Hi all,

Mihnea, CCed, approached me early to discuss the new RIPE Forum mailing list format. A test list, where you can see format and UX, is here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ripe-forum-test More information is below.

I am very happy with this format, and believe that implementation will increase the ease of communication on the list.

However, before it's deployed, I want to make sure the community has a chance to weigh in.

Please direct any questions and comments to Mihnea.

Best,

Meredith

More information on the new RIPE Forum design and deployment, from Mihnea:

Dear colleagues,

There’s a new way to participate on the RIPE Working Group mailing
lists! Introducing the RIPE Forum, a web-based interface for reading and
sending emails on RIPE community mailing lists.

We developed the RIPE Forum in-house based on feedback we received from
members of the RIPE community who wanted the option to interact and
share information in a more modern way. But it’s important to note that this new interface is completely optional – those who like using the established mailing list system can continue on as they always have, and won’t notice any difference.

Several weeks ago the RIPE Forum was deployed on the RIPE Atlas mailing
list as a pilot. The test was a success with no major issues detected
and very positive comments were received from users. We have presented the results to the Working Group chairs and it was decided to deploy the RIPE Forum to all RIPE Working Group mailing lists.

We invite you have a look yourself:

https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/

We created a special mailing list for testing purposes, so that any
conversations about the platform itself can be contained there without
disrupting the regular flow of discussions on the Working Group mailing
lists. Feel free to send test messages and try out the RIPE Forum on
this special list.

https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ripe-forum-test

If you’d like to learn more about how the forum works or the background
behind the project, please take a look at this RIPE Labs article that
was published for the pilot phase:

https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_schmidt/introducing-the-ripe-forum

The forum is still in "beta" status – there might be still some bugs and
we are continuously working to improve things, so please keep that in
mind while exploring the forum. You can give your feedback by clicking
on the “Report a bug” button on the forum, or leave a comment on the
above RIPE Labs article.

We hope you’ll enjoy the RIPE Forum, and look forward to your feedback!

Meredith Whittaker
Open Research Lead
Google NYC