Dear RIPE NCC members, The February 2025 Member Update is now available on our website at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/member-update-february-2025/ You can also read the update below. 1. Registry -- LIR Stats -- Using API Keys in the RIPE Database 2. Information Services -- Introducing the New RIPEstat UI -- Easy RIPE Atlas Data Analysis with SQL 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE 90 Call for Presentations -- Register for SEE 13 in Sofia, Bulgaria -- Call for RIPE Chair and Vice Chair Nominations -- ICP-2 Principles Questionnaire Report and Data Published -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: February 2025 -- Looking Back at 2024: An External Engagement and Community Retrospective -- RIPE Labs Podcast: Who Governs Cyberspace? -- RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars -- Call for Public Comments on the 2024 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report 4. Organisational Update -- Charging Scheme TF Update 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIR accounts: 21,015 (+24) Number of members: 20,012 (+19) LIRs with IPv6: 15,751 (+29) IPv4 addresses transferred in January: 2,452,736 (-1,969,996) LIRs on IPv4 Waiting List: 914 Days that first LIR in queue has been waiting: 504 % of IPv4 address space covered by ROAs: 71% % of IPv6 address space covered by ROAs: 40% ARCs completed in January: 209 -- Using API Keys in the RIPE Database On RIPE Labs, the RIPE NCC’s Ed Shryane explains how to use API keys, a new way to authenticate updates in the RIPE Database. They are associated with a user’s RIPE NCC Access account, and are intended to help you script (automate) updates to the RIPE Database: https://labs.ripe.net/author/ed_shryane/using-api-keys-in-the-ripe-database/ 2. Information Services -- Introducing the New RIPEstat UI We have launched a new version of the RIPEstat UI. The new UI is built on the original 2013 version, but with a much more modern look and feel. On RIPE Labs, the RIPE NCC’s Ties de Kock highlights some of the changes made and shares a first look at the new design: https://labs.ripe.net/author/ties/introducing-the-new-ripestat-ui/ -- Easy RIPE Atlas Data Analysis with SQL On RIPE Labs, Giovane Moura shares a detailed, step-by-step guide to show how, with the help of RIPE Atlas, DuckDB allows you to use SQL without any DB server on a Jupyter Notebook: https://labs.ripe.net/author/giovane_moura/easy-ripe-atlas-data-analysis-wit... 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE 90 Call for Presentations The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, lightning talks and BoFs. RIPE 90 will be hybrid, so both in-person and virtual presentations will be accepted and are encouraged. The deadline to submit a presentation proposal is Monday, 3 March 2025: https://ripe90.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ -- Register for SEE 13 in Sofia, Bulgaria SEE 13 will take place from 7-8 April in Sofia, Bulgaria. Learn more about the meeting and register at: https://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-13/ -- Call for RIPE Chair and Vice Chair Nominations The RIPE nominating committee (NomCom) now invites nominations from the community to fill the positions of RIPE Chair and Vice Chair. Any member of the RIPE community may be nominated for either position. Self-nominations are also permitted. Nominations can be sent to <nominations@ripenomcom.org> by Sunday, 30 March, 23:59 UTC: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/call-for-ripe-chair-and-vice-chair-nomina... -- ICP-2 Principles Questionnaire Report and Data Published The ICP-2 Principles questionnaire was open from 8 October until 6 December 2024 and received 298 individual submissions from the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) communities. The NRO NC has published the raw data and a summary of the responses: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/icp-2-principles-questionnaire-report-and... -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: February 2025 The RIPE Chair Team’s latest report is out, featuring an update on RIPE governance, maintenance of RIPE Policies and industry events including webinars on RPKI and WSIS+20: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-februa... -- Looking Back at 2024: An External Engagement and Community Retrospective On RIPE Labs, the RIPE NCC’s Alena Muravska looks at three main objectives that drive our external engagement and community work at the RIPE NCC and shows, through numbers and metrics, how we measured the impact we made in 2024: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alena-muravska/looking-back-at-2024-an-external... -- RIPE Labs Podcast: Who Governs Cyberspace? In the latest episode of the RIPE Labs Podcast, we dive into the evolving world of cyberspace and international cybersecurity law with Francesca Bosco from the CyberPeace Institute. Unpacking the evolving definition of cyberspace, the latest in international cybersecurity legislation and its potential impact on civil society, Francesca also explores the role of the multistakeholder approach in shaping both the technical and policy landscape of Internet governance: https://labs.ripe.net/author/anastasiya-pak/francesca-bosco-who-governs-cybe... -- RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars In March, we have planned: Tues, 4 Mar 2025 - IPv6 Addressing Plan Webinar Thurs, 6 Mar 2025 - Basic IPv6 Protocol Security Webinar Wed, 12 Mar 2025 - Anti-Abuse Webinar Thurs, 13 Mar 2025 - BGP Filtering Webinar Thurs, 20 Mar 2025 - IPv6 Fundamentals Training Course (Stockholm) Fri, 21 Mar 2025 - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Stockholm) You can register for these courses and webinars at: https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/ -- Call for Public Comments on the 2024 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report The IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) has launched a 30-day public comment period to seek comments and input from the community on the IANA numbering services performance and the 2024 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report. Comments on the IANA service performance should be sent to <iana-performance@nro.net> by Friday, 28 February 2025 at 23:59 UTC: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/iana-public-comment-2025/ 4. Organisational Update -- Charging Scheme TF Update The RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Task Force meets every two weeks. Please check the minutes that are posted to the members-discuss mailing list and provide your feedback on the discussions. The task force discusses your feedback at every meeting: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/member-and-community-consultations/char...