RIPE NCC Member Update: July 2016 Contents: - Additional LIR Accounts - Member Lunches - Training Services - RIPE Atlas - New on RIPE Labs - IPv6 Day Israel - Supporting the Sustainability of the IETF - RIPE NCC Survey 2016 - RACI - RIPE Forum - Social Media Number of LIRs: 13,912 LIRs with IPv6: 10,540 IPv4 addresses transferred in June: 801,536 https://labs.ripe.net/statistics ADDITIONAL LIR ACCOUNTS On 14 July, RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman Nigel Titley announced that the RIPE NCC's procedure for creating additional LIR accounts had been approved. The procedure, including links to all relevant documents, are available in the original email: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2016-July/001066.html MEMBER LUNCHES Registration is now open for RIPE NCC Member Lunches in: - Milan, Italy - Muscat, Oman - Luxembourg - Frankfurt, Germany - Zagreb, Croatia Information on the Member Lunches and links to register are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches TRAINING SERVICES Is there a RIPE NCC Training Course coming to your country? In August there will be courses in Germany, France and Tajikistan. There will also be webinars for new LIRs, the RIPE Database and advanced RIPE Atlas usage. There are still places available at all these courses. https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses RIPE ATLAS The RIPE Atlas measurement network now includes 207 anchors! These anchors act as stable targets and enhance probes with more measurement capacity, providing valuable information about regional connectivity for the entire Internet community. Learn more about what anchor measurements can do for you: https://atlas.ripe.net/anchors/about/ NEW ON RIPE LABS Emile Aben looks at Internet access disruption in Turkey during the attempted coup: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/internet-access-disruption-in-turkey Geoff Huston on DNS privacy: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gih/dns-privacy Marco Hogewoning asks whether or not you can make IPv6 work commercially: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_hogewoning/can-you-make-ipv6-work-commer... IPv6 DAY ISRAEL The RIPE NCC will hold an IPv6 Day in Israel on 12 September 2016, followed by three days of IPv6 training. All details on the meeting, including how to register, are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/ipv6-day-israel SUPPORTING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE IETF The RIPE NCC Executive Board has composed a Letter of Intent to support the sustainability of the IETF: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2016-July/001065.html RIPE NCC SURVEY 2016 The RIPE NCC Survey 2016 closed at the end of June and 4,344 people participated. We would like to thank all those who took part. This will give us excellent insight into what our members and the community want to see from us. RACI The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) is currently accepting applications for the ENOG 12 Meeting in Yerevan and the RIPE 73 Meeting in Madrid. There are only five days left to apply for the Yerevan meeting. Learn all about RACI and how to apply at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/raci RIPE FORUM The RIPE Forum is an additional way to participate in RIPE community mailing list discussions using a web-based interface rather than an email client. Try it out and let us know what you think! https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ 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 If you have feedback about the contents of this mail, please reply and let me know. If there is information about particular services or activities you would like to see included, we can add it to future issues. Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Membership Communications Officer RIPE NCC