RIPE NCC Member Update: December 2017 - LIR Statistics - Invoicing Process for 2018 - Housekeeping Reminder for 2018 - Aligning End User and LIR Resource Transfers in the LIR Portal - RIPE NCC Member Lunches: Paris, Bishkek, Yerevan - IGF 2017 Liveblog - DMARC Solution Applied to RIPE Working Group Mailing Lists - RIPE 76, Marseille - MENOG 18, Tehran - RIS Route Collector Changes - RIPE Atlas Anchor Sponsorship Campaign - Using RIPE Atlas to Understand End User Network Behaviours - IPv6 Week Denmark - Hackathon Version 6 - How We're Implementing the GDPR - The First Albanian Network Operators' Forum - The RIPE Fellowship - Embracing the Next Generation - Calling the RIPE Community in France - Upcoming Training Courses - RACI Applications for 2018 - Position Available at the RIPE NCC - Current Policy Development Discussions - Monthly Policy Updates - RIPE Forum - RSS News Feeds from the RIPE NCC - Email Tagging - Social Media LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 17,576 (+221) LIRs with IPv6: 12,713 (+129) IPv4 addresses transferred in November: 12,024,832 (+7,881,472) All of our published statistics are available on our A to Z stats page: https://labs.ripe.net/statistics/?az=true INVOICING PROCESS FOR 2018 We are currently preparing the invoicing process for 2018 and we expect to send the first invoice on 19 January. The billing procedure and fee schedule 2018 are already online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/payment/billing-procedure-an... HOUSEKEEPING REMINDER FOR 2018 As we approach the new year, it's a good time to check that your LIR account details, especially the billing email addresses, are up-to-date. You can check and update everything at: https://my.ripe.net/ ALIGNING END USER AND LIR RESOURCE TRANSFERS IN THE LIR PORTAL We will soon be changing the way that transfers of End User resources are handled in the LIR Portal by applying the same approach that is already in place for transfers of LIR resources. This is part of our work to make updating the RIPE Registry more user-friendly and secure: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2017-November/001220.ht... RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES - PARIS, BISHKEK, YEREVAN Registration is already open for the first member lunches in 2018. So if you are available to meet us in Paris (16 January), Bishkek (23 January) or Yerevan (7 February), please register here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches/ IGF 2017 LIVEBLOG The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is taking place in Geneva this week. Our staff are posting regular updates on the issues, arguments and ideas at the event: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/igf-2017-liveblog You can participate remotely in the IGF and see the agenda from: https://igf2017.intgovforum.org/ DMARC SOLUTION APPLIED TO RIPE WORKING GROUP MAILING LISTS We have deployed a Mailman setting change to address DMARC-related issues that cause some people to not receive emails from working group mailing lists they are subscribed to. Read more at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2017-December/001282.html RIPE 76 Registration for RIPE 76 in Marseille will open in January 2018, but there is already plenty of relevant information available on the RIPE 76 website: https://ripe76.ripe.net/ MENOG 18, TEHRAN The dates have been announced for the MENOG 18 Meeting, taking place in Tehran from 25-26 April 2018. Keep an eye out for announcements on registration and calls for presentations. https://www.menog.org/meetings/menog-18/ RIS ROUTE COLLECTOR CHANGES We are starting to migrate the RIPE NCC RIS route collectors to the new data collection architecture. Romeo Zwart explains what's happening: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/romeo_zwart/ris-route-collector-changes RIPE ATLAS ANCHOR SPONSORSHIP CAMPAIGN The RIPE NCC’s 2017 campaign to sponsor 15 RIPE Atlas anchors has drawn to a successful close. Sixteen anchor hosts from all across the globe were granted sponsorship, the extra one having been made possible due to the lower price of the new v3 anchor hardware. Read more about it on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/last-sponsored-ripe-atlas-anchors-... USING RIPE ATLAS TO UNDERSTAND END USER NETWORK BEHAVIOURS Marcel Flores and Stephen McQuistin from Verizon describe how they used RIPE Atlas to understand the network behaviours their end users are experiencing: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/verizon_digital/seeing-the-world-with-ripe-atl... IPv6 WEEK DENMARK The IPv6 Week in Copenhagen in November consisted of a two-day hackathon on IPv6, an "IPv6 Day" full of great presentations, and three days of IPv6 training. A report from Nathalie Künneke-Trenaman is available: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nathalie_nathalie/ipv6-week-denmark HACKATHON VERSION 6 As part of IPv6 Week Denmark, there was an IPv6 Hackathon that saw many great collaborations and results. Vesna Manojlovic presents the results with links to documentation, pictures and stories: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/results-hackathon-version-6 HOW WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE GDPR The RIPE NCC's Head of Legal, Athina Fragkouli, presents the first in a series of articles that explains what the RIPE NCC is doing to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): https://labs.ripe.net/Members/Athina/how-we-re-implementing-the-gdpr THE FIRST ALBANIAN NETWORK OPERATORS' FORUM Daniele Arena from NaMeX reports on RIPE Labs about the creation of a new NOG and IXP in Albania this November: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/daniele_arena/the-first-albanian-network-opera... THE RIPE FELLOWSHIP - EMBRACING THE NEXT GENERATION Find out about how we are embracing the next generation of RIPE community members: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/agowland/embracing-the-next-generation-of-ripe... CALLING THE RIPE COMMUNITY IN FRANCE The RIPE Diversity Task Force wants to engage early with the local operator community around Marseille. If you belong to a local hackerspace, NOG or other Internet-specific group, please get in touch with us so we can work together in advance of RIPE 76 (14-18 May 2018). If you know of a great local presenter, even better! Details on our efforts and how to contact us are available in the RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/agowland/calling-all-french-techies-tell-your-... UPCOMING TRAINING COURSES The RIPE NCC offers free face-to-face training courses for members on topics such as BGP Operation and Security, IPv6 and IPv6 Security, and Measurements and Tools. In January 2018, there will be courses on these topics in the Netherlands, Hungary, Switzerland, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine. Register now at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses RACI APPLICATIONS FOR 2018 The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) covers the cost of flights, accommodation and meeting tickets for selected academics to present their research at RIPE, ENOG, MENOG and SEE meetings. Please help spread the word to academics who could benefit from this programme! https://www.ripe.net/raci POSITION AVAILABLE AT THE RIPE NCC We are looking to hire an Internet Resource Analyst. If someone you know might be interested in coming to work with us in Amsterdam, please send them this link: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/working-at-the-ripe-ncc/current-openings... CURRENT POLICY DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSIONS The RIPE community is still discussing a redefinition of the term "sub-assignment" for IPv6 and how to validate abuse contacts in the RIPE Database. Do you want to join these discussions? Check the following link. https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-p... If you have ideas for a policy change or questions, send an email to <pdo@ripe.net> for guidance. MONTHLY POLICY UPDATES The RIPE NCC sends a monthly update on the status of policy proposals in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). You can find all the updates at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/policy-updates RIPE FORUM We'd like to remind you that you can participate in RIPE community mailing list discussions using a web-based interface rather than an email client. RIPE Forum posts are sent to the mailing lists and everything from the mailing lists are visible in the forum: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ RSS NEWS FEEDS FROM THE RIPE NCC News feeds allow you to see when we add new content on a particular subject in a section of the website that you're interested in. You can get the latest headlines as soon as we publish them. https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/feeds EMAIL TAGGING We use tags so you can filter RIPE NCC emails in your own mail client depending on the topics you’re interested in: [meetings], [news], [GM], [service] and [training]. SOCIAL MEDIA Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and start conversations with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking You can find all the previous Member Updates containing an overview of what the RIPE NCC is doing at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/member-update If you have any questions or comments on the material in the Member Update, please let me know. Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Membership Communications Officer RIPE NCC