From noreply at ripe.net Tue Nov 2 13:50:30 2010 From: noreply at ripe.net (Axel Pawlik) Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:50:30 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] Draft Document: "Closure of LIR and Deregistration of Internet Number Resources" Message-ID: <4CD00916.4070401@ripe.net> [Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC, in consultation with external legal experts, created the draft procedural document, "Closure of LIR and Deregistration of Internet Number Resources". A PDF of the document is available at: http://www.ripe.net/legal/Closure-of-LIR-and-deregistration-of-INRs_final-draft.pdf The text of this document is intended to replace sections in two RIPE Documents that deal with the closure of LIRs and the deregistration of resources: - Sections 3.0 and 4.0 of ripe-301, "Mergers, Acquisitions, Takeovers and Closures of Organisations Operating an LIR". These sections are entitled "Closing an LIR" and "When an LIR is Closed by the RIPE NCC", respectively. The original RIPE Document is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/mergers.html - Section 4.2 of ripe-475, "Independent Internet Number Resources - Contractual Relationship Changes between sponsoring LIR and End User". This section is entitled "Violation of RIPE Policy, Law or Contract". The original RIPE Document is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-475.html The RIPE NCC would like to receive feedback on this draft document from its members and the RIPE community. The RIPE NCC members and the RIPE community will have the opportunity to discuss the document on the mailing lists and at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group to be held on 17 November at the RIPE 61 Meeting in Rome. Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC From noreply at ripe.net Tue Nov 2 17:03:01 2010 From: noreply at ripe.net (Axel Pawlik) Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:03:01 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] RIPE NCC General Meeting: Final Reminder to Register Online Message-ID: <4CD03635.6000805@ripe.net> Dear RIPE NCC member, Tomorrow, 3 November 2010, is the final day to register online for the RIPE NCC General Meeting November 2010. Tomorrow is also the deadline for submitting proxy forms. Registrations and proxy forms will be accepted until 23:59 (UTC). Details on how to register and submit proxy forms are given below. Meeting Details ---------------- The GM will be held on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 from 16:00-19:00. It will be held adjacent to the RIPE 61 Meeting, which takes place from 15-19 November 2010 at the Westin Excelsior Hotel in Rome, Italy. The GM will consist of two parts: - The RIPE NCC Services Working Group will begin at 16:00 and will include the presentation of the Report from the RIPE NCC. This part of the GM is open to everyone. - The second part of the GM follows immediately after and is only open to RIPE NCC members who have registered for the GM. This part of the meeting is the forum where RIPE NCC members can discuss the operations and activities of the RIPE NCC and exercise their voting rights. More information about the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-november2010/ Registration ------------- You must register for the GM separately from the RIPE 61 Meeting. As a member, you can attend both the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session and the members-only section of the GM without being registered for the RIPE 61 Meeting. See below for further information on the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session. You can register for the GM online at: http://ripen.cc/gmregister Please complete the online registration form by 3 November 2010. You will also be able to register to attend the GM at the venue on the day of the meeting. In the event that your organisation is to be represented by a director or an authorised employee, the registration form should state the name(s) of the employee(s) or director(s). If more than one authorised person is to attend the GM, the person who registers first will be assigned the voting rights. Proxy Voting ------------- If your organisation is to be represented by a third party, not being an authorised employee or director, please fill out the proxy form and send it to us by 3 November 2010. Any proxy sent to us after this date will not be valid. The proxy form can be sent in the following ways: - By faxing it to +31 20 535 4445 - By emailing a scanned copy to agm at ripe.net - By posting it to: RIPE NCC P.O.Box 10096 1001 EB Amsterdam The Netherlands The proxy form is available to download here: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-november2010/proxy.html Agenda and Supporting Documents ------------------------------- The agenda for the GM is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-november2010/agenda.html The supporting documents are available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-november2010/documents.html Remote Participation --------------------- RIPE NCC members will be able to attend the GM remotely. All member contacts will receive an email with a link to access the GM webcast. This email will also contain a password that will allow members to access the GM chat facility. Report from the RIPE NCC ------------------------- The Report from the RIPE NCC presentation will be given during the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session during RIPE 61, which constitutes the first part of the GM. GM attendees who have not registered for the RIPE Meeting are welcome to participate in this working group session. This takes place on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 from 16:00-17:30, immediately before the members-only section of the GM. The Report from the RIPE NCC presentation will not be repeated in the members-only section of the GM. Voting and Resolutions ----------------------- Candidate members are welcome to attend the GM but are not permitted to vote according to article 16.7 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Full members who are not able to attend the GM but still want to vote can do so by means of proxy voting as per article 16. Please also note that the GM can only pass resolutions that have been submitted and published according to article 15 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. The RIPE NCC Articles of Association can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association.html We send invitations for General Meetings by email only. However, if your organisation wishes to receive this and future invitations for General Meetings by regular post, please let us know by emailing at: agm at ripe.net. If you have any questions about the GM, please email us at at agm at ripe.net. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates --------------- 29 September 2010 GM registration opens 20 October 2010 Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online 3 November 2010 Proxy forms must be received by the RIPE NCC 3 November 2010 Submission deadline for proposed resolutions 3 November 2010 Online registration for GM closes 17 November 2010 RIPE NCC General Meeting November 2010 From meeting at ripe.net Wed Nov 3 15:22:37 2010 From: meeting at ripe.net (RIPE NCC Meeting Coordinator) Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:22:37 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] RIPE 61: Information Published Message-ID: <4CD1702D.7010500@ripe.net> Dear Colleagues, We are getting ready for the RIPE 61 Meeting, which will take place from 15-19 November 2010 in Rome, Italy. It's still possible to register for the early bird discount on the week ticket by registering online at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/register/ The plenary agenda has been posted, along with several Working Group agendas, all linked from the RIPE 61 Meeting plan at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/program/meeting-plan/ There will also be interesting activities outside of the meeting rooms, such as demonstrations of various services and projects by the RIPE NCC: http://ripe61.ripe.net/program/demonstrations/ You are also welcome to visit the RIPE NCC Services Centre: http://ripe61.ripe.net/program/ripe-ncc-services-centre/ Information about the evening socials events has been posted at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/program/socials/ Regards, The RIPE Meeting Team From meeting at ripe.net Tue Nov 9 16:00:29 2010 From: meeting at ripe.net (RIPE NCC Meeting Coordinator) Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:00:29 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] RIPE 61: Still Time to Register Message-ID: <4CD9620D.3030309@ripe.net> Dear Colleagues, The RIPE 61 Meeting is less than a week away. We look forward to welcoming you to the Westin Excelsior Hotel, Rome, Italy from 15-19 November 2010. Registration ------------ Over 350 people have already registered for RIPE 61. If you've not registered yet, there's still time. And, you'll still qualify for the pre-payment discount if you register before Friday, 12 November 12:00 UTC. Register online at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/registration/register-now/ Participate Remotely --------------------- If you can't make it to Rome, you can still take part in the discussions by participating remotely. Anyone can participate and no registration is necessary. Find out more at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/programme/remote-participation/ More Information ----------------- More information about RIPE 61, Working Group session agendas and evening socials can be found on the meeting homepage at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/ Regards, the RIPE Meeting Team From anandb at ripe.net Thu Nov 11 14:59:02 2010 From: anandb at ripe.net (Anand Buddhdev) Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:59:02 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] PGP Key-Signing Party at RIPE 61 Message-ID: <4CDBF6A6.2070508@ripe.net> [Apologies for duplicates] Dear colleagues, During RIPE 61, A PGP Key-Signing Party will be held on Tuesday 16 November, at 18:00. We encourage you to come along if you're interested in building your web of trust. The signing process will happen as follows: 1. Before the party, you'll need to add your PGP public key to this keyring: http://biglumber.com/x/web?keyring=9837 The deadline for adding an entry to the keyring is Tuesday 16 November at 12:00. 2. At the party, you'll be provided with a printed copy of the keyring. You'll need to verify that your public key is listed correctly on it. 3. Each person present will read out the fingerprint of their own public key for everyone else to verify. Please bring an independent copy of your key fingerprint (eg. your business card) to read from. As each fingerprint is read out, you can mark your copy with a check mark. 4. Next, each person will confirm their identity by showing a legal document (such as a passport or a driver's licence) to the other participants. After you're satisfied with the identity of a participant, you can mark your copy with a second check mark. 5. At the end of the party, each participant will have a printed sheet on which they will have placed check marks to confirm public key fingerprints and identities. When you get home, you can download the keyring and sign each key that you have checked. After that you should send each signed key to the owner of the key, and perhaps upload it to a keyserver. Regards, Anand Buddhdev DNS Services Manager, RIPE NCC From noreply at ripe.net Mon Nov 15 11:59:01 2010 From: noreply at ripe.net (Axel Pawlik) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:59:01 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] RIPE NCC General Meeting - Remote Participation Message-ID: <4CE11275.5020906@ripe.net> Dear RIPE NCC member, The RIPE NCC Executive Board invites you to participate remotely in the the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) to be held on Wednesday, 17 November 2010. All RIPE NCC members will today receive an email from containing instructions on how to participate remotely via webcast and the chat facility. The email will contain a link that will redirect members to a secure webpage hosted by a third party, BigPulse. BigPulse will provide data that will let the Executive Board and RIPE NCC membership know the level of remote participation during the GM. The webcast itself will be hosted by the RIPE NCC. Information on BigPulse is available at: http://www.bigpulse.com/ The webcast will be active from 17:30 (UTC +1) on Wednesday, 17 November 2010. If you do not receive an email from containing the remote participation details by Tuesday, 16 November 2010, please send an email to . For more information on the GM, including the agenda, please see: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/gm-november2010/ Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC From meeting at ripe.net Mon Nov 15 12:54:17 2010 From: meeting at ripe.net (RIPE NCC Meeting Coordinator) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:54:17 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] RIPE 61 Starts Today Message-ID: <4CE11F69.7060605@ripe.net> Dear Colleagues, The RIPE 61 Meeting, taking place at the Westin Excelsior in Rome, Italy, begins today at 14:00. Although online registration is now closed, it's still possible to attend RIPE 61 by registering on-site at the meeting venue. Even if you are unable to attend in person, you can take part remotely. All meeting sessions are webcast live and you can take part in discussions using the chat facility on the RIPE Meeting Live page at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/live/ Further information about how to participate remotely can be found at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/programme/remote-participation/ Regards, The RIPE Meeting Team From kranjbar at ripe.net Mon Nov 15 17:18:47 2010 From: kranjbar at ripe.net (Kaveh Ranjbar) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:18:47 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] LIR Portal Migration is done Message-ID: <4CE15D67.3020400@ripe.net> Dear RIPE NCC members, We are proud to announce that the LIR Portal migration project is completed. This means we migrated the LIR Portal to a completely new platform that supports the RIPE NCC's modern back-end technologies. We will be able to respond much faster to changes and will be better able to maintain the LIR Portal. Please email if you have any issue or suggestion concerning the LIR Portal. More detailed technical information will be published on RIPE Labs shortly. Kind regards, Kaveh Ranjbar, Senior Software Engineer, Business Applications Department, RIPE NCC From training at ripe.net Tue Nov 16 13:26:08 2010 From: training at ripe.net (Training Mailbox) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:26:08 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] Announcement: RIPE NCC Training Courses Message-ID: <4CE27860.9020100@ripe.net> [Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC invites you to register for one of our upcoming training courses: - The LIR Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to request Internet number resources and interact with the RIPE NCC. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/lir/outline.html - The Routing Registry Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to use the RIPE Database for routing. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/outline.html - The IPv6 Training Course This course teaches LIRs about the need for IPv6 and includes basic information on how to plan your deployment. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/ipv6/outline.html To see the location of upcoming courses and to register, please use the LIR Portal or complete the registration form on our website at: RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses List & Registration https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/training/course-list.html If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at . Kind regards, Rumy Kanis Training Services Manager RIPE NCC From noreply at ripe.net Wed Nov 17 20:10:04 2010 From: noreply at ripe.net (Axel Pawlik) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:10:04 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] RIPE NCC General Meeting 17 November 2010 Message-ID: <4CE4288C.9030209@ripe.net> Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) November 2010 was held Wednesday, 17 November, adjacent to the RIPE 61 Meeting, at the Westin Excelsior Hotel in Rome. There were 89 attendees, excluding RIPE NCC staff and observers from the other Regional Internet Registries. The RIPE NCC members approved the following formal resolutions at the GM: - "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2011" - "The General Meeting in accordance with Article 21 of the Articles of Association adopts the amendments to the Articles of Association as proposed and announced by the Executive Board on 20 October 2010." "Furthermore, the General Meeting instructs and authorises the Executive Board to perform or to have performed all that is required to have the amendments executed before a Dutch civil law notary, including but not limited to the translation into Dutch by certified translator and final amendment at the request of the notary or RIPE NCC's lawyer of the exact wording of the amendments in Dutch, and the amendment of any cross-references to the Articles of Association in other documents to bring these in conformity with the Articles of Association as adopted in this General Meeting." - "The General Meeting approves the new RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Pierre Baume to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Conor Dufficy to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Ronald Duncan to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Alireza Ghafarallahi to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of James Hickman to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Ond?ej Sur? to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." - "The General Meeting approves the addition of Nick Williams to the RIPE NCC Arbiters Panel." The RIPE NCC would like to thank its membership for the input and support given at the General Meeting. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC From meeting at ripe.net Thu Nov 25 16:48:28 2010 From: meeting at ripe.net (RIPE NCC Meeting Coordinator) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:48:28 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] RIPE 61: Another record meeting Message-ID: <4CEE854C.9000105@ripe.net> Dear Colleagues, RIPE 61 took place last week from 15-19 November 2010. More than 430 people attended, making it the the most well-attended RIPE Meeting to date. RIPE 61 Meeting Report ---------------------- The full RIPE 61 Meeting Report is now available at: www.ripe.net/news/2010-ripe61-report.html Sessions Archive ----------------- Presentations from the week can be found at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/programme/presentations/ Webcasts, chat logs and stenography transcripts can be found at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/archives/ Thanks ------ We would like to thank everyone who participated at RIPE 61 - onsite and remotely - who helped to make this such a successful meeting. We would also like to thank the RIPE 61 sponsors: AMS-IX, Colt, Consortium GARR, TINET, Telecom Italia Sparkle and Unidata And special thanks goes to the local hosts of this meeting, Nautilus Mediterranean eXchange Point (NaMeX) and CASPUR. Next Meeting ------------ RIPE 62 will take place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from 2-6 May 2011. We hope to see you there. Your Opinion ------------ As always we appreciate your feedback. You can either send an email to or fill in the anonymous feedback form at: http://ripe61.ripe.net/help/feedback/ Best regards, The RIPE Meeting Team From mschepers at ripe.net Tue Nov 30 08:49:45 2010 From: mschepers at ripe.net (Menno Schepers) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:49:45 +0100 Subject: [ncc-announce] Network Maintenance: 02/12/2010 17:00-19:00UTC Message-ID: <4CF4AC99.9080208@ripe.net> [Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, On Thursday, 2 December 2010 between 17:00 and 19:00 (UTC), the RIPE NCC will carry out maintenance work on its core network infrastructure in its office datacentre. Although we expect any outage to be minimal, it is possible that there will be intermittent access to all services hosted by the RIPE NCC during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please contact: ops at ripe.net. Regards, Menno Schepers RIPE NCC