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<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">Dear Friends and Colleagues,</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">The RIPE Programme Committee is responsible for recruiting and selecting presentations for the RIPE Meeting Plenary sessions. As the term of two RIPE PC members end, we are looking for new members
in Autumn 2021 who will be elected by the RIPE community at RIPE 83.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">There are currently two seats up for<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="mark1r98o8x5n" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">election</span><span> </span>to
the RIPE PC. Please send nominations, with a biography, statement of interest and photograph, to pc@ripe.net .</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">The Charter of the RIPE Programme Committee ( https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-pc-charter) provides more information about the composition and roles of the RIPE PC.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Nominations for the RIPE 83 PC<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="mark1r98o8x5n" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">election</span>s can be sent in from
today, Tuesday 9th November, until Tuesday November 23rd, 15:30 CET (UTC +1). We will announce the PC<span> </span><span data-markjs="true" class="mark1r98o8x5n" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb="" style="margin:0px">election</span>s at the
RIPE meeting opening sessions, but interested parties can nominate themselves from now.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">We will close candidate nominations on Tuesday 23rd at 15:30 CET and publish the biographies on the RIPE Meeting web site.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">The RIPE PC online voting system will be open from Tuesday November 23rd, 16:00 CET until Thursday November 25th, 17:00 CET, for the community members to cast their votes. The total voting numbers
may be public.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">More information will also be available at</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">https://ripe83.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/become-a-member/</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">The official announcement of the elected RIPE PC members will be on Friday Morning 26th November, at the start of the 11:30 CET closing plenary session.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Questions about the RIPE PC can be sent to pc@ripe.net.</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Regards,</div>
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<div style="margin:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">Franziska, Brian and Jan</div>
<span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);display:inline !important">on behalf of the RIPE PC</span><br>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">Brian Nisbet (he/him)</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">HEAnet CLG, Ireland's National Education and Research Network</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px">+35316609040 brian.nisbet@heanet.ie www.heanet.ie</p>
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