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[GM] Call for Nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board
by Hans Petter Holen 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, This is a call for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. There will be an election for two seats at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) on 22 May 2024. Each seat is for a three-year term. The election is to fill the seats currently held by Piotr Strzyżewski and Job Snijders whose terms expire in May 2024. The RIPE NCC Executive Board functions and expectations document is available at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/ripe-ncc-executive-board-func… All those considering standing for election to the board are advised to read this information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How to nominate a candidate or support a nomination -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A nomination for the appointment of a member of the Executive Board requires the support of at least five RIPE NCC members, among other criteria. You must be a RIPE NCC member and a registered LIR contact to nominate a candidate or support a nomination. Nominations and support submissions should include the following information: – Your full name – Your email address – Your organisation – Your LIR RegID – Name of the person you wish to nominate/support – Email address of the nominee – Reason for nominating/supporting the person Nominations and support submissions must be submitted by 1 May 2024 following the requirements outlined in article 9.1 of the RIPE NCC Articles of Association. Excerpts from the Articles of Association are available at the end of this email. To make a nomination or support a candidate, you can fill out the nomination form at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/agm-nomination/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team ------------------------------------------------------------------ The RIPE NCC Executive Board would like to thank those who volunteered for the Code of Conduct Team this year. The Board has selected the following people to form the Code of Conduct (CoC) Team for the Executive Board election: - Sebastian Becker - Nick Hilliard - Dr. Omid Mahdi Ebadati - Arnold Nipper - Cynthia Revström You can find the Executive Board Code of Conduct and related information at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2024/executive-boa… ----------------------------------------------------------------- Registering for the GM ------------------------------------------------------------------ To register to attend and vote in the GM, register at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active For more information about the GM, visit: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2024 If you have any questions about the GM, please email us at agm(a)ripe.net. Best regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director and CEO RIPE NCC ------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates and Deadlines 27 March: Invitation to register for GM and voting 27 March: Call for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board 24 April: All supporting documents for the GM published, including the Financial Report 2023 and the Draft Charging Scheme 2025 1 May: Close nominations for the RIPE NCC Executive Board 8 May: Deadline for proxy vote nominations 8 May: Deadline for members to propose resolutions 8 May: GM Agenda finalised 15 May: RIPE NCC Open House session with candidates for the Executive Board election 22 May: Registration closes at 14:00 (UTC+2) 22 May: GM begins with main meeting at 16:00 (UTC+2) 24 May: GM closes with voting results announcement at 10:30 (UTC+2) ------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpts from the Articles of Association 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. Further, no later than two weeks before the General Meeting, the nominee shall need to submit: (a) a certified copy of their official identification document, (b) a signed statement in which they declare that they shall adhere to the Code of Conduct for candidates for the Executive Board as adopted by the Executive Board and published on the Association's website, and that they have never committed any fraud or other financial misconduct in any jurisdiction, (c) a signed statement in which they declare that they are not: an employee of (i) a legal entity employing a member of the Executive Board or (ii) an Affiliate of a legal entity employing a member of the Executive Board; a significant shareholder of (i) a company in whose capital a member of the Executive Board participates as a significant shareholder or (ii) an Affiliate of a company in whose capital a member of the Executive Board participates as a significant shareholder, it being understood that both the nominee and the member of the Executive Board are regarded to be a significant shareholder if they jointly have a controlling interest in the company or an Affiliate of the company or if one of them has such a controlling interest; a significant shareholder with controlling interest of (i) a legal entity employing a member of the Executive Board or (ii) an Affiliate of a legal entity employing a member of the Executive Board; an employee of (i) a legal entity of which a member of the Executive Board is a significant shareholder with controlling interest or (ii) an Affiliate of a legal entity of which a member of the Executive Board is a significant shareholder with controlling interest; a partner or an employee of a partnership in which a member of the Executive Board participates as a partner or works as an employee; a board member of another RIR, ICANN or ISOC; and a member of the ASO AC. Paragraphs (c) (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) of this article do not apply with regards to members of the Executive Board whose term expires at the General Meeting in which the elections are held. (d) a signed statement in which they declare (1) the legal entity they are an employee of and the Affiliates of this legal entity, (2) the companies they are a significant shareholder of and the Affiliates of these companies and (3) the partnerships they are a member of or employee of.

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[GM] Register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2024
by Hans Petter Holen 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, On behalf of our Executive Board, I invite you to register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) May 2024. You can register to participate and vote at: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active Two-factor authentication (2FA) is now mandatory for RIPE NCC Access account holders. If you have not enabled 2FA and you click the registration link, you will need to follow the instructions in an email sent to you by the RIPE NCC. Once enabled, you will be able to access the LIR portal to register. Registration will remain open until 14:00 (UTC+2) on the day of the GM, 22 May 2024. The GM will take place from 22-24 May at the Metropolo Hotel by Golden Tulip in Kraków adjacent to the RIPE 88 meeting. Members can participate remotely and follow the GM via livestream, participate via chat, and vote on resolutions and the Executive Board elections electronically. The GM provides members with an opportunity to discuss the operations and activities of the RIPE NCC, with reports from the RIPE NCC Executive Board and Management. At the upcoming GM, members can vote on: - The Executive Board Election to fill the two seats currently filled by Piotr Strzyżewski and Job Snijders - Adoption of the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2023 - Discharge of the RIPE NCC Executive Board - The RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2025 All supporting documents will be posted and announced to the membership by 24 April 2024. ------------------------------------------------------------- Voting at the RIPE NCC General Meeting ------------------------------------------------------------- How to Vote Registration to vote electronically at the GM is now open: https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active If you wish to vote, you must register by 22 May 2024 at 14:00 (UTC+2). If you have not registered to vote by this deadline, you will *not* be able to vote. Proxy Voting You can be represented by a third party who is not an authorised member contact or director of your organisation. If you wish to do this, please fill in the proxy form and send it to us using the details on the form by 8 May 2024. Any proxy form sent to us after this date will not be valid. You can find the proxy form at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2024/proxy-voting/ —- More information about the GM is available at: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2024 If you have questions about the GM, please email us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director and CEO RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: March 2024
by Kjerstin Burdiek 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, The March 2024 Member Update is now available on our website. You can access it at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/member-update-march-2024/ This month’s update has an important message about billing for LIRs who have not yet paid their invoices. We will reach out to all contacts from LIRs with unpaid invoices later this week. Tomorrow, we’ll be deploying mandatory two-factor authentication (2FA) for all RIPE NCC Access accounts. And we’ll also be launching GM registration and opening the nominations for the Executive Board elections. Best regards, Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[News] 2FA Mandatory on RIPE NCC Access accounts
by Felipe Victolla Silveira 26 Mar '24

26 Mar '24

Dear colleagues, This week, two-factor authentication (2FA) will become mandatory on RIPE NCC Access accounts. If you have not already done so, enable 2FA on your account. For accounts that do not have two-factor authentication, when you try to log in from Wednesday 27 March, you will be prompted to check your inbox and follow the instructions in the email sent to you by the RIPE NCC. Once you have enabled 2FA, you can log in as you usually would. We will continue to improve the security and usability of RIPE NCC Access accounts over the next few months. Next week, I will also publish a RIPE Labs article explaining our roadmap and main improvements planned in more detail. We welcome your feedback and suggestions on which features are the most important for you on the RIPE NCC Services Working Group (ncc-services-wg(a)ripe.net) mailing list. If you have any issues setting up 2FA on your account, please email ncc(a)ripe.net. Kind regards, Felipe Victolla Silveira Chief Technology Officer

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: February 2024
by Kjerstin Burdiek 28 Feb '24

28 Feb '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, The February 2024 Member Update is now available on our website. You can access it at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/member-update-february-2024/ And the NCC Announce mailing list has now been removed from the LIR Portal. You can subscribe and unsubscribe from this list just as you would with any Mailman list. You can adjust your subscription settings at: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ncc-announce/ Best regards, Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] Invoice 2024 and Payment Extensions
by Simon-Jan Haytink 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC invoice for 2024 will be issued in the coming days. Invoices will be available in the LIR Portal and sent to all billing contacts (please ensure that your billing contact details are up to date). We ask all members to please follow the process as laid out in the RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2024: https://www.ripe.net/membership/member-support/payment/ripe-ncc-billing-pro… Payment Extensions We have granted payment extensions to members in Ukraine for the past two years due to war taking place there and the difficulties some Ukrainian members have had in paying their invoices. For the 2024 invoicing period, we will apply the normal invoicing approach to all of our members including those in Ukraine. The majority of members in Ukraine have paid their invoices, so we expect that this will affect fewer than 100 members. We will email our Ukrainian members separately to explain this change. We are conscious that some members will still need payment extensions and we will provide these on a per-request basis to members in countries in our service region that are experiencing war in their country. This approach will help to ensure that members are not accumulating debts that might be difficult for them to pay in subsequent years. And it will allow the RIPE NCC to have a more sustainable income stream while accommodating those members who need an extension. To request an extension we ask that members fill out the form at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/payment-extension-form/ Please note that because our billing reminders are automated, we will continue to send billing reminders even when an extension has been granted. If a payment extension has been granted, you should ignore these reminders. Kind regards, Simon Jan Haytink Chief Financial Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: January 2024
by Kjerstin Burdiek 25 Jan '24

25 Jan '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, The January 2024 Member Update is now available on our website. You can access it at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/member-update-january-2024/ As you will see, ripe.net has recently been redesigned and has a fresh new look. Our website is now more mobile- and tablet-friendly and also features other accessibility and performance improvements. We’ve also made News more prominent on the home page - we plan to use this more than email to update our members, so make sure to check in regularly and sign up for RSS feeds. After you finish the update, take a look around and let us know what you think! Best regards, Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[meeting] Register Now for RIPE 88!
by RIPE Meeting 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Dear colleagues, You can now register for the RIPE 88 Meeting at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/register/ RIPE 88 will take place at Metropolo Hotel by Golden Tulip in Krakow, Poland from 20-24 May 2024. ------------- Ticket Options ------------- Week ticket: EUR 400 Day ticket: EUR 130 Student (week) ticket: EUR 50 There is an early bird rate available until 1 March 2024. You can find more information about ticket options at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/register/ ------------ Call for Presentations ------------- The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of Feather sessions), workshops, tutorials and lightning talks at RIPE 88. Proposals must be submitted for full consideration no later than 11 March. More information at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ ------------- Call for Sponsors ------------- Supporting a RIPE Meeting through sponsorship gives your organisation fantastic exposure in the global Internet community. Get in touch with the RIPE Meeting team if you are interested in sponsoring RIPE 88: https://ripe88.ripe.net/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/ ------------- RIPE Fellowship ------------- If you are in the RIPE NCC service region and need financial assistance to attend RIPE 88, please consider applying for a RIPE Fellowship. We will cover travel, accommodation and a full-week meeting ticket. Apply before 25 February at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/ripe-fellowship ------------- RACI ------------- The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) will cover the cost of the meeting ticket, travel and accommodation for successful applicants to present their research at RIPE 88. Apply before 25 February at: https://www.ripe.net/raci/ ------------- Accommodation ------------- We have blocked rooms for RIPE 88 attendees at Metropolo Hotel, which are subject to availability. Reserve now to ensure accommodation at the meeting venue: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/accommodation/ ------------- On-site Childcare ------------- We're making it easier for parents to fully participate in the RIPE Meeting by offering professional, on-site childcare at the meeting venue for children aged 6 months to 10 years. Space is limited, so be sure to register before 5 May to confirm your child's place. For more information, visit: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/diversity/childcare/ ---------------- Important Dates and Deadlines ---------------- RACI: 25 February RIPE Fellowship: 25 February Accommodation: A block of rooms has been reserved for RIPE Meeting attendees until 3 May, based on first-come, first-served basis. RIPE 88 CfP: 11 March RIPE 88: 20-24 May On-site childcare: First come, first served – limited places available until 5 May. More information on RIPE 88 can be found at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/ Track the #RIPE88 hashtag on social media for the latest updates. See you in Krakow! Kind regards, RIPE 88 Meeting Organisation Team

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[news] Decommissioning of the Recognised IPv4 Transfer Brokers List and IPv4 Transfer Listing Service Completed
by James Kennedy 18 Jan '24

18 Jan '24

Dear members, Following our announcement on 20 November 2023 [1], the IPv4 Transfer Listing Service has now been decommissioned and the Recognised IPv4 Transfer Brokers List has been removed from our website. This follows a decision taken by the Executive Board in October 2023 [2]. Regards, James Kennedy Chief Registry Officer RIPE NCC [1] 20 November 2023 announcement: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2023-November/001685.h… [2] 168th Executive Board Meeting Minutes: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2023/minutes-168th-ex…

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[News] Security Breach: Investigation Update
by Hans Petter Holen 10 Jan '24

10 Jan '24

Dear members, We recently informed you about our investigation into the breach of a member’s RIPE NCC Access account. A more detailed post-mortem analysis, including root causes and mitigations, will be published once the incident has been closed. In the meantime, we would like to inform you about our actions so far and next steps: - We have worked with the affected member to restore services to them. - If we believe that an account is at risk, based on notification from our threat intelligence provider or other sources, we force a password reset and inform the account holders. We are currently looking into automating this process. On average, we reset around 10 passwords per week. - We are performing targeted research to identify leaked RIPE NCC Access accounts in public data breaches. As a precautionary measure, we have forced a password reset on 800 accounts identified as vulnerable and notified the account holders. - The plans for our engineering teams are being reviewed in light of this incident. We are evaluating suggestions for improvement received alongside our existing plans. Our roadmaps will be updated accordingly. - We have decided to make two-factor authentication mandatory for RIPE NCC Access accounts and will prioritise the implementation. More details will be shared on the RIPE NCC Services WG mailing list once the timeline is finalised. ------------------------------- Two-Factor Authentication ------------------------------- If you have not already done so, enable two-factor authentication on your RIPE NCC Access account. Using two-factor authentication across all of your accounts can reduce your exposure to attacks like these. The guide for setting up two-factor authentication on your Access account can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/ripe-ncc-access/two-step-ve… —-------------------------- Secure Your Account —-------------------------- Please follow our recommendations to help secure your RIPE NCC Access account: - Avoid reusing passwords for login credentials. - Use a password manager to automatically create random passwords and store them. - If you use a password management tool, we recommend that you enable data breach monitoring for your own credential or use https://haveibeenpwned.com/ or similar services. - Please review the accounts associated with your LIR, restrict access to necessary personnel only and remove former employee accounts. If you choose to create your own password: - Passwords are secret. Keep them so. - Use long passwords of at least 14 characters. - Do not reuse passwords. - Use a password manager to remember your password. - If a random password is impractical, use a passphrase instead. If you believe that your account might be vulnerable, please report this to security(a)ripe.net. Details about our technical emergency hotline are available at: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/technical-emergency-hotline. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director and CEO, RIPE NCC

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