[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: August 2020

Hello RIPE NCC members, 

It's the end of August and many of us are getting back to work and school after a summer break to a "new normal". Here's a look at what's been happening over the past month at the RIPE NCC:

1. What We're Doing For You
-- Your LIR Stats
-- Executive Board Election Task Force
-- Webinars - September 2020
-- IPv6 Fundamentals - Analyst Exam  

2. Your Technical Update

3. What's Happening in Our Community?

4. Join Us for These Virtual Events
-- MENOG 20
-- RIPE 81
-- RIPE NCC General Meeting
-- ENOG 17

-------------------------------------------------- 

1. What We're Doing For You

-- Your LIR Stats
LIR STATISTICS
Number of LIRs: 25,252
LIRs with IPv6: 16,704
IPv4 Addresses Transferred in July: 2,117,120

-- Executive Board Election Task Force
The Executive Board Elections task force have submitted their findings in a draft report to the Executive Board. The final report will be submitted no later than 30 September for the RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2020. 
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/ripe-ncc-executive-board-election-task-force

-- Webinars in September 2020
Learning with us is easy as ever. As usual, we have a variety of online courses (one or two hours each) lined up covering a range important Internet-related topics. Take a look at our training schedule for September:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses

-- IPv6 Fundamentals - Analyst Exam 
Get certified for your IPv6 expertise! You can now use your vouchers to earn the new RIPE NCC Certified Professionals badge 'IPv6 Fundamentals - Analyst'. More details about the certification can be found here:
https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals/ipv6-fundamentals-analyst-exam

-------------------------------------------------- 

2. Your Technical Update

-- Our First Glance at the Belarus Outages
We recently took a look at what our tools and datasets had to tell us about the scale and impact of the Internet outages that hit Belarus on 9 August. The article is available on RIPE Labs:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/our-first-glance-at-the-belarus-outages

-- Analysis Following RIPEstat Widgets Outage
Following issues that affected the output of a number of RIPEstat widgets and their associated API endpoints back in July, we carried out a full analysis of what happened and wrote up what we’ve been doing to fix the problem and prevent future outages.
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/oleg_m/analysis-and-lessons-learned-from-the-ripestat-widgets-outage

-- Usability Testing at the RIPE NCC
As part of the ongoing work we do to improve our services wherever possible, we’ve been carrying out user testing. The following RIPE Labs article looks at the process we have in place for user testing at the RIPE NCC:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/rehan_syed_muhammad/usability-testing-at-the-ripe-ncc 

--------------------------------------------------  

3. What's Happening in Our Community? 

-- Our View on the Upcoming Digital Services Act
The European Commission is expected to put forward its proposal for the upcoming Digital Services Act by the end of 2020. Earlier this month, we shared a statement on the proposal that we the RIPE NCC will be putting forward in response to the European Commission's questionnaire:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/our-view-on-the-upcoming-digital-services-act

-- RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2020
The call for applications for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2020 has closed. The selection committee will now begin to evaluate the applications.
https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf

--------------------------------------------------  
4. Join Us for These Virtual Events

-- MENOG 20 Meeting and Peering Forum, 16 September 2020
MENOG 20 will take place online as a panel discussion on the impact of COVID-19 on the Internet in the Middle East region. Registration is open and it's free of charge. More information about the programme and how to become a sponsor are available at: 
https://www.menog.org/meetings/menog-20/

-- RIPE 81, 27-30 October 2020
The Call for Presentations for RIPE 81 is out, and the first deadline is 30 August! You can submit your talk here:
https://ripe81.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/

Become a sponsor! Sponsoring a RIPE Meeting is a great way to increase the visibility of your organisation among the global Internet community. More info: 
https://ripe81.ripe.net/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/

-- ENOG 17, 9-13 November 2020
The Call for Presentations is open and the first deadline is 6 September:
https://www.enog.org/enog-17/cfp/


We hope to see you online for one of our trainings or events, and stay safe!

Best regards,
Alun Davies
RIPE NCC