Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to share the final report of the RIPE Accountability Task Force. This report has been updated to include the input received from the community after the publication of the draft version in October 2018.
You can find the report here:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/tf/ripe-accountability-task-force/rip…
On behalf of the Task Force, I would like to thank everyone who shared their feedback with us on the mailing list and at RIPE Meetings.
We now leave this report in the hands of the RIPE community. The community should consider next steps, including reviewing the recommendations and deciding on any further action. The RIPE Chair will be responsible for coordinating this process.
With the publication of this document, our work is complete, and the RIPE Accountability Task Force is disbanded.
I would like to further thank all my fellow task force members for their efforts, and the RIPE NCC for the valuable support it provided as secretariat.
Kind regards,
William Sylvester
Accountability Task Force Chair
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The RIPE Programme Committee is responsible for recruiting and selecting presentations for the RIPE Meeting Plenary sessions. As the term of two RIPE PC members end, we are looking for new members in Spring 2019 who will be elected by the RIPE community at RIPE 78 in Reykjavik.
There are currently two seats up for election to the RIPE PC. Please send nominations, with a biography, statement of interest and photograph, to pc(a)ripe.net.
The Charter of the RIPE Programme Committee
(https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-pc-charter) provides more information about the composition and roles of the RIPE PC.
Nominations for the RIPE 78 PC elections can be sent in from today until Tuesday May 21st, 15:30 GMT. We will announce the PC elections at the RIPE meeting opening sessions, but interested parties can nominate themselves from now.
We will close candidate nominations on Tuesday at 15:30 GMT (UTC), and publish the biographies on the RIPE Meeting web site. Candidates (or their stand-ins) can present themselves at the start of the Tuesday 16:00 GMT session.
The RIPE PC online voting system will be open from Tuesday May 21st, 16:00 GMT until Thursday May 23rd, 17:30 GMT, for the community members to cast their votes. The total voting numbers may be public.
The official announcement of the elected RIPE PC members will be on Friday morning, the 24th May, at the start of the 11:00 GMT closing plenary session.
Questions about the RIPE PC can be sent to pc(a)ripe.net.
Regards,
Benno, Brian & Maria Isabel,
on behalf of the RIPE PC
Brian Nisbet
Service Operations Manager
HEAnet CLG, Ireland's National Education and Research Network
1st Floor, 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin D01 X8N7, Ireland
+35316609040 brian.nisbet(a)heanet.ie www.heanet.ie
Registered in Ireland, No. 275301. CRA No. 20036270
Dear colleagues,
Are you interested in hosting RIPE 82 from 17-21 May 2021?
We are looking for organisations within the RIPE NCC service region to
submit their proposal for host consideration no later than *16 June 2019*.
A RIPE Meeting Host helps with: venue scouting, Internet connectivity,
social events, finding local sponsors and administrative and on-site
support. As a host, we must be able to depend on you to help organise a
smooth, professional and top-quality meeting for our attendees.
In return, the host organisation enjoys 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
You can send your proposal by *16 June 2019* to: meeting(a)ripe.net.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Martina de Mas
Event Organiser
RIPE NCC
Dear colleagues,
Summary: The RIPE PC invites Lightning Talks (10 min) for RIPE 78 Plenary.
Please consider submitting a Lightning Talk for Monday's plenary
session. During the meeting week we continue to accept Lightning Talks
submissions for the Tuesday and Friday sessions.
The selection and notification process is as follows:
- we will notify you if the LT is accepted, or
- if you do not hear anything before Friday, your presentation will stay
in pending status for the next LT session.
Submit your Lightning Talk via the PC submission system:
https://ripe78.ripe.net/submit-topic/submission-form/
Kind regards,
Benno Overeinder
RIPE PC Chair
https://ripe78.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/
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Dear colleagues,
The RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI) is again looking for
talented academics in the field of Internet technology. Successful
applicants receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to
the meetings and the opportunity to present their research.
If you are working on something interesting, please apply! If you know
someone in your network who is, please forward them this message.
https://www.ripe.net/raci
You can apply for the following two meetings by submitting an abstract
and draft slides by *7 August*:
- RIPE NCC Regional Meeting (24-25 September, Kyiv)
- RIPE 79 (14-19 October, Rotterdam)
Examples of relevant research topics include:
- Network measurements and analyses
- IPv6 deployment
- BGP routing
- Network security
- Internet governance
- Peering and interconnectivity
- Internet of Things
RACI mailing list:
https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/raci_ripe
RACI LinkedIn Group:
https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin
You can help by spreading the word to your academic networks. For any
questions about the initiative or about applying, please email me back.
Best regards,
Gergana
Gergana Petrova
External Relations
RIPE NCC
Dear colleagues,
The RIPE NCC is the operator of the e164.arpa zone (ENUM) and maintains the associate registry in accordance with the instructions of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB). As delegations are based on E.164 country code allocations, any changes to the registry are coordinated with and approved by the respective holders of the E.164 country code via the ITU’s Telecommunications Standardisation Bureau (TSB).
Recent checks have shown that over time, many of the current 57 delegations have deteriorated – they are no longer technically functional or the contacts details for the country code registry have not been updated.
Seeking advice from the IAB on these matters, they agreed to revise the instructions to address these issues. Among the changes is new text regarding the deletion of delegations and instructions that allow the RIPE NCC to do periodic checks on registry data.
This will allow us to initiate a process to review the existing delegations and coordinate with the registries, governments and the TSB to mitigate and correct any errors. In cases where we are unable to correct an error, we will advise the government involved to remove the delegation, until such time that a new registry can assume responsibility for the country code and restore its technical functionality.
ITU Study Group 2, which is responsible for the E.164 number registry, shared our concerns and at its last meeting agreed to update its instructions to the TSB to reflect these changes. As we remain committed to coordinating any delegations with TSB, the Member States involved and Study Group 2, we welcome the study group’s renewed interest in the topic and its support in reviewing and updating these registrations.
The new instructions have now been published on our website and, with the IAB’s approval, we will now operate the registry in accordance with these.
The instructions are available here: https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/dns/enum/iab-instructions
Kind Regards,
Marco Hogewoning
Senior External Relations Officer, RIPE NCC,
Ted Hardie
For the IAB
