<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;"><font face="Arial" size="4">Dear all,</font><div><font face="Arial" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4">As the secretariat of the RIPE community, the RIPE NCC has had the privilege of observing and facilitating the evolution of RIPE Meetings over time.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4">Each decision made, from the selection of venues to the design of the badges to the structuring of the Fellowship programme encapsulates, a deeper reflection of the RIPE community's core values: openness inclusion collaboration and transparency.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4">Getting this right requires continuous dialogue, adaptability and innovative thinking within our community. </font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4"><font face="Arial">I reflect on this in a RIPE Labs article which looks back at the past decade of RIPE Meetings:</font><font face="Arial"> <a href="https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/reflecting-on-the-past-decade-of-ripe-meetings/">https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/reflecting-on-the-past-decade-of-ripe-meetings/</a></font></font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4">Let's discuss more on this mailing list, at RIPE 88, or on the RIPE NCC Forum:</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4"><a href="https://forum.ripe.net/t/reflecting-on-the-past-decade-of-ripe-meetings/948">https://forum.ripe.net/t/reflecting-on-the-past-decade-of-ripe-meetings/948</a></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4">Regards</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4">Hisham Ibrahim</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="4">RIPE NCC </font></div></body></html>