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Reminder: RIPE PC Elections @ RIPE80
by Brian Nisbet 11 May '20

11 May '20

Dear Friends and Colleagues, A reminder mail as the deadline for nominations/self-nominations/volunteers is tomorrow, Tuesday 12th May at 15:30 CEST. 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 2020 who will be elected by the RIPE community at RIPE 80. 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 80 PC elections can be sent in from today until Tuesday May 12th, 15:30 CEST. 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 CEST (UTC+2), and publish the biographies on the RIPE Meeting web site. The RIPE PC online voting system will be open from Tuesday May 12th, 16:00 CEST until Thursday May 14th, 17:00 CEST, for the community members to cast their votes. The total voting numbers may be public. More information will also be available at https://ripe80.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/become-a-member/ The official announcement of the elected RIPE PC members will be on Thursday afternoon, 14th May, at the start of the 17:30 CEST closing plenary session. Questions about the RIPE PC can be sent to pc(a)ripe.net. Regards, Franziska, Brian and 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

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Are You Ready for RIPE 80?
by RIPE NCC Event Team 11 May '20

11 May '20

Dear colleagues, RIPE 80 takes place from 12 - 14 May 2020. With more than 1,500 people already registered, this will be the first completely-remote RIPE Meeting. We have prepared a quick guide on how to register (for free), view presentations, ask questions, and interact with the other participants: https://ripe80.ripe.net/attend/how-to-participate/ ------------ Programme ------------ You can find the Plenary and Working Group agendas in the interactive meeting plan: https://ripe80.ripe.net/meeting-plan/ We have organised some informal sessions during the meeting: https://ripe80.ripe.net/programme/social-events/ Check out the parallel events that run alongside RIPE 80: https://ripe80.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/ ------------ More information on RIPE 80 can be found at: https://ripe80.ripe.net/ Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: @ripemeeting, #RIPE80 Best regards Martina de Mas RIPE Meetings Team

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Re: [ripe-list] RIPE Database Requirements Task Force BoF
by Daniel Karrenberg 07 May '20

07 May '20

Shane, TFers, Thanks for holding the BoF and for sharing this. To repeat and expand on my input at the BoF. 1.) I am missing language about evolution of the requirements and the database itself. A high level stock taking exercise like this one that aims to be the basis for a service has to make it explicit that it addresses just about one point in time and things *will* change. It makes sense to spend a few paragraphs on how this will be handled. 2a.) -- ‘Provide registration information of Internet number resources’ is a primary purpose. I would use a title like “Authoritative and Accurate Registry of Internet Number Resources’. As far as I can see it ‘Enabling transfer of IP resources’ should be part of that. 2b.) I suggest grouping a number of the other separate items under ‘Facilitate Internet Operations and Operational Coordination’: - Facilitating communication about usage of the resources - Publishing routing policies by network operators (RIPE IRR) - Reverse Domain Name System (rDNS) - The RPKI Database It is important that we emphasise the RIPE DB is not just a registry but an operational tool. 3.) This iteration seems too detailed for me already. The charter is ‘… The purpose of the document is to establish community consensus at the general level. …’. I think it would make sense for the TF to take a step back and look for the general themes behind the detailed issues. And to look at it from the point of view of the users, first and foremost the primary users, those who register information in the database and use it for operational purposes. Thank you again for working on this. If it was easy it would just happen. Daniel

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RIPE Database Requirements Task Force BoF
by Bijal Sanghani 07 May '20

07 May '20

Dear colleagues, The RIPE Database Requirements Task Force (DBTF) will organise its BoF on Wednesday, 6 May from 14h00-15h00 CEST via Zoom. During this BoF, the DBTF will present its latest work and invite participants to discuss what functionality the RIPE Database should provide in the future. The presentation will include quick polls and will be followed by a moderated Q&A. You can register for the BoF at (no Zoom account required): https://ripe.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-yhrz4uHNDuOIBm8hGvcj8DSDK1Ybog <https://ripe.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-yhrz4uHNDuOIBm8hGvcj8DSDK1Ybog> We look forward to discussing the future of the RIPE Database with you! Kind regards, Bijal Sanghani on behalf of the DBTF

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RIPE Chair Selection - Next Steps
by Mirjam Kuehne 05 May '20

05 May '20

Dear colleagues, In this RIPE Labs article, three members of the RIPE Nominating Committee answer some of the questions you might have about the next steps in the RIPE Chair selection process: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/dfk/ripe-chair-selection-next-steps Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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RIPE Programme Committee Elections at RIPE 80
by Brian Nisbet 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

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 2020 who will be elected by the RIPE community at RIPE 80. 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 80 PC elections can be sent in from today until Tuesday May 12th, 15:30 CEST. 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 CEST (UTC+2), and publish the biographies on the RIPE Meeting web site. The RIPE PC online voting system will be open from Tuesday May 12th, 16:00 CEST until Thursday May 14th, 17:00 CEST, for the community members to cast their votes. The total voting numbers may be public. More information will also be available at https://ripe80.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/become-a-member/ The official announcement of the elected RIPE PC members will be on Thursday afternoon, 14th May, at the start of the 17:30 CEST closing plenary session. Questions about the RIPE PC can be sent to pc(a)ripe.net. Regards, Franziska, Brian and 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

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More News from the NomCom
by Daniel Karrenberg 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

[ For a version of this message with embedded links and for nominee statements, see https://blog.ripe-nomcom.org/ ] The RIPE 2020 NomCom will select two persons for the roles of RIPE Chair and RIPE Vice Chair. We have four nominees who are well known to the community: Filiz Yilmaz, Niall O'Reilly, Nigel Titley and Mirjam Kühne. We have held our second meeting and worked out the plans for collecting input from the community. Here is a quick outlook about what the NomCom will do between now and the RIPE meeting, during the meeting and after. Before RIPE 80 During the coming two weeks the NomCom will have conversations with the nominees and prepare for the RIPE meeting. We want to hear input from the community at between now and the end of the RIPE meeting. This is your chance to influence our selection. The best way to reach the whole committee is by e-mail. If you prefer you can also contact individual members of the NomCom. Of course we will treat all input confidentially. To that end we have even set up a dedicated server, so that we can erase the electronic traces of our work as well as possible once we are done. During RIPE 80 We will participate in the RIPE 80 meeting and give a short report during the community plenary session on Thursday afternoon. On the Friday of the meeting week the NomCom will hold virtual 'office hours' for those who prefer to give input in a meeting and those for whom writing us is simply not enough. Individual meeting slots will be allocated first-come first served. Contact support at ripe-nomcom.org for an appointment. After RIPE 80 Hans Petter Holen has announced that he will resign at the end of April before he takes up his new role as RIPE NCC Managing Director. Waiting until RIPE 81 to transition to the newly selected Chairs, as planned, no longer makes much sense now. Therefore making the selection has become somewhat more urgent. We are committed to work more quickly than planned but not to become too hasty either. Together with the RIPE NCC Executive Board we aim for selection in early June and confirmation by the board soon after. We will regularly report on our progress on this mailing list and the NomCom blog. Daniel Karrenberg Chair RIPE 2020 NomCom

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New on RIPE Labs: Post-growth Entrepreneurship
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

Dear colleagues, In this new RIPE Labs article, Melanie Rieback, CEO and Co-founder of a not-for-profit computer security consultancy company, explains why she thinks the exponential growth model is not getting us where we need to be and how post-growth entrepreneurship can help to achieve our sustainable development goals: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/post-growth-entrepreneurship Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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The RIPE NCC's Use of Zoom for Meetings
by Mirjam Kuehne 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

Dear colleagues, In this article we explain why we will be using Zoom for the upcoming RIPE 80 and RIPE NCC General Meeting, and we outline the policies and settings we have in place to address concerns about privacy and security: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/the-ripe-nccs-use-of-zoom-for-meetin… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Sanctions and the RIPE NCC: Current Status and Executive Board Position
by Christian Kaufmann 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Dear colleagues, The Executive Board has been working with the RIPE NCC to find a solution regarding the applicability of EU sanctions to its members. As this has geopolitical implications for the RIPE NCC's wide and diverse service region, this is a matter we have been taking seriously for some time. As part of this, the RIPE NCC is in contact with the Dutch Government to seek a permanent exemption for its services from all current and future EU sanctions. The links to the minutes and the resolutions from the two recent board meetings where this was discussed were published today. I would now like to briefly outline the current situation and expand on the board's position. WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY We were recently alerted to the fact that two RIPE NCC members in Iran and one in Syria are believed to be on the EU sanctions list. These members have now been notified that provision of services to them has been frozen and the RIPE NCC will initiate an audit of the relevant accounts, pending a response from the Dutch Government. This means that their resources will not be deregistered, but the RIPE NCC will also not process requests on their behalf. The intent here is to ensure the RIPE NCC is taking appropriate steps to comply with any relevant sanctions in accordance with its obligations under Dutch law. That being said, the board will defend its belief that the RIPE NCC's services should not be covered by sanctions. As the RIPE NCC's bank also needs to ensure its own compliance with sanctions, it has temporarily revoked the RIPE NCC's ability to receive direct payments from members in Syria and Iran. The RIPE NCC will contact these members directly to explain this in more detail. The recent decision to extend the payment period for membership fees in light of the COVID-19 pandemic eases some of the time pressure on members to pay for now, and we anticipate this issue will be resolved once we have clarity from the Dutch Government. THE BOARD'S POSITION I would now like to share the board's position more generally. A board resolution from 2014 states the following: "The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC believes that the means of communication should not be affected by political discussions or disputes. This includes the provision of correctly registered Internet numbering resources." This is probably the clearest statement of our position, which has not changed since then. The board wishes to caution against measures applied in pursuit of short-term public policy objectives that may undermine the wider Internet governance system, which is essential to the stability of the global Internet. This is a system which is fundamentally based on cooperation. We also believe that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the Internet is a critical tool for meeting the essential needs of humanity. We are committed to minimising the impact of any action that would limit people's ability to access this important global network. If you have questions for the Board, please contact us at <exec-board(a)ripe.net>. Regards Christian Kaufmann RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman

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