[ncc-regional-middle-east] Reminder - RIPE NCC General Meeting and Executive Board Nominations

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails]

Dear RIPE NCC Member

The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC Association invites you to the 
General Meeting (GM) of the RIPE NCC membership.

WHERE?
Ceylan Intercontinental, Hotel, Asker Ocagi Cad. No:1, Taksim 34435, 
Istanbul, Turkey
Telephone: + 90 212 368 44 44
Fax: + 90 212 368 44 99

WHEN?
Wednesday, 26 April 2006
17:00 - 18: 00 EET (GMT +2 hours)

RIPE NCC members can now register for this meeting. If you have already 
registered for the RIPE 52 Meeting, you will have to register separately 
to attend the GM. RIPE NCC Members can, however, attend the GM without 
registering for the RIPE 52 Meeting.

You can register for the RIPE NCC GM at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/registration-general/meeting.html?id=30 


We will publish a list of registered attendees at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/attendees/index.html?id=30

You can register for the RIPE 52 Meeting at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-52/index.html

VOTING AND RESOLUTIONS:
When you arrive at the GM meeting, you will receive a meeting folder 
that contains your membership status and details of your voting rights.

Candidate members can attend the meeting, but are not allowed to vote 
according to article 16.3 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. 
Members who cannot attend the GM but who want to vote can do this by 
means of proxy voting as per article 16.4. To nominate a proxy voter, 
follow instructions on:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/proxy.html

The meeting can only pass resolutions that have been submitted and 
published according to articles 15.3 and 15.4 of the RIPE NCC Articles 
of Association that you can find at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html

RIPE NCC REPORTS:
The RIPE NCC reporting for the GM will happen during the RIPE NCC 
Services Working Group. GM attendees who have not registered for the 
RIPE Meeting are welcome to participate in this working group session on 
Wednesday, 26 April 2006 from 16:00 - 17:00 EET. The RIPE NCC reports 
will not be repeated in the General Meeting.

RIPE NCC ANNUAL REPORT:
The RIPE NCC 2005 Annual Report will be available during the week 
commencing 27 March 2006.
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RIPE NCC CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE BOARD SEAT - APRIL 2006:
In compliance with the RIPE NCC Articles of Association, the RIPE NCC is 
calling for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. You can find 
more details at:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/board-election-announcement.html 


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Important Dates
15 March 2006: GM Registration opens
29 March 2006: Submission deadline for proposed resolutions
5 April 2006: Nominations for RIPE NCC Executive Board deadline
12 April 2006: Registration encouraged by this date
26 April 2006: RIPE NCC General Meeting April 2006

For more information about the GM, please go to:
http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-april2006/

If you have any questions about the GM send an e-mail to agm at ripe.net.

Regards

Axel Pawlik
Managing Director
RIPE NCC