September 2020 - connect-wg - mailman.ripe.net

New on RIPE Labs: The Internet is for the Empowerment of End Users
by Alun Davies 25 Sep '20

25 Sep '20

Dear colleagues, Following the publication of RFC8890, Vesna Manojlovic talks about overlaps between the RIPE and IETF communities on issues raised in the document, and explains why she's an advocate for technical communities working together with End Users on mutual empowerment. Read more on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/the-internet-is-for-empowerment-of-end-… Kind regards, Alun Davies RIPE NCC

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Let's talk let's act - Attracting and engaging young people in our industry
by Bijal Sanghani 22 Sep '20

22 Sep '20

Hi everyone, I’d like to invite you to the new Euro-IX panel series, Let’s talk let’s act, the first of which will take place tomorrow 14:00 UTC / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST. During this panel we’ll be hearing from young people in our industry who will talk about challenges they’ve faced, and talk about ways in which we can all make small changes to help sustain and grow our industry. Don’t miss this exciting panel and register now - https://www.euro-ix.net/en/events/virtual-events/lets-talk-lets-act/ <https://www.euro-ix.net/en/events/virtual-events/lets-talk-lets-act/> Kind regards, Bijal Sanghani

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Re: [connect-wg] New on RIPE Labs: You’ve Got the Power: Sustainable Procurement and the RIPE Community
by Michael Richardson 03 Sep '20

03 Sep '20

Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia(a)gmail.com> wrote: > These are such great examples as well. If it's not too much trouble for > you, would you be able to add this as a comment on the post itself so that > we can keep such good comments as yours centralised in one place? I have reposted as you suggested. What about this part: mcr> It would be nice if we had survey data to prove or disprove this belief. mcr> Perhaps RIPE along with some of the entities you mentioned might be able to mcr> do a confidential survey of ISPs in order to summarize the results? Could RIPE do a survey of ISPs? What is the lifespan of equipment, and what kind of support contracts are they able to negotiate, particularly for their higher volume devices. -- Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF(a)sandelman.ca>, Sandelman Software Works -= IPv6 IoT consulting =-

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Re: [connect-wg] New on RIPE Labs: You’ve Got the Power: Sustainable Procurement and the RIPE Community
by Michael J. Oghia 02 Sep '20

02 Sep '20

Good points Michael, and that is also why I argue <https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michael_oghia/to-green-the-internet-we-need-r…> the RIPE community should take an explicit stance on the Right to Repair. Best, -Michael On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 3:01 PM Michael Richardson <mcr(a)sandelman.ca> wrote: > > J Scott Marcus <scott(a)scottmarcus.com> wrote: > > You would probably find some useful bits in a recent study of mine > on behalf > > of the European Parliament. > > > J. Scott Marcus (2020), “Promoting product longevity: How can the EU > product > > safety and compliance framework help promote product durability and > tackle > > planned obsolescence, foster the production of more sustainable > products, and > > achieve more transparent supply chains for consumers?”, study for > the IMCO > > Committee of the European Parliament. > > > https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2020/648767/IPOL_STU(202… > > For the rest who did not read it yet: > > "Some users always want to have the latest technology, but there is good > reason to believe that a great manyof these mobile devices are replaced (1) > because the battery has died, and cannot be replaced by the user; or (2) > because the screen has cracked, and cannot be replaced by the user, or (3) > because the manufacturer no longer is willing or able to support the > software. " > > with the caution that: > > "These same considerations hint at reasons why any prolongation of product > lifetime for passenger vehicles – a potential initiative which, > interestingly, is not visible in the Circular Economy Action Plan – might > prove to be counter-productive at this particular point in time. Any > prolongation of the lifetime of existing vehicles risks a slight delay in > the > take-up of new electric vehicles and self-driving vehicles, thus potential > delaying a technology evolution that produces benefits of its own. " > > -- > ] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh > networks [ > ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | IoT > architect [ > ] mcr(a)sandelman.ca http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on > rails [ > >

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