[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: September 2018

RIPE NCC Member Update: September 2018

LIR Statistics
Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2019
RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM)
Changes to Out-of-Region Objects in the RIPE Database
Campaign to Sponsor 10 RIPE Atlas Anchors
DNSSEC Signer Migration
NRO NC – Deadline for Nominations
RIPE 77 Updates
Blockchain Applicability for the Registry
Community Contributions to RIPE Labs
RIPE NCC Member Lunches
RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Almaty
RIPE NCC Training Courses and Webinars
Searching the Email Archives
RSS Feed of Service Announcements
Social Media

LIR STATISTICS (change since last update)
Number of LIRs: 19,960 (+341)
LIRs with IPv6: 13,896 (+171)
Policy transfers in August: 1,325,568 IPv4 addresses (-881,024)

DRAFT RIPE NCC ACTIVITY PLAN AND BUDGET 2019
This document is the best way to see what we plan to do next year and
what our activities will cost. We ask that members review our plans and
let us know what they think on <members-discuss at ripe.net> or at the
General Meeting on 17 October:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/draft-ripe-ncc-activity-plan-and-budget-2019

RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING
The GM will take place from 17-19 October, and we ask all members to
register to participate in the discussions. There are also important
votes for members on the redistribution of the RIPE NCC surplus 2018 and
changes to the Articles of Association. All the details you need are at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/

CHANGES TO OUT-OF-REGION OBJECTS IN THE RIPE DATABASE
On 4 September, we implemented changes to the way out-of-region ROUTE
objects are managed and represented in the RIPE Database:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/changes-to-out-of-region-objects-in-the-ripe-database

CAMPAIGN TO SPONSOR 10 RIPE ATLAS ANCHORS
Interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor sponsored by the RIPE NCC?
Apply now! The deadline for our 2018 campaign to sponsor 10 RIPE Atlas
anchors is 30 September 2018. For more information, see the following
article on RIPE Labs:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/2018-campaign-to-sponsor-10-ripe-atlas-anchors

DNSSEC SIGNER MIGRATION
Anand Buddhdev describes the evaluation and selection of a new DNSSEC
signer solution, along with a plan of how we intend to perform the
migration:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/anandb/dnssec-signer-migration

NRO NC – DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS
The deadline for nominations to fill a vacant seat on the NRO NC is
tomorrow, 21 September 2018. There are currently two candidates and the
election will take place during the RIPE 77 Meeting in Amsterdam from
15-19 October. Details on how to nominate a candidate or express your
support for a candidate are available at:
https://www.ripe.net/s/nroncelection2018

RIPE 77 UPDATES
There are only 25 days to the RIPE 77 Meeting in Amsterdam, 15-19
October 2018. And we have extensive remote participation options if you
want to follow the meeting from your location.

Registration: https://ripe77.ripe.net/register/
Call for presentations (deadline tomorrow, 21 September):
https://ripe77.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/

The RIPE Networking App has great new features and attendees are already
using it. Network with them by downloading the app now:
https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/ripe-networking-app/

On-Site Childcare: Attend sessions while your child has a blast with
professional childminders from Holiday Sitters on-site at the venue.
Space is limited, so be sure to get your child registered ASAP:
https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/on-site-childcare/

*New: Sign-Up to Be a RIPE Meeting Mentor or Mentee
If you're an experienced meeting attendee looking to give back to the
community or a newcomer looking for a mentor, then our RIPE Meeting
Mentoring Programme is something you should check out:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-meeting-mentors

BLOCKCHAIN APPLICABILITY FOR THE REGISTRY
Marco Hogewoning and colleagues at the RIPE NCC looked at the pros and
cons or applying blockchain technology to the registration of Internet
number resources.
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_hogewoning/a-review-of-blockchain-applicability-to-internet-number-resources

COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO RIPE LABS
Six community members have contributed articles to RIPE Labs since the
last Member Update on topics ranging from DNS and Secure VPN to CrypTech:
https://labs.ripe.net/

If you have an idea for an interesting article or want to present your
research findings, please contact <labs at ripe.net>.

RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES
We recently met our members in Ukraine and Norway, and next we go to
Russia, Belarus, Poland, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UAE and Belgium.
The lunches are a great way to meet with us and your local peers, and
they’re free to attend. You can sign up now at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches

RIPE NCC REGIONAL MEETING ALMATY
On 25 September, the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will take place in
Almaty, Kazakhstan. We hope to see many of you join from the local
community and beyond. The meeting details are available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/ripe-ncc-regional-meeting-almaty

RIPE NCC TRAINING COURSES AND WEBINARS
Over the coming month, the RIPE NCC will give face-to-face training
courses in Almaty, Minsk and Helsinki. There will also be webinars on
the Internet Routing Registry, the RIPE Database and IPv6 addressing.
You need to register to take part.
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses

SEARCHING THE EMAIL ARCHIVES
We’d like to remind you that can search all the email archives via the
search form:
https://www.ripe.net/search?use_cb_request_state=1&SearchableText=&cb-mailman-message=on

RSS FEED OF SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
This RSS feed contains details of all recent RIPE NCC Service Announcements:
https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/service-announcements/archived/RSS

SOCIAL MEDIA
Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and start conversations
with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn:
https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking

You can find all the previous Member Updates containing an overview of
what the RIPE NCC is doing at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/member-update

Did you make it this far? If you have suggestions for how we could make
it easier to get you the information you need, I'd love to hear from you!

Best regards,

Fergal Cunningham
Membership Communications Officer
RIPE NCC