Wilfried Woeber was appointed by the RIPE NCC Executive Board to take the vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC). He will serve a three-year term that runs from 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014. Information on the NRO Number Council can be found at http://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council. Regards, NRO Secretariat