September 2016 - ncc-announce

[news] Final Reminder: Call for Nominations to the NRO NC
by Axel Pawlik 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, This is a final reminder of the call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council (NC). The three-year term of Filiz Yilmaz ends on 31 December 2016. The election to the NRO NC seat will take place during the Plenary at the RIPE 73 Meeting to be held in Madrid from 24-28 October 2016. The voting for this election will be conducted electronically for the first time. Further information on the voting process is available online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-com… The election to the NRO NC seat will take place during the Plenary at the RIPE 73 Meeting to be held in Madrid from 24-28 October 2016. All members of the Internet community who are present at that Plenary may vote in the election. The deadline for nominations is 23 September 2016. Any individual residing within the RIPE NCC service region is eligible for nomination, except Regional Internet Registry (RIR) staff members. Self-nominations are permitted. Please send your nominations to <nominations(a)ripe.net> by 23:59 UTC on 23 September 2016. All confirmed nominations will be listed on the RIPE NCC website by 26 September 2016. All nominees may submit a written statement in support of their nomination for publication on the RIPE NCC website. Other individuals may express support for nominated individuals by sending an email to <nominations(a)ripe.net>. Expressions of support will also be published on the RIPE NCC website. To find out more about the NRO NC and the election process, please see: https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-com… Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] Input from Membership on RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model
by Nigel Titley 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC Executive Board asks that the membership consider the charging scheme model that the RIPE NCC currently uses. The current "one LIR-one fee" charging scheme was first used for the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2013. This scheme was introduced following the formation of a Charging Scheme Task Force in 2011, a discussion of the issue on the Members Discuss mailing list, and the presentation of three types of charging schemes for the members to vote on at the September 2012 General Meeting (GM). The three types of charging scheme presented to the members in 2012 can be seen at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/september-2012/docume… Since the approval of the "one LIR-one fee" charging scheme, annual fees per LIR have reduced from EUR 1,800 per annum to 1,400 per annum. Since 2015, members can also vote to approve the redistribution to the members of any surplus accumulated by the RIPE NCC in a year. The Executive Board believes that the current charging scheme model still meets the three broad criteria that the Charging Scheme Task Force recommended for the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme: - The Charging Scheme model that is decided upon should be applicable for several years. - There should be stable fees per member. - A small number of members should not pay most of the membership fees. However, the Executive Board recognises that the membership has grown considerably since the current charging scheme model was introduced and that some members now feel that the current model is not a equitable way to pay for the RIPE NCC's activities. This is evident from emails the board has received, from comments received in the RIPE NCC Survey 2016, and from discussions among the members on RIPE working group mailing lists. The Executive Board therefore proposes to discuss this issue at the upcoming GM. We ask that prior to the GM the membership discusses this issue on <members-discuss(a)ripe.net>, keeping the discussion focused on whether or not the "one LIR-one fee" model is the best model for RIPE NCC charging schemes and, if not, what the alternative should be. The Board has been contacted with a question regarding how a member could propose a topic to be voted on at a General Meeting. I would like to confirm that the board is always open to proposals regarding agenda items for the General Meeting. For the full background on how the agenda for a RIPE NCC General Meeting is set, please refer to articles 15.3 - 15.6 of the Articles of Association; as provided at the end of this email. Finally, I encourage all members to register to participate in the upcoming GM to ensure that the decisions reached reflect the overall wishes of the membership as far as possible. All details about the GM, including how to register, are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016 Best regards Nigel Titley RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman RIPE NCC Articles of Association https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-602 === 15.3 The agenda for the Annual Meeting shall include the following subjects: a. the adoption of the Financial Report; b. the discharge of the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report; c. the filling of any vacancies in the Executive Board. 15.4 The following subjects shall be placed on the agenda for the Annual Meeting or on the agenda for another General Meeting to be held in the same calendar year: a. a discussion of the draft Activity Plan and draft budget after a presentation by the Executive Board; b. the adoption of the Charging Scheme with respect to the coming financial year upon proposal of the Executive Board; c. a discussion of the policy and the quality of services (to be) rendered by the Association. 15.5 If applicable, the agenda for the Annual Meeting or another General Meeting shall also include the following subjects: a. the extension of the period within which the Executive Board shall submit the Annual Report (as referred to in paragraph 14.2), which shall also constitute an extension of the period within which the Annual Meeting - at which the Annual Report is to be submitted - shall be held; b. the filling of any vacancies in the Executive Board; upon proposal by the Executive Board: adoption of amendments to the Standard Service Agreement; c. upon proposal by the Executive Board: approval of new arbiters and/or dismissal of current arbiters and/or adoption of amendments to the arbitration procedure; e. other proposals and/or discussion points put forward by the Executive Board or (a group of) Members of the Association (pursuant to paragraph 15.6) and announced in the convocation for the Meeting. 15.6 On the written application of a group of Members who are jointly entitled to cast at least two percent (2%) of the total number of possible votes, other subjects will be added to the agenda. Such an application, accompanied by the verbatim text of the resolutions proposed by the said Members, shall have to be sent to the Executive Board at least two weeks before the Meeting. The Executive Board shall immediately send the verbatim text of the resolutions proposed by the said Members to all the Members of the Association.

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[GM] Reminder: RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2016 Registration Open
by Axel Pawlik 08 Sep '16

08 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, This is a reminder that registration for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2016 is now open. The GM will take place from 26-28 October 2016 in the Meliá Castilla hotel in Madrid, Spain, adjacent to the RIPE 73 Meeting. You can register now via the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2016 All organisations that have been members of the RIPE NCC for longer than six months will receive an invitation to vote electronically. All information on how to participate and vote is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016 If you have questions about the GM, please email us: <agm(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates Please note: some of the Important Dates listed in the previous announcement were incorrect. The following list contains the correct dates. 1 Sept – Open registration for General Meeting 1 Sept – Open voting registration 14 Sept – Publish all GM documents, including Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2017 12 Oct – Deadline for proxy vote nominations 12 Oct – Deadline to publish final GM agenda 26 Oct – Close registration for electronic voting (17:00 UTC+1) 26 Oct – GM begins with main meeting (19:00 UTC+1) 28 Oct – GM closes with vote results announcement (11:45 UTC+1)

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[meetings] Countdown to RIPE 73
by Martina De Mas 07 Sep '16

07 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, RIPE 73 will take place at the Meliá Castilla hotel in Madrid from 24-28 October 2016. Register now at: https://ripe73.ripe.net/attend/register/ Week ticket: EUR 350 Day ticket: EUR 125 Student (week) ticket: EUR 50 All new RIPE NCC members are eligible for two free week tickets. More information about ticket options is online: https://ripe73.ripe.net/attend ------------------------------- Call for Presentations and Draft Programme ------------------------------- We’re seeking content proposals for: - Plenary sessions - Panels - Workshops - Lightning talks Got a story or an idea to share? Submit your proposal before 25 September 2016: https://ripe73.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ A list of accepted RIPE 73 presentations is now published at: https://ripe73.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/draft-programme/ ------------ Meeting Plan ----------- The draft meeting plan is now online: https://ripe73.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ Please note: RIPE 73 will start one hour later each day than normal, embracing local business and social custom. The meeting will open at 10:00 each day and social events will start an hour later than usual. -------------------- IXP Tools Hackathon -------------------- A special hackathon focused on developing tools for IXPs will take place the weekend before RIPE 73 in Madrid, from 22-23 October. Register at: https://atlas.ripe.net/hackathon/ixp-tools/#!application-form The application deadline is 15 September 2016. -------------------- RIPE NCC Training --------------------- On Sunday, 23 October 2016, the RIPE NCC Training Department will organise a full-day Basic IPv6 Training Course. The course is free and will also take place at the Meliá Castilla hotel in Madrid. RIPE NCC members can register via the following link: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/register/courseCode/IPX20160029 If you are not a RIPE NCC member, please email <training(a)ripe.net> to register and include your name, the course name and whether or not you want the vegetarian meal option. ------------ Social Media ------------ Follow @ripemeeting and #RIPE73 on Twitter. Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ripemeetings -------------- There’s lots more information about RIPE 73 online: https://ripe73.ripe.net/ See you in Madrid! Best regards, Martina de Mas Conference Coordinator RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Receives /18 from IANA's Recovered Pool
by Andrea Cima 05 Sep '16

05 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, On 1 September 2016, the RIPE NCC and other Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) were each allocated the equivalent of a /18 of IPv4 address space from the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). The RIPE NCC received the following IPv4 address ranges: 160.20.96.0/21, 160.20.144.0/20, 160.202.16.0/20, 160.238.112.0/20 and 162.12.200.0/21. This returned address space will be added to the RIPE NCC’s free pool and distributed according to the current IPv4 policy. LIRs that have already received their final /22 are NOT eligible to receive any further allocations from the RIPE NCC. You can find the IPv4 policy here: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-649 Following the exhaustion of IANA's free pool of IPv4 addresses in 2011, when the RIRs received their final /8s, a global policy caused IANA to create a recovered pool of leftover and returned IPv4 address blocks. This policy was ratified by all five RIR communities in 2012 and stated that IANA would begin making equal, periodic allocations from the recovered pool when the first RIR reached a /9 of remaining addresses. This point was reached by LACNIC, the RIR for Latin America and the Caribbean on 20 May 2014, triggering the global policy and the first post-exhaustion allocation from IANA. You can read the global policy here: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/allocation-ipv4-post-exhaustion-2012-… It is important that network operators continue to deploy IPv6 on their networks to ensure the future growth of the Internet. The RIPE NCC's IPv6 Act Now website provides more information about IPv6 deployment: https://www.ripe.net/publications/ipv6-info-centre Andrea Cima Registration Services Manager RIPE NCC

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[GM] RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2016: Registration Open
by Axel Pawlik 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, On behalf of our Executive Board, I invite you to register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2016. The GM will take place from 26-28 October 2016 in the Meliá Castilla Hotel in Madrid, Spain, adjacent to the RIPE 73 Meeting. You can register now via the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2016 The GM is where RIPE NCC members can discuss the operations and activities of the RIPE NCC. At the upcoming GM, RIPE NCC members will discuss, among other topics: - The Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2017 - Redistribution of the RIPE NCC surplus/deficit to the membership (to be voted on) - Amendments to the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure (to be voted on) - Reports from the RIPE NCC Executive Board and RIPE NCC Management Members are encouraged to attend either in person at the Meliá Castilla Hotel or remotely via the GM webstream. All relevant documents will be posted and announced to the membership by 28 September 2016. All organisations that have been members of the RIPE NCC for longer than six months will receive an invitation to vote electronically. Registration for electronic voting will remain open until 17:00 UTC+1 on the day of the GM, 26 October 2016. All information on how to participate, as well as the proxy voting form, is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016 If you have questions about the GM, please email us: <agm(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates 1 Sept – Open registration for General Meeting 1 Sept – Open voting registration 14 Sept – Publish all GM documents, including Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2017 12 Oct – Deadline for proxy vote nominations 12 Oct – Deadline to publish final GM agenda 26 Nov – Close registration for electronic voting (17:00 UTC+1) 26 Nov – GM begins with main meeting (19:00 UTC+1) 28 Nov – GM closes with vote results announcement (11:45 UTC+1)

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[training] RIPE NCC Training Courses October-December 2016
by Training Services 01 Sep '16

01 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, Our training team travels the RIPE NCC service region to deliver training courses to our members without any additional cost. Over the next few months, we'll be in Yerevan, Bucharest, Amman, Bern, Minsk, Belgrade, Dublin, Athens. Visit the following page to register and to check which training courses we are giving in your area: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses The RIPE NCC delivers the following training courses: - LIR Training Course - RIPE Database Training Course - Basic IPv6 Training Course - DNSSEC Training Course - Measurements Tools Workshop - 2 days Advanced IPv6 Training Course - 2 days BGP Operations and Security Training Course For more information visit: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/courses With kind regards, Rumy Spratley-Kanis Training Services Manager

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