-9 May 2008 at the Hotel Palace in
Berlin, Germany.

You must be registered for the GM if you wish to attend and vote in the
Executive Board election. You can register online for the GM at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration-general/meeting.html?id=52

If you would like to vote but cannot attend the GM, you can be
represented by a third party who is not an authorised employee or
director. If so, please fill out the proxy form and send it to us by 23
April 2008. Any proxy sent to us after this date will not be valid. The
proxy form is available to download here:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-may2008/proxy.html

A nomination for the appointment of a member of the Executive Board
requires the written support of at least five members. You must be a
RIPE NCC member and a registered LIR contact to support a nomination.
Nomination submissions should include the following information:

    * Your full name
    * Your organisation
    * Your LIR RegID
    * Name of the candidate you wish to support

Nominations must be submitted by e-mail to <agm-nominations at ripe.net> by
Wednesday, 9 April 2008, following the guidelines outlined in article 9
of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Excerpts from the Articles of
Association are available at the end of this e-mail.

If you have any questions about the GM, please e-mail us at <agm at ripe.net>.

Best regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC

Excerpts from the RIPE NCC Articles of Association:

Article [8.2] The Executive Board of the Association shall consist of at
least three and at most five natural persons. They shall be members of
the Board in a personal capacity and do not have to be Members of the
Association. Employees of the Association cannot be appointed members of
the Executive Board.

Article [9.1] The members of the Executive Board shall be appointed by
the General Meeting from a list of nominees to be drawn up by the Members.

A nomination for the appointment of a member of the Executive Board
shall need the written support of at least five Members. If three weeks
before the General Meeting the number of candidates nominated for
appointment as referred to above does not exceed the number of
vacancies, the Executive Board shall have to nominate one or more
candidates for appointment so that the total number of proposed
candidates shall exceed the number of Executive Board members to be
appointed by the General Meeting.

The Articles of Association are available at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html

Important Dates
11 March 2008     GM registration opens
11 March 2008 	  Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online
9 April 2008   	  Deadline for nominations to Executive Board
23 April 2008	  Submission deadline for proposed resolutions
23 April 2008	  Online registration for GM closes
23 April 2008     Proxy forms must be received by the RIPE NCC
7 May 2008	  RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2008