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Reminder: Annual Report 2011 - Option for RIPE NCC Members
by Serge Radovcic 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Dear members, We would like to remind you that if you wish to receive the RIPE NCC Annual Report 2011 by post, you must opt in to do so by 18:00 (UTC) on 29 February 2012. You can do this by using the Communication Preferences option in your LIR Portal account. The Annual Report 2011 will be published online on 21 March 2012. In previous years, all RIPE NCC members were sent a copy of the Annual Report by post. This year, members need to "opt in" if they wish to receive a copy of the Annual Report by post. Members who do not choose to opt in will not receive the Annual Report by post. It will, as always, be available for all members to read online. The RIPE NCC is implementing this opt-in system in response to feedback received from members in the RIPE NCC Membership and Stakeholder Survey 2011, the RIPE NCC General Meetings and various other feedback mechanisms. Best regards, Serge Radovcic Chief Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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Call for Nominations for RIPE NCC Executive Board Seat
by Axel Pawlik 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

Dear RIPE NCC member, In compliance with the RIPE NCC Articles of Association (AoA), the RIPE NCC is calling for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The vacant seat is for one three-year term and is to fill the place currently held by Dmitri Burkov, whose term expires in April 2012. Nominations ----------- A nomination for the appointment of a member of the Executive Board requires the written support of at least five members. You must be a RIPE NCC member and a registered LIR contact to support a nomination. Nomination submissions should include the following information: - Your full name - Your organisation - Your LIR RegID - Name of the candidate you wish to support Nominations must be submitted by email to <agm-nominations(a)ripe.net> by Wednesday, 28 March 2012 following the guidelines outlined in article 9 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Excerpts from the Articles of Association are available at the end of this email. Voting ------ Voting for the appointment of the RIPE NCC Executive Board member will take place at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM). The GM will be held on Wednesday, 18 April from 16:00-20:00 (UTC +2), at the Grand Union Hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia, adjacent to the RIPE 64 Meeting, which runs from 16-20 April 2012. You must be registered for the GM if you wish to attend and vote in the Executive Board election. Registration for the GM opens on 7 March 2012. Information on the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/april-2012/ripe-ncc-general-meetin… If you would like to vote but cannot attend the GM, there are two options that enable you to vote in the Executive Board elections: 1. Electronic Voting All RIPE NCC members who are registered contacts will be sent invitations by email to register to vote electronically at the GM. If you wish to vote electronically, you must register to do so by 17 April 2012. 2. Proxy Voting You can be represented by a third party who is not an authorised employee or director of your organisation. If you wish to do this, please fill out the proxy form and send it to us using the details on the form by 4 April 2012. Any proxy sent to us after this date will not be valid. The proxy form is available to download at: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/april-2012/proxy-vote-registration… If you have any questions about the GM, please email us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates 22 February - Call for nominations for RIPE NCC Executive Board seat 7 March - GM registration opens 7 March - Registration for electronic voting opens 14 March - Draft agenda and proposed resolutions posted online 14 March - Registration for electronic voting opens 28 March - Deadline for nominations for Executive Board * 4 April - Deadline for proxy forms to be received by RIPE NCC 4 April - Submission deadline for proposed resolutions 17 April - Deadline to register for electronic voting 18 April - RIPE NCC General Meeting * If there are fewer than two nominated candidates by 28 March 2012, the RIPE NCC Executive Board will nominate sufficient candidates to ensure there is an election. Excerpts from the RIPE NCC Articles of Association: Article 8.2 The Executive Board of the Association shall consist of at least three and at most five natural persons. They shall be members of the Board in a personal capacity and do not have to be Members of the Association. Employees of the Association cannot be appointed members of the Executive Board. Article 9.1 The members of the Executive Board shall be appointed by the General Meeting from a list of nominees to be drawn up by the Members. A nomination for the appointment of a member of the Executive Board shall need the written support of at least five Members and shall be submitted no later than three weeks before the General Meeting. If three weeks before the General Meeting the number of candidates nominated for appointment as referred to above does not exceed the number of vacancies, the Executive Board shall have to nominate one or more candidates for appointment so that the total number of proposed candidates shall exceed the number of Executive Board members to be appointed by the General Meeting. Article 9.2 If the members or the Executive Board should fail to draw up a list of nominees within three months after the vacancy has occurred, the General Meeting may appoint a member of the Executive Board at its own discretion. The Articles of Association are available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/articles-association

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RIPE NCC Training Courses April-June 2012 - IL, BE, IS, PL, RU, FI, NL, DE, ES, HR
by Training Mailbox 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

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 Tel Aviv, Brussels, Reykjavik, Belfast, Gdansk, Yekaterinburg, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Munich, Seville and Croatia. 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 - IPv6 for LIRs Training Course - Routing Registry Training Course For more information visit: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/training/courses With kind regards, Rumy Spratley-Kanis Training Services Manager

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RIPE 64: Registration Now Open
by RIPE NCC Meeting Coordinator 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Dear colleague, RIPE 64 will take place from 16-20 April 2012 in the Grand Union Hotel in Ljubljana, Slovenia. You can now register online at: https://ripe64.ripe.net/register ======================== Meeting Venue and Hotels ======================== Information about the RIPE 64 meeting venue and alternative hotels is available at: http://ripe64.ripe.net/venue/ ================================ Meeting Costs and Ticket Options ================================ A regular week meeting ticket costs EUR 350 if paid for one full working day before the meeting starts. The ticket costs EUR 400 if you register at the meeting. Day tickets are available for EUR 125 and week student tickets are available for EUR 175. No early bird discounts apply to these tickets. Information about costs and types of tickets is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/faq-meetings/ripe-meeting-faqs ============================= Free Tickets for New LIRs ============================= New LIRs receive two free RIPE meeting tickets. You can redeem these free tickets during the online registration process. Information about this is available at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/new-lir/free-tickets-to-a-ripe-meeting ============================ Stay Up-to-Date on RIPE 64 ============================ For the latest information, keep an eye on the RIPE 64 website: http://ripe64.ripe.net Follow us on Twitter: @ripemeeting (#RIPE64) @RIPE_NCC Become a fan of the RIPE Meeting RIPE NCC pages: http://www.facebook.com/ripemeetings http://www.facebook.com/ripencc We look forward to seeing you at RIPE 64! Kind regards, The RIPE Meeting Team

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PI and Anycast space marked as INFRA eligible for Resource Certification (RPKI)
by Alex Band 08 Feb '12

08 Feb '12

Dear colleagues, I am happy to announce that the following Independent Internet number resources are now eligible for Resource Certification (RPKI): - IPv4 and IPv6 Provider Independent, listed in your LIR Portal account as "INFRA" - IPv4 and IPv6 Anycast, listed in your LIR Portal account as "INFRA" You can now create Route Origin Authorisations (ROAs) for the BGP announcements with this address space. Pay careful attention that *all* BGP announcements with your prefixes are RPKI VALID. You can verify this in the "My ROA Specifications" tab of the Resource Certification portal, under "Current BGP announcements". Please visit http://ripe.net/certification for more information. Kind regards, Alex Band Product Manager RIPE NCC

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Infrastructure Maintenance on Saturday, 21 January - LIR Portal Affected
by Brian Riddle 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC will carry out maintenance on its core storage infrastructure on Saturday, 21 January, between 08:00-17:00 (UTC). The LIR Portal (lirportal.ripe.net) will be unavailable or have reduced functionality during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions, please email <ops(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Brian Riddle IT Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Annual Report 2011 - Options for Members
by Serge Radovcic 10 Jan '12

10 Jan '12

Dear members, The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2011 will be published online on 21 March 2012. In previous years, all RIPE NCC members were sent a copy of the Annual Report by post. This year, members need to "opt in" if they wish to receive a copy of the Annual Report by post. Members who do not choose to opt in will not receive the Annual Report by post. It will, as always, be available for all members to read online. The RIPE NCC is implementing this opt-in system in response to feedback received from members in the RIPE NCC Membership and Stakeholder Survey 2011, the RIPE NCC General Meetings and various other feedback mechanisms. The goals of this initiative are to: - Reduce RIPE NCC costs - Be more environmentally friendly - Allow members to control their communication options If you wish to receive the Annual Report by post, you must opt in to do so by 29 February 2012. You can do this by using the Communication Preferences option in your LIR Portal account. Best regards, Serge Radovcic Chief Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2012 Published
by Nigel Titley 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

Dear members, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) November 2011 saw valuable discussion regarding the RIPE NCC Budget 2012 and the RIPE NCC Activity Plan 2012. The minutes of that GM are now posted at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/gm/november-2011/minutes The Budget and Activity Plan are also published as RIPE Documents: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-544/at_download/pdf https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-543/at_download/pdf At the GM, the membership raised concerns regarding the Budget 2012 and rejected the proposed RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2012. In light of this, the Executive Board has reduced by 2% the Budget 2012 that was presented to members at the GM. Please note that this will not result in the reduction of any core services to members. Discussion of the Activity Plan at the GM centred on the lack of costs for services contained in that document. The revised Activity Plan 2012 now contains the costs for key services provided by the RIPE NCC. The Executive Board will work with the RIPE NCC's Senior Management to further develop the RIPE NCC Budget and Activity Plan, and to more closely align the two documents. We on the Executive Board, as always, welcome the feedback we receive from members on these issues. If you would like to comment on the Budget and Activity Plan, you can do so publicly on the Membership Discussion mailing list at <members-discuss(a)ripe.net>. You can also give your feedback directly to the Executive Board at <exec-board(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Nigel Titley RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman

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New RIPE NCC PGP Key
by Andrea Cima 28 Dec '11

28 Dec '11

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, On Wednesday, 4 January 2012 we will start using our 2012 key to sign e-mail from our ticketing system. The new key has been signed by the old key as described in the key-management policy on our web site: https://www.ripe.net/lir-services/resource-management/contact/pgp-authentic… The old key remains valid until Thursday, 1 February 2012. If you have any questions about this, please contact<ncc(a)ripe.net>. Kind Regards, Andrea Cima RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC closed on Monday 26 December 2011
by Saskia Oostdijck-van Gorp 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

Dear Colleagues, Our office is closed on Monday 26 December 2011 (Boxing Day). Normal office hours will resume on Tuesday 27 December 2011. The office closes on all Dutch public holidays listed at: http://www.ripe.net/lir-services/ncc/contact/public-holidays We wish you Happy Holidays. Regards, Saskia Oostdijck - van Gorp RIPE NCC

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