[ncc-announce] RIPE NCC General Meeting September 2012 - Registration Open

Dear RIPE NCC member,

The RIPE NCC Executive Board is pleased to invite you to the RIPE NCC 
General Meeting (GM) September 2012. The GM will begin on Wednesday, 26 
September. It will be held adjacent to the RIPE 65 Meeting, which takes 
place from 24-28 September.

You can register to attend the GM online at:
http://www.ripe.net/gm-sept2012/registration

Please complete the online registration as soon as possible.

The GM will consist of two parts:

- The RIPE NCC Services Working Group will begin at 16:00 (UTC +2) and 
will include the presentation of the Report from the RIPE NCC. This part 
of the GM is open to everyone.
- The second part of the GM follows immediately after and is open only 
to RIPE NCC members who have registered for the GM. This part of the 
meeting is the forum where RIPE NCC members can discuss the operations 
and activities of the RIPE NCC and exercise their voting rights.

At this GM, members will vote on the proposed Charging Scheme 2013 and 
will discuss the draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2013, which 
will be published in due course.

For the GM, there will be electronic voting for the resolutions. The 
voting period will begin on Wednesday, 26 September according to the GM 
agenda and will remain open until 14:00 (UTC +2) on Thursday, 27 
September. The Chairman of the Executive Board will then announce the 
results of the votes on the GM resolutions.

Details on the voting procedure for this GM are available at:
http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/september-2012/voting-procedure

The GM will be webcast, so all RIPE NCC members will be able to follow 
proceedings and have time to vote on all resolutions.

RIPE NCC members will receive an invitation to register for electronic 
voting on 22 August 2012.

More information about the GM is available at:
http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/september-2012

Registration
============
You must register to attend the GM separately from the RIPE 65 Meeting. 
As a member, you can attend both the RIPE NCC Services Working Group 
session and the members-only section of the GM without being registered 
for the RIPE 65 Meeting.

In the event that your organisation is to be represented by a director 
or an authorised employee, the registration form should state the 
name(s) of the employee(s) or director(s). If more than one authorised 
person is to attend the GM, the person who registers first will be 
assigned the voting rights.

Proxy Voting
============
If your organisation is to be represented by a third party, not being an 
authorised employee or director, please fill out the proxy form and send 
it to us by 12 September 2012. Any proxy sent to us after this date will 
not be valid. The proxy form is available to download at:
http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/september-2012/proxy-voting-form

Report from the RIPE NCC
========================
The Report from the RIPE NCC presentation will be given during the RIPE 
NCC Services Working Group session during RIPE 65, which constitutes the 
first part of the GM. GM attendees who have not registered for the RIPE 
Meeting are welcome to participate in this working group session. This 
takes place on Wednesday, 26 September 2012 from 16:00-17:45 (UTC +2), 
immediately before the members-only section of the GM. The Report from 
the RIPE NCC presentation will not be repeated in the members-only 
section of the GM.

Voting and Resolutions
======================
Candidate members are welcome to attend the GM but are not permitted to 
vote according to article 16.7 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. 
Full members who are not able to attend the GM but still want to vote 
can do so by means of proxy voting as per article 16.

Please also note that the GM can only pass resolutions that have been 
submitted and published according to article 15 of the RIPE NCC Articles 
of Association.

The RIPE NCC Articles of Association can be found at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html

We send invitations for General Meetings by email only. However, if your 
organisation wishes to receive this and future invitations for General 
Meetings by regular post, please let us know by emailing at agm at ripe.net.

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

Regards,

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC

Important Dates
===============
15 August 2012 - GM registration opens
22 August 2012 - Registration for electronic voting opens
29 August 2012 - Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online by 
the RIPE NCC
12 September - 2012 Submission deadline for proposed resolutions
12 September - 2012 Submission deadline for proxy forms
25 September 2012 - Registration for electronic voting closes
26 September 2012 - RIPE NCC General Meeting September 2012
27 September 2012 - Results of voting on resolutions announced