[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: October 2022
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Kjerstin Burdiek
kburdiek at ripe.net
Thu Oct 20 17:02:15 CEST 2022
Dear RIPE NCC members, This is a special edition ahead of RIPE 85, which takes place next week from 24-28 October. Alongside the RIPE Meeting, we will also have our RIPE NCC General Meeting on Wednesday, 26 October. We hope that you’ll join us for these meetings, and registration for both is quick and easy: RIPE 85: https://ripe85.ripe.net/attend/register/ RIPE NCC General Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2022/register RIPE 85 will feature Plenary sessions on topics including the Internet revolution in Belgrade, IXP Scrubber, community management, perfSONAR, QUIC, unbiased Internet measurements, automated inter-AS traffic engineering, and much more. We will also have Working Group sessions throughout the week where you can discuss current topics and participate in chair selections. And RIPE 85 will have several exciting social sessions, parallel events and coffee breaks that are the perfect opportunity to network with fellow engineers, operators and Internet stakeholders. You’ll even have the chance to meet the RIPE Chair Team and the RIPE NCC Executive Board. Don’t miss out! See the full meeting plan at: https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ At the RIPE NCC General Meeting on Wednesday, you will be able to share your feedback on our Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2023. You will also have the chance to vote on the redistribution of the RIPE NCC surplus, amendments to the Articles of Association, giving the management team authority to call for Executive Board elections, and the removal of paper ballots for General Meeting voting. Remember to register to vote by 26 October at 14:30 (UTC+2). You can find the GM agenda at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2022/agenda So with all that said, here’s everything else you need to know about our services and what’s happening in the RIPE community this month: 1. Registry -- LIR Stats -- Protecting Resource Holders in Distressed Areas -- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report -- Address Policy Working Group Session 2. Information Services -- MAT Working Group Session -- RIPE Atlas Probe Troubleshooting Videos -- Minimising RIS Live Delays 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC Forum Launched -- New RIPE NCC Translations Platform -- RIPE 85 Academic and NREN Reception -- Get Certified at RIPE 85 -- NRO NC Election -- RIPE Programme Committee Election -- RIPE 87 and RIPE 88 Call for Hosts -- Updates to the RIPE Code of Conduct Process Documents -- CAPIF 1 -- MENOG 22 -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: October 2022 -- RIPE NCC Engagement with Ukraine During the War -- RIPE NCC Response to Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine -- RIPE Labs -- RIPE Labs Podcast Episode 7 -- Training Courses in November 4. Organisational Update -- RIPE NCC Services Working Group Session -- New RIPE NCC General Meeting Voting Platform -- Vacancies 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,684 (-70) Number of members: 20,369 (-62) LIRs with IPv6: 16,877 (+17) IPv4 addresses transferred in September: 752,128 (-1,194,496) -- Protecting Resource Holders in Distressed Areas We have published an article explaining our approach to registry update requests coming from distressed areas. Members have expressed concern about the risk of forced and otherwise illegitimate transfer requests, and we would like to share how we handle these and offer some more possible solutions for the community to consider: https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/protecting-resource-holders-in-distressed-areas/ -- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report We have published the Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report for Q4 2022. This document provides data on how RIPE NCC members, End Users and legacy resource holders are affected by sanctions: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-784/ -- Address Policy Working Group Session The Address Policy Working Group session will take place at RIPE 85 on Wednesday, 26 October from 09:00-10:00 (UTC+2) and from 10:30-11:30 (UTC+2). In the first half, there will be updates on the ASO AC, a RIPE NCC policy update and a policy proposal on removing mandatory IPv4 PA assignment registration in the RIPE Database. The second half of the session will feature a RIPE NCC Registry Services update, a discussion on IPv6 policy goals and a talk on the minimum assignment size for temporary IPv4 assignments: https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ap-wg/ 2. Information Services -- MAT Working Group Session The MAT Working Group session will take place at RIPE 85 on Thursday, 27 October from 09:00-10:30 (UTC+2). There will be a number of talks given on topics including measuring Internet routing from the most valuable points, better RIPE Atlas vantage point selection, the impact of the war on routing in Ukraine, 240/4 as seen by RIPE Atlas, and more: https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/mat-wg/ -- RIPE Atlas Probe Troubleshooting Videos We have released several new videos on our YouTube channel explaining how to troubleshoot RIPE Atlas probes versions 3, 4 and 5. You can view them in our RIPE Atlas playlist at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDWsJmznqM9FxRW14Edq14Sl4Zm896_B6 -- Minimising RIS Live Delays RIS Live delivers RIS data in real time, with minimal delays from RIS collectors to our users. In a new article on RIPE Labs, we look into how big these delays really were and explain what improvements we implemented to further minimise them: https://labs.ripe.net/author/oleg_m/minimising-ris-live-delays/ 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC Forum Launched We have launched a new forum for our members to communicate with us and with each other. The RIPE NCC Forum is an informal communication platform where members can chat about topics that interest them and ask questions for our staff. RIPE and RIPE NCC mailing lists will remain the official channels for serious policy discussions and announcements. Learn more about how to use the Forum at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/ulka_athale_1/the-new-ripe-ncc-forum-talk-to-us-talk-to-each-other/ -- New RIPE NCC Translations Platform This week, we launched a new RIPE NCC Translations Wiki, where we have translated eight RIPE NCC topics into six languages - Arabic, Farsi, Italian, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. We encourage you to try out our new translations wiki, tell us what you think and make people aware who might benefit from translated materials about the RIPE NCC. Explore the new wiki at: https://translated.ripe.net/ -- RIPE 85 Academic and NREN Reception If you work in academia, research or with NRENs, join the reception at RIPE 85 on Monday, 24 October from 18:00-19:00 (UTC+2) to get to know others in the industry: https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/academic-nren/ -- Get Certified at RIPE 85 You can get certified at RIPE 85. Book any one of our three Certified Professionals exams to take onsite at RIPE 85 in Belgrade. And if you are already certified, you can also request to pick up your t-shirt or hoodie from the Certified Professionals desk at the meeting: https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/certified-professionals/ -- NRO NC Election There will be an election to fill one seat on the NRO NC at RIPE 85. All checked-in meeting attendees may vote in the election: https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/nro-nc-elections/ -- RIPE Programme Committee Election The RIPE Programme Committee is responsible for recruiting and selecting presentations for the RIPE Meeting plenary sessions. There are currently two seats up for election on the Programme Committee. Please send your nominations to <pc at ripe.net> by Tuesday, 25 October at 15:30 (UTC+2). The election will take place at RIPE 85 from Tuesday, 25 October at 16:00 (UTC+2) until Thursday, 27 October at 17:00 (UTC+2). The results of the election will be announced on Friday, 28 October during the closing plenary. For more information about the nomination process, see: https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/become-a-member/ -- RIPE 87 and RIPE 88 Call for Hosts The call for hosts for RIPE 87 and RIPE 88 is open until 11 November 2022. RIPE 87 will take place from 27 November to 1 December 2023, and RIPE 88 will take place from 13-17 May 2024. See the requirements for hosting and how to apply at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/call-for-host -- Updates to the RIPE Code of Conduct Process Documents The Code of Conduct Task Force has published an article responding to community feedback on the recently shared process documents. The article also covers what changes the Task Force will make to the documents in the next revision: https://labs.ripe.net/author/leo_vegoda/updates-to-the-ripe-code-of-conduct-process-documents/ -- CAPIF 1 Registration is open for CAPIF 1, taking place from 16-17 November in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The call for plenary session presentations, panels and lightning talks is open until 28 October: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/capif/capif-1 -- MENOG 22 Registration is also open for MENOG 22, which will be in Manama, Bahrain from 7-8 December. The call for presentations is open until 7 November: https://www.menog.org/meetings/menog-22/ -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: October 2022 The RIPE Chair Team’s October report is out, featuring information about RIPE 85 such as upcoming elections and the call for future RIPE Meeting hosts, as well as a rundown of other industry events like APNIC 54 and two upcoming Internet governance events: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-october-2022/ -- RIPE NCC Engagement with Ukraine During the War Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the RIPE NCC has been carrying out a number of initiatives to help keep the country’s Internet stable. In this article, we share information on these activities and what steps might be taken in the future: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alex-semenyaka/ripe-ncc-engagement-with-ukraine-during-the-war/ -- RIPE NCC Response to Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine We have responded to a request from the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Matters of National Security, Defense and Intelligence to discuss measures to protect Internet number resources in Ukraine. We will be presenting on this topic in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group at RIPE 85 next week, and we encourage anyone with an interest in this topic to join that session. Our response is available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-response-to-committee-of-the-verkhovna-rada-of-ukraine -- RIPE Labs In October, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on topics including UKNOF50, the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference 2022, RIPE NCC Days Tashkent and more: https://labs.ripe.net/ -- RIPE Labs Podcast Episode 7 The RIPE Labs Podcast is back for season two. In this episode, RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne talks about the beginnings of the RIPE community and new challenges it faces today: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/ripe-coordination-in-the-space-between-the-networks/ -- Training Courses in November Our courses for the month of November are open for registration. We will have webinars on LIRs and the Internet Ecosystem, Internet Governance, LIRs: Managing IP Addresses and ASNs, and RIPE Database Applications. We will also hold in-person training courses on LIRs, the RIPE Database and BGP Operations and Security: https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/ Interested in a topic that you can't find on our upcoming courses page? Let us know what material you would like to see covered in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 4. Organisational Update -- RIPE NCC Services Working Group Session The RIPE NCC Services Working Group session will take place at RIPE 85 on Wednesday, 26 October from 14:30-16:00 (UTC+2). At the session, we will discuss our current approach to resource transfer requests in distressed areas and would like to hear your thoughts on possible solutions. We will also discuss how to reduce barriers to membership engagement and give an update on RIPE NCC operations. See the full agenda at: https://ripe85.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/services-wg/ -- New RIPE NCC General Meeting Voting Platform At our upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting, we will be using a new voting platform called Assembly Voting. Read about why we made the switch and how the new platform is different at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/karla-white/the-new-ripe-ncc-gm-voting-platform-whats-changed/ -- Vacancies If you would like to join us in working at the heart of the Internet, have a look at our openings: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/careers-at-the-ripe-ncc Thank you for reading to the end. We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC
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