Dear Friends and Colleagues, the summer is here! (in Amsterdam...) I'm happy to share three announcements with you: 1. https://ripe.net/cpf 2. https://trac.ietf.org/trac/ietf/meeting/wiki/111hackathon. 3. https://www.iab.org/activities/workshops/network-quality/ Details below! Regards, Vesna -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Apply now for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund From: Alastair Strachan <astracha@ripe.net> Hello, For the fifth year in a row, the RIPE NCC is committing to support activities and projects for 'the good of the Internet'. We are pleased to invite applications for funding from the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund. Through the Community Projects Fund, the RIPE NCC will provide up to EUR 250,000 per year to support projects of value to the operation, resilience and sustainability of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in the Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. The Internet today owes its success to a lot of non-commercial, community-driven work, and this continues to ensure the Internet remains resilient, secure and accessible. If you or your organisation are working on a new or existing project that fits the criteria below and need some financial support to get it off the ground or keep it going, we want to hear from you! Is your project of benefit to the Internet, particularly the RIPE community? Is your project non-commercial in nature? Do you have a clear project plan and timeline? The call for applicants will remain open until 23:59 (UTC), Saturday, 31 July 2021. You can find more details on the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund page: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf Best regards, Alastair Strachan External Relations Officer RIPE NCC -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [hackathon] IETF 111 Hackathon, online, July 19-23 From: Charles Eckel (eckelcu) <eckelcu@cisco.com> To: hackathon@ietf.org <hackathon@ietf.org> Hi Everyone, IETF 111 will be an online meeting and the Hackathon will be online as well. As with the previous online IETF meetings, the Hackathon will be the week before the rest of the IETF meeting sessions, with the kickoff on Monday, July 19, the closing on July 23. The exact time of the kickoff and closing is still TBD. For all the latest info and to be among the first to get your project added to the lineup for IETF 111, visit the IETF 111 Hackathon wiki at https://trac.ietf.org/trac/ietf/meeting/wiki/111hackathon. IETF Hackathon registration is expected to open when IETF meeting registration opens. Cheers, Charles _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Measuring Network Quality for End-Users, 2021 An Internet Architecture Board virtual workshop Call for Papers The Internet in 2021 is quite different from what it was 10 years ago. Today, it is a crucial part of everyone’s daily life. People use the Internet for their social life, for their daily jobs, for routine shopping, and for keeping up with major events. An increasing number of people can access a Gigabit connection, which would be hard to imagine a decade ago. And, thanks to improvements in security, people trust the Internet for both planning their finances and for everyday payments. At the same time, some aspects of end-user experience have not improved as much... The IAB is holding this workshop to convene interested researchers, network operators, and Internet technologists to share their experiences and to collaborate on the steps needed to define properties and metrics with the goal of improving Internet access for all users. Interested participants are invited to submit position papers on the workshop questions. Paper size is not limited, but brevity is encouraged. Submissions Due: Monday 2nd August 2021, midnight Invitations Issued by: Monday 16th August 2021 Workshop Date: This will be a virtual workshop, spread over three days: 1400-1800 UTC 14th-15th-16th September 2021 https://www.iab.org/activities/workshops/network-quality/