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<p dir="auto">Dear Colleagues,</p>
<p dir="auto">A new RIPE Document, <a href="https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-782/">ripe-782</a>, "RIPE Task Forces: Definition and Guidelines" has been published at <a href="https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-782/">https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-782/</a>.</p>
<p dir="auto">This document sets out how RIPE Task Forces are created and how they operate; it updates and expands on the information on RIPE task forces contained in Part II, Chapter 4 of <a href="https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-464">ripe-464</a>, the report of the RIPE Enhanced Cooperation Task Force.</p>
<p dir="auto">Mirjam and I would like to thank each of you who gave suggestions, feedback, and editorial support during the preparation of this document. I have tried to acknowledge all of you by name in the document itself, and ask you to pardon any inadvertent omissions.</p>
<p dir="auto">Best regards,</p>
<p dir="auto">Niall O'Reilly<br />
RIPE Vice-Chair</p>
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