Hello RIPE NCC members, This is a special edition of the Member Update for RIPE 83, taking place next week from 22-26 November. Alongside the RIPE Meeting, we will also have our RIPE NCC General Meeting on Wednesday, 24 November from 16:30-18:30 (UTC+1). We hope that you’ll join us for these meetings, and registration for both is quick, free and easy: RIPE 83: https://ripe83.ripe.net RIPE NCC General Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/nov-2021 RIPE 83 will feature Plenary sessions on topics including Internet governance culture, building a sustainable digital economy, BGP Route Flap Dampening configurations, operating an IP Exchange Provider, DNS openness and much more. We’ll also have Working Group sessions throughout the week where you can discuss current topics and participate in chair elections. And RIPE 83 will have social sessions and coffee breaks that are the perfect opportunity to network with fellow engineers, operators and Internet stakeholders. You’ll even have the chance to meet the RIPE Chair Team and the RIPE NCC Executive Board. Don’t miss out! See the full meeting plan at: https://ripe83.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ In our RIPE NCC General Meeting on Wednesday, you’ll be able to share your feedback about our services and plans for the future. You can also vote on how/if we redistribute our surplus from 2021, and there will be a discussion on the future of our charging scheme model. Our Managing Director, Hans Petter Holen, will also present our Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2022 and our Draft RIPE NCC Strategy 2022-2026. More information on these important documents and how to give your input on them are provided below in Section 4. So with all that said, here’s everything else you need to know about our services and what’s happening in the RIPE community this month: 1. Registry -- LIR Stats -- IPv4 Runout and Waiting List -- Quarterly Roadmaps -- Address Policy Working Group Session 2. Information Services -- MAT Working Group Session -- RIS Jam -- RIPEstat UI -- Cloud Strategy Framework -- Service Criticality -- RIPE Atlas Sponsorship 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals Graduation Party -- Training Courses in December -- RIPE NCC Open House: Building Your Own Test Labs -- Mediterranean Europe Country Report Translations -- RIPE Chair Team Reports: October 2021 -- New RIPE Code of Conduct -- RIPE Labs 4. Organisational Update -- Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2022 -- Draft RIPE NCC Strategy 2022-2026 -- Holiday Hours 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,785 (+83) Number of members: 20,296 (+8) LIRs with IPv6: 16,563 (+113) IPv4 addresses transferred in October: 1,199,680 (+353,088) -- IPv4 Runout and Waiting List Since November 2019, we’ve provided /24 IPv4 allocations via a waiting list system, according to RIPE Policy. These /24s are only available for LIRs that haven't received an IPv4 allocation from us before. Over the last year and a half, we had more recycled IPv4 address space available than was demanded. This meant that all requests could be processed immediately. Over the past six months, we’ve seen increased demand for allocations from new LIRs, and as of this week, we have no available IPv4 address space remaining. Requesters will now have to wait until space becomes available again in the future. See the waiting list at: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/ipv4/ipv4-waiting-list --Quarterly Roadmaps We are now publishing quarterly roadmaps for our development teams that let you know what we’ll be working on in the coming months. We also collect input from members there that we can plug into future quarterly plans. At the moment, we have published plans for RPKI, the RIPE Database and our business applications. Check them out and give your input in the relevant Working Group, on <members-discuss@ripe.net> or at the RIPE Meeting next week when our staff will give updates on our progress: https://www.ripe.net/support/documentation/quarterly-planning/ -- Address Policy Working Group Session The Address Policy Working Group session will take place during RIPE 83 on Tuesday, 23 November. There will be presentations by RIPE NCC staff about current policy issues as well as feedback from the RIPE NCC Registry Services. See the agenda (which already has pre-recorded presentations) at: https://ripe83.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ap-wg/ 2. Information Services -- MAT Working Group Session The MAT Working Group session will take place during RIPE 83 on Thursday, 25 November. During the session, you will be able to discuss how the RIPE NCC and the RIPE community can collaborate on tools for data gathering and analysis of the Internet and its infrastructure. You can subscribe to the MAT Working Group, or any other Working Group you might be interested in, at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg -- RIS Jam Meet the RIPE NCC team operating RIS at our RIS Jam during RIPE 83. The session will be on Thursday, 25 November at 17:00 (UTC+1). -- RIPEstat UI We updated our RIPEstat UI earlier this year, and we are continuing to refine the UI based on community feedback. Take a look at RIPEstat and let us know your thoughts both ahead of and at RIPE 83. To learn more about the changes, read the article at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_suess_1/a-tour-of-the-new-ripestat-ui/ -- Cloud Strategy Framework We published the final version of our cloud strategy framework earlier this year after community input on our draft version. If you have thoughts or questions about the final draft, RIPE 83 is the place to bring them up. See more details about the framework at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/ripe-ncc-cloud-strateg... -- Service Criticality We have been working on defining the level of criticality for all of our services. There will be an update on this at the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session next Wednesday from our Chief Operations Officer Felipe Victolla Silveira. Also see the cloud strategy framework above for the preliminary discussion. Details of the Working Group session are at: https://ripe83.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ncc-services-wg/ -- RIPE Atlas Sponsorship Earlier this year, we launched our new RIPE Atlas sponsorship model that offers sponsors more benefits and exposure. Sponsorship will help us expand global RIPE Atlas coverage. Learn more about becoming a sponsor at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/new-ripe-atlas-sponsors... 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals Graduation Party Have you earned a Certified Professionals badge? Come to our Graduation Party at RIPE 83 on Thursday, 25 November to celebrate. See how to attend at: https://ripe83.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/graduation-party/ -- Training Courses in December Our webinars for the month of December are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses IP Blocklisting Basics Wednesday, 1 December 2021 (09:00-10:00 UTC) BGP Security: RPKI Tuesday, 7 December 2021 (09:00-11:00 UTC) Policy Development Process Wednesday, 15 December 2021 (09:00-10:00 UTC) Interested in something that you can't find on our upcoming courses page? Let us know which topics you would like to see covered in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 -- RIPE NCC Open House: Building Your Own Test Labs Join us for an Open House on building your own test labs on Wednesday, 8 December from 10:00-11:30 UTC: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-bui... -- Mediterranean Europe Country Report Translations We have now published the Mediterranean Europe Country Report in six different languages. Take a look at the report ahead of RIPE 83: https://labs.ripe.net/country-reports/ -- RIPE Chair Team Reports: October 2021 RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne reports on the latest events in the community, which include final preparations for RIPE 83, the NRO NC election, the final report from the RIPE Database Requirements Task Force, increased RIPE visibility and several events, including the RIPE NCC’s NOG Organisers meeting and CyberDay Luxembourg: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/ripe-chair-team-reports-october-20... -- New RIPE Code of Conduct The new RIPE Code of Conduct has now taken effect. To learn how it will be implemented at RIPE 83, read the update at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/leo_vegoda/our-code-of-conduct-at-ripe-83/ -- RIPE Labs In November, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on the value of the Internet Governance Forum, best practices for using the Network Time Protocol, improving the security of RPKI infrastructure and much more: https://labs.ripe.net/ 4. Organisational Update -- Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2022 The Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2022 is available online for you to learn about our plans for the next year. We invite you to share your feedback at <members-discuss@ripe.net>. We will discuss our Draft Activity Plan and Budget as well as your comments at the RIPE NCC General Meeting alongside RIPE 83 on Wednesday, 24 November 2021. Read the document at: https://www.ripe.net/draft-activity-plan-budget-2022 -- Draft RIPE NCC Strategy 2022-2026 Our Draft RIPE NCC Strategy 2022-2026 is also available online. This five-year strategy lays out five strategic objectives with underlying goals as well as our vision, mission and values, and it will guide our work in the coming years. You can share your thoughts about the document at <members-discuss@ripe.net>. We will discuss the Draft Five-Year Strategy at the General Meeting on Wednesday, 24 November 2021. Read the document at: https://www.ripe.net/draft-strategy-2022-2026 -- Holiday Hours The RIPE NCC office will be closed on Friday, 24 December and Friday, 31 December. Thank you for reading to the end. We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Kjerstin Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC