September 2025 - opensource-wg

Call for Open Source WG Presentations (RIPE91, Bucharest, October 21st, 2025)
by Marco d'Itri 20 Oct '25

20 Oct '25

Dear Working Group members, We now invite you to submit your proposals for the Open Source Working Group session taking place during RIPE 91. From RIPE 91 onwards, all plenary and working group proposals can be submitted through the same system, Pretalx. Please submit your proposals by 25 September 2025. How to submit your talk: 1. Go to the RIPE 91 Call for Presentations page and click on "Submit a topic": https://ripe91.ripe.net/present/call-for-presentations/ . 2. Follow the instructions to set up an account on Pretalx. [1] 3. Important: When filling in the submission form, please pay attention to the dropdown menu under "Track". This is where you select which working group (track) you would like to submit your talk for. In general, each talk is 15-30 mins including Q&A (depending on how much time is needed). If you have some idea and are not sure how/if you should present something, then feel free to contact us as well to discuss the idea! Remote presentations are also possible. As always, we are planning to reserve some time at the end of the WG session for lightning talks. These short (5 to 10 minutes max) updates/talks are decided on the day before the WG session on a time/space available basis. No need to submit to us anything for lightning talks at this time, but you are welcome to do so. [1] Detailed instructions on how to use Pretalx are available here: https://ripe91.ripe.net/present/how-to-submit-a-talk/ Thanks, Marco, Marcos and Sasha, Your Open Source WG Chairs -- ciao, Marco

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Measuring CRA awareness across OS community
by Romain Bosc 06 Oct '25

06 Oct '25

Colleagues, Something I spotted that could be of interest to this group: FYI, the Open Source Security Foundation, LF Europe, and LF Research are fielding a survey to measure awareness about the recently adopted EU Cyber Resilience Act on a worldwide scale. The survey should take between 5 and 10 minutes, and closes at the end of this week with the goal being to publish the survey data and related report by mid-March. Link: https://www.research.net/r/MR35RMF All best Romain -- Romain Bosc Sr Public Policy & Governance Officer RIPE NCC E: rbosc(a)ripe.net

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Open Source WG Chair selection - Looking for candidates
by Marcos Sanz 20 Sep '25

20 Sep '25

Dear all, it's two months until the next fall RIPE meeting - and this means it's time again for a Working Group Chair Selection. Our working group has currently 3 chairs: * Marco d'Itri (Since RIPE 90) * Sasha Romjin (Since RIPE 88) * Marcos Sanz (Since RIPE 84) None of us is currently considering stepping down as a WG chair, however we would like to hear from the community if there are any candidates willing to step up. Depending on the resonance and on the specific candidate(s), I personally (as the longest standing chair) would consider either withdrawing from further terms or standing myself for re-selection against the new candidate(s). Criteria/Expectations of a WG chair: - You have attended multiple physical RIPE meetings before (and are familiar with how RIPE works) - You will be attending most RIPE meetings while serving as a chair in person - You will attend this Fall meeting session (Physical or Virtual) For more details, see the Guide for New RIPE Working Group Chairs ( <https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-765/> https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-765/) or the RIPE Working Group Chair e-learning course ( <https://academy.ripe.net/course/info.php?id=16> https://academy.ripe.net/course/info.php?id=16) If you are interested in serving as a WG chair: Nomination period is until Sept 19th, 2025, 23:59 UTC. Send an email to <mailto:opensource-wg-chairs@ripe.net> opensource-wg-chairs(a)ripe.net to make us aware of your candidacy before this deadline. In the email, please include a short biography and a statement about why you are interested in this position. The day after the aforementioned deadline we will send an email to the list with all candidates, their submitted bio and with a summary of previous RIPE attendance. Then we will open a discussion thread on the list for feedback, statement of support for specific candidates and any other feedback in regard to them. In parallel, the working group chairs will conduct interviews with all candidates (and would politely ask them to make time for these calls and get back to us in a timely manner). Time is short and we need to be prepared before the meeting! Please be aware, these are not elections, but selections. The ultimate decision is taken by the remaining WG chairs as all the chairs need to work together. Marcos (for all current WG co-chairs)

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