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[GM] Voting on the RIPE NCC 2019 Financial Surplus
by Christian Kaufmann 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Dear members, For the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM), the Executive Board is proposing three options for the RIPE NCC 2019 financial surplus. The Board feels strongly that this is an appropriate moment to strengthen the RIPE NCC's capital position to make sure that it can continue its work with a solid financial basis in the coming years. Therefore, the Board suggests that the membership vote for the option to add 50% of the financial surplus to the RIPE NCC Clearing House reserves and redistribute 50% to the membership in 2020. This option is a good compromise between adding more capital for improved stability and a predictable redistribution process where we return the financial surplus to our members. Although there are three possible outcomes (the two usual choices and the 50% choice), there are two voting options. This avoids the possibility of all options being rejected and no decision being made on the surplus. Option A (to add 100% to the reserves) is approved if it receives over 50% of Yes votes. Votes for Option B (to add 50% to the reserves) are only considered if Option A does not pass. If both options receive less than 50% of Yes votes, then the entire surplus will be redistributed to the membership in 2020. You can find more information in the supporting document: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2019/redistri… And we encourage all members to register to vote at the upcoming GM: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-october-2019 Regards, Christian Kaufmann RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman

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[GM] RIPE NCC GM Oct 2019 Takes Place in One Week
by Axel Pawlik 09 Oct '19

09 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, There’s only one week to go before the RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 convenes in Rotterdam. If you are not joining us in person, I invite you to register to follow the GM via webstream. And irrespective of whether you’re attending in person or online, you can choose to vote electronically. Please make sure to register for the GM. Registration for electronic voting will remain open until 16:00 local time (UTC+2) on the day of the GM, Wednesday, 16 October 2019. You can register at: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-october-2019 The Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2020 will be presented at this GM. You can download the plan here: https://www.ripe.net/gm/oct-2019/supporting-documents Information on how to participate, including the agenda and supporting documents, is available from: https://www.ripe.net/gm/oct-2019 If you have any questions about the GM, please email <agm(a)ripe.net>. We welcome feedback from our members, and I look forward to your participation. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] Results of the RIPE NCC Survey 2019 Now Available
by Fergal Cunningham 03 Oct '19

03 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, The Survey Matters report on the results of the RIPE NCC Survey 2019 is now published. The full report is available at: https://www.ripe.net/survey2019 The results of the survey give us an excellent overview of what our community thinks about important issues, and they will help us to improve our services and shape our strategy for the years ahead. This survey was launched at the RIPE 78 Meeting and conducted by Survey Matters to ensure independent analysis and anonymity for respondents. 4,161 people from 91 countries completed the survey, the most we've ever received for any of our large-scale surveys. The survey was open to RIPE NCC members as well as other interested parties from our service region and beyond. I would like to thank all who participated for their feedback in what is a very important project for the RIPE NCC. Survey Matters will present on the results at the upcoming RIPE 79 Meeting in Rotterdam, and we will publish a list of key findings that we will work on to address the issues that were raised in the survey. We hope you will take the time to read the results. If you have feedback, please contact us at <survey(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Fergal Cunningham Marketing and Communications Manager RIPE NCC

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[news] Update: Approaching IPv4 Run-out
by Nikolas Pediaditis 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, We would like to give you an update on IPv4 run-out. Today we allocated the last of our contiguous /22 IPv4 address blocks. We still have approximately one million addresses available, in the form of /23s and /24s, and we will continue making /22-equivalent allocations made up of these smaller blocks. Once we can no longer allocate the equivalent of a /22, we will announce that we have reached run-out. We expect this to occur in November 2019. Following our last update in August, we received a very high number of new LIR applications. We have now reached a point where the number of LIRs waiting to be activated is larger than the number of /22-equivalents remaining. This means that some of these LIRs will only be eligible to request a /24 via the waiting list by the time they are activated. We alerted these applicants to this possibility during the application process. Due to the number of new LIR applications still to be processed, we estimate that it could be around eight weeks before we get to an application that is submitted today. To ensure fairness, we are processing all LIR applications (and IPv4 requests) in the order they were received. It is important to note that the delay is only with LIR applications - not IPv4 requests. Existing members can still request their final /22 allocations, provided we still have addresses available. You can find more information on our website: - Our remaining IPv4 pool: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-available-pool - Getting ready for IPv4 run-out: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/getting-ready-for-ipv4-run-out - How the IPv4 waiting list will work: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-waiting-list - Previous announcement: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/getting-read… Kind regards, Nikolas Pediaditis Registration Services and Policy Development Manager RIPE NCC

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[news] 124th, 125th and 126th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meetings - Summary Notes and Minutes
by Axel Pawlik 27 Sep '19

27 Sep '19

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held three meetings on 10, 14 and 24 September. The draft minutes of these meetings are now available: 124th Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2019/minutes-124th-ri… 125th Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2019/minutes-125th-ri… 126th Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2019/minutes-126th-ri… The Executive Board publishes the minutes of its meetings so that the workings of the Board and the decisions it makes are transparent for the membership that it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from these meetings. Further details are available in the minutes. 124th Meeting - The Executive Board met to discuss organisational developments at the RIPE NCC 125th Meeting - The Executive Board evaluated the different options for the redistribution of the RIPE NCC 2019 financial surplus - The Executive Board approved proposed amendments to the RIPE NCC Articles of Association to be put to the General Meeting in October 2019 - The Executive Board approved a resolution to restrict membership applications submitted on behalf of former members in cases where the RIPE NCC Standard Service Agreement was terminated in accordance with Article 9.4.h ("if the Member provides the RIPE NCC with falsified or misleading data or provides the RIPE NCC repeatedly with incorrect data") - The Executive Board approved the publication of the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2020 - The Executive Board approved the agenda for the RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 126th Meeting - The Executive Board approved the following resolution: "The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolves that it accepts the role of appointing the Nomination Committee (NomCom) chair and of confirming the selections made by the NomCom; this is according to the procedures outlined in "The RIPE Chair Selection Process" (ripe-727) and "The RIPE Nominating Committee" (ripe-728)." Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[GM] Three weeks to the RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019
by Axel Pawlik 26 Sep '19

26 Sep '19

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 (GM) will take place in a little less than three weeks in Rotterdam, adjacent to RIPE 79. We look forward to hearing from our members about our plans for the coming year at this meeting. You can now also view the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2020: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2019/draft-ri… Register for the GM at: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-october-2019 Registration for electronic voting will remain open until 16:00 local time (UTC+2) on the day of the GM, 16 October 2019. Please note that the deadline to nominate a proxy is 2 October 2019. All information on how to participate, including the supporting documents and proxy voting form, is available from: https://www.ripe.net/gm/oct-2019 If you have questions about the GM, please email us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. I look forward to your participation in this important meeting. Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update September 2019
by Elena Signorelli 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Hello RIPE NCC member, The RIPE NCC hive is buzzing with activity as we prepare for the meeting season. In Kyiv, we have over 300 people attending the RIPE NCC Days event, and you can participate via this live streaming link: https://www.ripe.net/ripe-ncc-days-kyiv/remote-participation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats -- RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 -- Synchronising Users from the LIR Portal to the Default Maintainer in the RIPE Database -- We’re Getting Ready for IPv4 Run-out -- New LIR Account Applications -- Webinars in October, November and December 2019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- How Diverse is the RIPE Routing Information Service (RIS)? -- RIPE Atlas Supports Measuring the Impact of DNS Flag Day ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE 78: The Big Picture -- Community Projects Fund Selection Committee Introduces Two New Members -- The RIPE Chair Selection Process ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE NCC Days Kyiv, 24-25 September 2019 -- RIPE 79, 14-18 October 2019, Rotterdam -- Pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon -- Upcoming Member Lunches ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats LIR STATISTICS Number of LIRs: 24,843 (+841) LIRs with IPv6: 15,832 (+373) Policy transfers in August: 1,309,952 IPv4 addresses (+890,624) -- RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 You can now register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2019. The draft agenda and supporting documents have been published, including the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2020. Register at: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-october-2019 Read more at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2019 -- Synchronising Users from the LIR Portal to the Default Maintainer in the RIPE Database We're introducing a new feature to synchronise users from the LIR Portal with the default maintainer in the RIPE Database. This removes the need to manually update the same information in two places. It also reduces the risk of giving unauthorised access to the wrong parties. Read about how the synchronisation works and how it will be developed at: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ed_shryane/synchronising-users-from-the-lir-p… -- We’re Getting Ready for IPv4 Run-out We are expecting to reach the end of our remaining IPv4 pool in the coming months. In preparation, the community agreed on a policy change to establish a waiting list from which /24 allocations will be made from returned address space. The waiting list only becomes active once our pool of available IPv4 addresses is depleted. We have updated our software and procedures and are ready to go when the policy is triggered, which is the moment we can no longer allocate the equivalent of a /22: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/getting-ready-for-ipv4-run-out -- New LIR Account Applications We currently have a delay in processing new LIR account applications. This is due to the high number of requests we have received recently. All applications are being processed in the order that we receive them. Applications we receive from today will be waiting several weeks before being processed. From now on, applicants will almost certainly not be able to request a /22. Instead, they will join the waiting list to receive a /24 allocation from returned address space in the future. -- Webinars in October, November and December 2019 Learn about our measurement tools, the RIPE Database, IPv4 in the transfer market and more. If you will be joining us for the first time at a RIPE Meeting, make sure you register for the RIPE 79 Newcomers Webinar at: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/ripe-79-newcomers-webinar-registration-50780622… Find more information about our webinars at: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/webinars ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- How Diverse is the RIPE Routing Information Service (RIS)? Is the current set of the RIPE Routing Information Service (RIS) peers providing you with a good level of diverse data? Our colleague, Emile Aben, looked into some measurement results from all the RIS route collectors and their peers for IPv4 and IPv6: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/how-diverse-is-ris -- RIPE Atlas Supports Measuring the Impact of DNS Flag Day Want to know how RIPE Atlas probes were used to send queries and measure the impact of DNS Flag Day? Willem Toorop shares his research in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/willem_toorop/measuring-the-impact-of-dns-fla… ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE 78: The Big Picture With RIPE 79 only a few weeks away, let’s take a look at some of the key events and meeting discussions from RIPE 78. Hans Petter Holen shares this report on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/hans_petter_holen/ripe-78-the-big-picture -- Community Projects Fund Selection Committee Introduces Two New Members Find out who will be joining the selection committee in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alastair_strachan/community-projects-fund-sel… -- The RIPE Chair Selection Process After community consensus was reached the "RIPE Chair Selection Process" and the "RIPE Nominating Committee" were published as RIPE Documents. The RIPE Chair Selection Process: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-727/ The RIPE Nominating Committee: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-728 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE NCC Days Kyiv, 24-25 September 2019, Kyiv If you can’t join us for the RIPE NCC Days in Kyiv, please participate remotely. We have colleagues there who will also read out any questions you may have, so you can ask them via chat. Find out how you can participate online now at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe-ncc-days-kyiv -- RIPE 79, 14-18 October 2019, Rotterdam It’s only 19 days until RIPE 79. Have you registered? https://ripe79.ripe.net/attend/register/ Find out about the RIPE 79 venue, the Postillion Convention Centre WTC Rotterdam, and what you will find nearby: https://ripe79.ripe.net/on-site/meeting-venue/ -- Pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon There's still time to apply for the pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon. And we might have a sixth node joining us in Switzerland! We'll keep you updated. This hackathon takes on the challenge of developing some of the first applications that use quantum mechanics to secure their online communications. Interested? Apply now: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ulka_athale_1/take-part-in-pan-european-quant… -- Upcoming Member Lunches This month we were in Lisbon, Portugal and next week we’ll be in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan! After that, there are still four more lunches for the year. Find out if we have one coming up in your city at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches Thanks for catching up with us. We will be in touch again soon, with more information about the agenda for RIPE 79! My best, Elena Signorelli Marketing and Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[training] RIPE NCC Webinars October - December 2019
by Training Services 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce our upcoming webinars scheduled for October, November and December 2019. The RIPE NCC Webinars are live, free and take only one hour. You can interact with our trainers without leaving your desk. We focus on the topics and issues that are relevant to you. ------------------ October Webinars ------------------ - RIPE 79 Newcomers (Tuesday, 8 October, 9:00-10:00 UTC) - RIPE Atlas Usage (Tuesday, 15 October, 9:00-10:00 UTC) - Introduction to the RIPE Database (Thursday, 17 October, 9:00-10:00 UTC) --------------------- November Webinars --------------------- - RIPE Database - Advanced Topics (Tuesday, 19 November, 10:00-11:00 UTC) - Internet Routing Registry (Thursday, 21 November, 10:00-11:00 UTC) - IPv6 Addressing Plan (Tuesday, 26 November, 10:00-11:00 UTC) - IPv6 in the RIPE Database (Thursday, 28 November, 10:00-11:00 UTC) --------------------- December Webinars --------------------- The IPv4 Transfer Market (Tuesday, 3 December, 10:00-11:00 UTC) RIPE Atlas Usage (Thursday, 5 December, 10:00-11:00 UTC) Introduction to the RIPE Database (Tuesday, 10 December,10:00-11:00 UTC) RIPE Database - Advanced Topics (Tuesday, 17 December, 10:00-11:00 UTC) Register for the RIPE 79 Newcomers Webinar here: <https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/ripe-79-newcomers-webinar-registration-50780622…> For all other webinars, please register here: <https://www.ripe.net/support/training/webinars> If you have any questions, please email <training(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to seeing you online. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Services

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[news] NRO NC Election: Confirmed Candidates
by Axel Pawlik 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Dear colleagues, The nomination period for candidates for the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) has now ended. There are two confirmed candidates: - Stefan Nikolov - Filiz Yilmaz Submitted biographical information on both candidates is available at: https://www.ripe.net/2019-nro-nc-candidates The election will take place at the RIPE 79 Meeting in Rotterdam from 14-18 October 2019. All members of the RIPE community who are present at RIPE 79 may vote in the election. The elected candidate will begin a three-year term on the NRO NC beginning 1 January 2020. If you wish to make an expression of support for one or both of the candidates, please email <nominations at ripe.net> with the following information: Your name: Your organisation/affiliation: Expression of support: Information on the NRO NC is available at: https://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council Kind regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[GM] Supporting Documents for the RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 Published
by Axel Pawlik 18 Sep '19

18 Sep '19

Dear colleagues, The supporting documents for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2019 have been published, including the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2020. The GM will take place from 16-18 October at Rotterdam, adjacent to RIPE 79. You can view all supporting documents at: https://www.ripe.net/gm/oct-2019/supporting-documents We welcome your feedback, and urge all eligible members to register for the GM. If you cannot attend the GM in person, you can follow it via webstream. GM attendees as well as remote participants can choose to vote electronically. You can register for the GM via this link: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-october-2019 Registration for electronic voting will remain open until 16:00 local time (UTC+2) on the day of the GM, 16 October 2019. All information on how to participate, including the proxy voting form, is available from: https://www.ripe.net/gm/oct-2019 If you have questions about the GM, please email us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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