Hi RIPE NCC member, In just a few days, RIPE 78 takes places in Reykjavik! Find out who will be presenting from our RIPE NCC team - we’ve included a list for you. Remember, there will be a large group of people participating remotely via our live stream, so don’t forget to join in during the week: https://ripe78.ripe.net/live ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats -- Your LIR Portal -- RIPE NCC Survey 2019: 10 Minutes Makes a Big Difference -- RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2019 -- Abuse-c Update -- Policy Proposal 2019-02 Needs Your Input ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPEstat is Getting Ready for a Face-lift -- 768k Day. Will it Happen? Did it Happen? -- BGP Zombies ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Accountability and Trust as a Membership Organisation -- RIPE Turns 30 -- The RIPE Chair Selection Process -- Your EU Regulation Update: May 2019 Edition -- RACI Call for Applications -- SEEDIG Live Blog ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE 82 Call for Host -- RIPE NCC Presentations at RIPE 78 -- RIPE 78, Reykjavik, 20-24 May -- ENOG 16, Tbilisi, 3-4 June -- ENOG 17, 9-10 June 2020 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats LIR STATISTICS Number of LIRs: 22,470 (+410) LIRs with IPv6: 14,972 (+353) Policy transfers in April: 1,490,688 IPv4 addresses (-896,512) -- Your LIR Portal You can now create a ticket straight from the LIR Portal, making it easy for you to ask questions and contact our Customer Services team. A little reminder; please ensure your data is always up-to-date. You can also do that in the LIR Portal: https://my.ripe.net -- RIPE NCC Survey 2019: 10 Minutes Makes a Big Difference Every three years, we reach out to ask for and collect your feedback. We use a third-party company to ensure your anonymity, encouraging you to speak freely. This year, not only is it shorter than ever, we’ve also translated it into eight languages other than English. The survey will launch at 12:00 UTC on 24 May and run until the end of June. Please take 10 minutes to complete the survey and then share with your network. The more feedback we get, the better we can improve the services we offer to you. Learn more about this initiative at: https://www.ripe.net/survey -- RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2019 The RIPE NCC General Meeting will take place from 22-24 May 2019, and remote participation is welcome. Members will vote between two options for the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2020. And there are seven confirmed candidates for the Executive Board election, for two seats on the Board. For more details visit: www.ripe.net/gm/may-2019 -- Abuse-c Update Our initial validation of abuse contact information in the RIPE Database is progressing well. All LIR organisation and resource abuse mailboxes have been validated, and we are now working on End User contacts. You can find an update on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/angela_dallara/abuse-c-validation-update-on-pr... -- Policy Proposal 2019-02 Needs Your Input What should the RIPE NCC do with returned address space after its IPv4 pool has been emptied? Policy proposal "IPv4 Waiting List Implementation" suggests a first-come-first-served waiting list and a /24 allocation size. The proposal is in Review Phase now and needs your opinion by 4 June 2019. Find more information at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2019-02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPEstat is Getting Ready for a Face-lift We released a prototype of a possible new RIPEstat UI, in order to solicit feedback from the community. Please find more details in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_suess_1/ripestat-next-generation-ui -- 768k Day. Will it Happen? Did it Happen? We have raised awareness about the IPv4 table, specifically about reaching 768k entries on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/768k-day-will-it-happen-did-it-happe... -- BGP Zombies Romain Fontugne, with contribution from our own Emile Aben, analyses the appearance and behaviour of BGP zombies using the RIPE Routing Information Service (RIS) BGP Beacons: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/romain_fontugne/bgp-zombies ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Accountability and Trust as a Membership Organisation As an initial response to concerns raised by members at our Moscow RIPE NCC Day back in April, our Managing Director has published an article on RIPE Labs that explores some of the challenges we are facing as an IP address registry in today's environment: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/axelpawlik/accountability-and-trust-as-a-membe... We will also be presenting on closures and due diligence at the RIPE NCC Services WG at RIPE 78 next week (on 22 May): https://ripe78.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/services-wg -- RIPE Turns 30 At RIPE 78, we’re sure there will be a lot of reminiscing, as RIPE turns 30 this year. We invite you to reminisce with us and share your favourite RIPE Meeting t-shirt by using #RIPEturns30 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RIPE_NCC/status/1128987487655858176 -- The RIPE Chair Selection Process The RIPE Community is currently revising the RIPE Chair selection process. Stay updated and contribute to the discussion: ripe-chair-discuss@ripe.net: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-chair-discuss/ -- The Second Edition of Your EU Regulation Update The May 2019 Edition continues to look at the most pertinent policies currently being proposed, debated and implemented in the European Union. Find out how Internet regulation continues to be a primary focus for the EU: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/your-eu-regulation-updat... -- RACI Call for Applications Are you researching network measurements and analyses? Are you uncovering new ways to deploy IPv6? Want to share your work on BGP routing, network security or Internet governance? Have you undertaken research on peering and interconnectivity or the Internet of Things? Apply for RACI to receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation for RIPE 79 in Rotterdam and the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting in Kyiv. Submit your abstract and draft slides by 7 August: https://www.ripe.net/raci For reminders about RACI, as well as other academic-related posts, subscribe to the RACI mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list -- SEEDIG Live Blog Did you attend SEEDIG? Our colleagues Gergana and Hisham were there and kept us all up-to-date via a Live Blog. You can read it on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/seedig-2019-liveblog ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE 82 Call for Host Are you interested in hosting RIPE 82 from 17-21 May 2021? We're looking for organisations within the RIPE NCC service region to submit their proposal for host consideration no later than *16 June 2019*. By becoming a host, you will have excellent visibility among the RIPE community and the prestige of hosting a RIPE Meeting. Interested? You can find more information at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe-meetings/call-for-host -- RIPE 78, Reykjavik, 20-24 May Some of you may have already started packing! We’re looking forward to one of the biggest RIPE Meetings yet. If you can’t make it, don’t worry, you can still participate remotely. Access the live stream from Monday, 20 May: http://ripe78.ripe.net/live Join us for RIPE 78. Registration is still open: https://ripe78.ripe.net/register/ Find out who will be presenting and their topics as well as information on social events and more: https://ripe78.ripe.net/ -- RIPE NCC Presentations at RIPE 78 This year our team is presenting on a diverse range of topics. Please also note, we will have more team members there who are all looking forward to meeting you. Address Policy WG (Wednesday, 22 May 09:00-10:30 UTC) - Marco Schmidt – Current Policy Topics - Nikolas Pediaditis – Feedback From RIPE NCC Registration Service Open Source WG (Wednesday, 22 May 14:00-15:30 UTC) - Mirjam Kuehne w/ Charles Eckel from Cisco – Roundtable Discussion: The role of open source in industry hackathons and how to best serve their communities Cooperation WG (Wednesday, 22 May 14:00-15:30 UTC) - Chris Buckridge – An Update on Continuing Work in the ITU RIPE NCC Services WG (Wednesday, 22 May 16:00-17:45 UTC) - Axel Pawlik – RIPE NCC Update - Felipe Victolla Silveira – Operational Update - Athina Fragkouli – Due Diligence at the RIPE NCC - Fergal Cunningham – RIPE NCC Survey 2019 Anti-Abuse WG (Thursday, 23 May 09:00-10:30 UTC) - Angela Dall'Ara - RIPE NCC Update on 2017-02 IPv6 WG (Thursday, 23 May 09:00-10:30 UTC) - Marco Hogewoning – Update on ITU SG-20 IPv6 Deployment Plan - Massimiliano Stucchi – Mobile IPv6 BCOP Doc Internet of Things WG (Thursday, 23 May 11:00-12:30 UTC) - Mirjam Kühne – Legal, Security and Ethical Aspects of Running an IoT Network Measurements and Tools WG (Thursday, 23 May 16:00-17:30 UTC) Chris Amin – RIPE NCC Tools Update Closing Plenary (Friday, 24 May 11:00-12:30 UTC) Sjoerd Oostdijck – RIPE NCC Technical Report -- ENOG 16, Tbilisi, 3-4 June Join us and register: https://www.enog.org/enog-16/register There is still time to become an ENOG 16 sponsor. Find out how the meeting can support your organisation: https://www.enog.org/sponsor/ Find out who will be presenting and what their presentations are about. The draft agenda is now available: https://www.enog.org/enog-16/programme/agenda/ -- ENOG 17, 9-10 June 2020 Soon we’ll be looking for a host for ENOG 17. Subscribe to the ENOG Discuss mailing list to be kept up-to-date: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/ripe-ncc-mailing-lists/enog-discuss Thanks so much for reading this month’s Member Update. Please stay in touch and chat with us via our social media platforms. No need to wait a month :) My best, Elena Elena Signorelli Marketing and Communications Officer RIPE NCC | Amsterdam