<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear members,<div>As a follow up to the email below.</div><div>I would like to share here my quarter three Community Engagement report. </div><div><a href="https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/value-driven-budgeting-a-quarterly-report/">https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/value-driven-budgeting-a-quarterly-report/</a></div><div><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">In the report I provide more insight on the decision for only issuing free RIPE Meeting tickets per RIPE NCC member rather than per LIR account.<br>Also in this report, Alvaro Vives - Technical Training and Development Team Manager for our Learning and Development department - joins me to talk about how we balance service quality with cost-efficient planning.</span></span></div><div><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Regards</span></span></div><div><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Hisham Ibrahim</span></span></div><div><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">Chief Community Officer </span></span></div><div><span class="break-words"><span dir="ltr">RIPE NCC</span></span></div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 24 Jul 2023, at 12:18 PM, hmi@ripe.net wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear members,</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are reviewing the processes around issuing free RIPE Meeting tickets. This is part of our efforts to be more efficient and transparent about our processes. We also want to introduce cost savings where we can without compromising the quality of our events.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From 24 July 2023 onwards:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- All new members will be entitled to make use of two free RIPE Meeting tickets.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- All free tickets will be issued per RIPE NCC member rather than per LIR account. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- The validity of the free tickets is two years from the activation date of the membership. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Those eligible to receive tickets will be emailed once registration for the RIPE Meeting opens.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- The RIPE NCC will honour any previous commitments for those eligible for free RIPE Meeting tickets prior to the date of this communication.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you have questions about your eligibility for free tickets, please contact <meeting@ripe.net>.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><br></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kind regards,</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hisham Ibrahim</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chief Community Officer</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.92; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">RIPE NCC</span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>