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An Open Internet Remains the Goal
by Hans Petter Holen 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Dear colleagues, In this RIPE Labs article, I explain in detail why the RIPE NCC as an institution and many of my colleagues in the technical community believe it is crucial that we preserve the integrity of the RIPE Registry and that we continue to support all of our members, even in times of conflict: https://labs.ripe.net/author/hans_petter_holen/an-open-internet-remains-the… Best regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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"Keep Ukraine Connected" initiative: request for fiber optic welder/splicer kits and UPS systems
by Jan Zorz - Go6 04 Apr '22

04 Apr '22

Dear RIPE community, Sorry for another rather long email, but there are more and more requests from Ukraine operators coming in and we have no other way of getting specific equipment other than ask you - the community! Lately we got specific requests for fiber optics welding/splicing kits, specially from Kharkiv region that is/was under brutal attacks and lots of infrastructure is damaged. Let me copy/paste parts of messages that keep coming in so you get the feeling what people that are trying to keep the lights on in the fibers in Ukraine are dealing with: "In Kharkiv we provide continuous network access to other Ukrainian operators and providers. Our network suffers critical loads now because of shelling, and our co-workers repair it, sometimes, under the shots. We lack necessary equipment and tools and are not able to order. There is an urgent need for an optical fiber welding machine ( as we have to work in difficult conditions). The amount of work is growing, but the maintenance is missing. We want to ask you, if it’s possible, to give us at least one machine fujikura or fitel. We’ll be glad to receive even a used one, the most important is it should work." "I also wanted to ask - Do you have, maybe some power backup systems? Also there are our partners in the city - internet provider, who have de-energized nodes for 2-3 thousand active subscribers, in which there is simply no electricity ..." "is there any possibility to send some more of the same optical fiber machines? and if it is possible two or three of the simplest optical reflectometers." We are getting more and more similar requests, so our question to community would be if anyone has any new/used/spare FO welding/splicing kit to donate to Ukraine friends to keep the Internet up&running and people connected? Same goes for UPS systems... We at GNA have secured one Fujikura 41S+ Fusion Splicer Kit with CT50 Cleaver - partially donated by one of their distributors, partially covered by money donations to GNA "Keep Ukraine Connected" initiative that many of you sent in last couple of weeks and we are very grateful for!!! First delivery of requested hardware to Ukraine is now being coordinated with with our colleagues from the Ukrainian Association of Rights Holders and Content Providers, the Ukrainian Internet Association (UAI) and Ukraine Ministry of Digital Transformation and will take place next week. We would like to secure more fiber optics repair equipment and UPS systems before next delivery, so please - if you are willing and can help - contact us at ukraine(a)nogalliance.org for hardware donation or donate some funds at below web page so we are able to purchase needed equipment and send it to Ukraine with next delivery. https://keepukraineconnected.org/ Thank you again, Jan Žorž on behalf of GNA/KUC initiative

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30 Years Ago Today
by Daniel Karrenberg 03 Apr '22

03 Apr '22

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Get Certified at SEE 10
by RIPE NCC Certified Professionals 31 Mar '22

31 Mar '22

Dear colleagues, You can now get certified at our upcoming events! We are happy to offer you the opportunity to take a RIPE NCC Certified Professionals exam during SEE 10 (11-12 April) and at RIPE 84 (16-20 May). A dedicated exam room equipped with a laptop will be available at the meeting venue. You can choose to take any of our three exams: - RIPE Database Associate - IPv6 Fundamentals - Analyst - IPv6 Security Expert ---------------------------- Book a slot at SEE 10 ---------------------------- - You need to register in advance to take an exam at SEE 10. Registration closes on Friday, 8 April. - Exam slots are available on first-come, first-served basis. - Exams can be scheduled to begin between 9:00 - 17:00 (UTC+2) on Monday, 11 April, and Tuesday, 12 April respectively. - Each exam takes a maximum of 60 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes required for checks prior to the exam. You can request an exam slot by sending an email to <exams(a)ripe.net>. The exams team will share additional information including your exam booking code. ---------------------------- Already certified? ---------------------------- Have you already earned a RIPE NCC Certified Professionals badge? We’ll be happy to hand over your well-deserved t-shirt or hoodie at SEE 10! Simply send us an email and let us know which badge you earned, and in which size you would prefer to receive an official RIPE NCC Certified Professionals t-shirt or hoodie. Planning to join us at RIPE 84 in Berlin? Start studying and stay tuned for more details! If you have any questions, please do get in touch. Kind regards, The Exams Team RIPE NCC Certified Professionals

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"Keep Ukraine Connected" initiative - follow up!
by Jan Zorz - Go6 30 Mar '22

30 Mar '22

Dear RIPE community, Kudos to everyone that responded and contributed to our initiative to help Ukraine operators to keep people connected, we are positively surprised how many of you contacted us and are willing to help! You all know who you are! We currently have a lot of equipment coming in. Again - thank you, everyone! To help us process everything we have implemented a supply and demand database. Requesters and donors can both create accounts to access the database. Then anyone who wants to send something to us can enter this in database, and registered requesters can see directly what is available and lay claim to it. We are currently planning the next trip to Ukraine to hand over all the donated equipment. We plan to leave Berlin in early April to collect additional equipment in Prague. Then we will head towards Ljubljana, Slovenia, to pick up more donations and also take part in the RIPE SEE10 meeting. Finally, we will head towards Krakow and stay for the night before driving towards whichever of the Ukrainian border stations in Hlynytsi, Krakowez or Lviv will take us, and hand over our collected hardware on site. If you still have equipment that you would like to donate, please send an email to: ukraine(a)nogalliance.org to get access to our database. https://nogalliance.org/our-task-forces/keep-ukraine-connected/ Cheers and thnx, Jan Žorž on behalf of GNA/KUC team

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2021 IANA Numbering Services Review Committee Report Published
by Boris Duval 24 Mar '22

24 Mar '22

This message is sent on behalf of the Number Resource Organization (NRO). *** The IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) is pleased to announce that it has published the 2021 IANA Numbering Services Review Committee Report. The IANA RC was formed in 2016 and is responsible for publishing an annual report as advice to the NRO EC for its evaluation of the IANA numbering services. This report follows a 30-day public comment period on the IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report published by the RIRs seeking input from the broader community. This report is based on the 2021 IANA Performance Matrix Summary Report, as well as on any input gathered from the global number community. The 2021 IANA Numbering Services Review Committee Report is published at: https://www.nro.net/2021-IANA-RC-Report The IANA RC noted that no incidents were reported in the IANA Numbering services to the RIRs in 2021. *** Best Regards, Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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"Keep Ukraine Connected" initiative
by Jan Zorz - Go6 16 Mar '22

16 Mar '22

Dear RIPE community, Apology in advance for possible duplicates of this information and/or long email :) At GNA (Global NOG Alliance) we started a new initiative (or a task force) called "Keep Ukraine Connected", aiming at mobilizing global technical community to support Ukrainian operators and community with donating and delivering hardware that they need to keep the light on and Internet connectivity available in the country. https://nogalliance.org/our-task-forces/keep-ukraine-connected/ This is a completely non political initiative that is just aimed to help keeping the information accessible to people in distress. We at GNA are in close contact with The Ukrainian Internet Association (UIA) and National Commission for the State Regulation of electronic communications, radiofrequency spectrum and the provision of postal services amd also with their association of business ISPs. They are coordinating the effort on their side with operators and people on the ground, providing us with the current needs. This is a partial list of what we are looking for right now: Specific requests: Wifi Soho (TP-Link, Netis, Mikrotik, etc) Wi-fi Backbone/Backhole (Mikrotik, Mimosa, Ubiquiti) Access switches (PoE preferred) (Any brand) Core switches (Any brand) Power generators (Any brand) General needs: Starlink satellite systems Wifi access points Wifi P2P systems Routers Switches Fiber repair tools (splicers, cleavers) Q/SFP modules Servers Walkie-Talkies It's probably redundant to stress out that all donated equipment needs to be in full working order, because people on the ground does not have time to figure out how to repair stuff at the moment. We are also accepting money donations at the web page mentioned above that will be used for some costs of logistics of transport and also to buy the most needed equipment that we'll not get through hardware donations from the community that we are collecting at warehouse in Germany. How will this work? We have access to a truck based in Germany, and volunteer drivers. We will coordinate filling the truck with the technology bought with your donations, along with the donations of network equipment we have received from the community, then drive that truck to the Ukraine border. Our chair, René Fichtmüller, has already made the journey once — albeit with a more regular cargo of donations. For all questions and/or suggestions, please send an email to ukraine(a)nogalliance.org. We appreciate anything you can do to help out. Thank you! Best, Jan Žorž on behalf of Global NOG alliance and our contacts in Ukraine

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Last call and final reminder for nominations to the 2022 Rob Blokzijl Award
by Carsten Schiefner 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

[Apologies for cross-posting to various RIPE lists] Dear RIPE community members - this is the last call and final reminder for nominations to the 2022 Rob Blokzijl Award that will be accepted until this Friday, 18th March, at 23:59 UTC. In seeking nominations for this prestigious award, which was created to celebrate Rob's contributions to the development of the Internet, the Award Committee (https://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org/2021/11/22/2022-award-committee/) is interested to receive nominations of those who have reflected Rob's approach in either a technical or operational capacity. Please give some consideration to nominating individuals - but also teams and groups of people! - in your own community and/or the wider industry in the RIPE region who, in your opinion, deserve to be recognised for their work to make the internet and/or internet community better. To specifically have this emphasised again after some according queries: nominations of teams and groups of people are very well possible and wished for as well in case their collective work would match the criteria of the call as laid out! The Award Committee is particularly interested to receive nominations of contributors who, in addition to their own contributions, have also supported and enabled others anywhere in the world. Also, the Award Committee would like to encourage those making nominations to consider not only the community members in the later stages of their careers or who are widely known but also those who may have contributed greatly in the springtime of their career or discreetly for the greater good or who may be considered to be part of an unrepresented group. And last but not least: those of you who previously have made a nomination other than Wilfried Woeber, the 2018 awardee, may want to consider resubmitting a nomination. The complete details of the call and the nomination process can be found at: https://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org/2021/11/25/call-for-nominations-2022/ Best wishes and kind regards Carsten (on behalf of the Award Committee)

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Notice to the ASO Community on Rejection Action to ICANN Board Resolution on IANA FY23 Budget
by Antony Gollan 14 Mar '22

14 Mar '22

This message is sent on behalf of the Number Resource Organization (NRO). *** Notice to the ASO Community on Rejection Action to ICANN Board Resolution on IANA FY23 Budget 14 March 2022 Dear RIR Community, On 24 February 2022, the ICANN Board of Directors approved the IANA FY23 Budget. The resolution approving the FY23 IANA Budget is available at: https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2022-02-24-en#2.a. The approved IANA FY23 Operating Plan and Budget is available at: https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/iana-fy23-operating-plan-budget… This resolution (FY23 IANA Budget) is subject to Rejection Action Petitions from the community. As a Decisional Participant, the Address Supporting Organization received a notice from the ICANN Secretary pursuant to Section 22.4(a)(v) of the ICANN Bylaws: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#article22 Reception of this notice triggered a 21-day period during which any member of the ASO community can submit a rejection petition on the matter. If you would like to submit a Rejection Action Petition to the ASO, please consult Section 2 of Annex D of the ICANN Bylaws for the requirements that must be met by a Rejection Action Petition: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#annexD This 21-day period commenced on 9 March 2022 and will end at 06:59 (UTC) on 31 March 2022. Any Rejection Action Petition should be sent to the ASO Secretariat (secretariat [at] aso.icann.org) before the deadline. Kind regards, ASO Secretariat *** Regards Antony Gollan Communications Team Manager RIPE NCC

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Fwd: RIPE Community session on proposed revised PDP - Minutes and draft version 2
by Mirjam Kuehne 11 Mar '22

11 Mar '22

Dear colleagues, Many thanks to those who provided comments so far. You can still provide feedback before the deadline on 16 March 2022. Kind regards, Mirjam ------- Original Message ------- On Wednesday, February 16th, 2022 at 14:44, Mirjam Kuehne<mir(a)zu-hause.nl> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > On 26 January we held an online meeting to gather feedback about the > > revised Policy Development Process (PDP). The recordings, minutes and > > slides can be found here: > > https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/ripe-community-plenary/minutes/revise… > > Below you can find a short summary of the main points discussed at the > > meeting. Based on this feedback we adjusted the draft document and > > created a new red-lined version: > > https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/polic… > > Please review the changes carefully and provide any additional feedback > > before 16 March 2022. > > Kind regards, > > Mirjam Kühne > > ============ > > Meeting Summary: > > The overall sentiment was to rely on community consensus and common > > sense as much as possible and to keep formalism at a minimum. > > 1. Author and Ownership of the Document > > There was general agreement to make a distinction between the author and > > owner of the PDP: the community should be listed as owner of the PDP and > > the RIPE Chair as the author of the document. [1] > > 2. Scope of the Document > > There was agreement to shorten the introduction of the document to > > clarify that the PDP only refers to policy. There was also agreement to > > keep the section about values and principles. > > 3. Changes to PDP > > Most people agreed that the scope of the Policy Development Process > > should be limited to creating policy. It should not be used to change > > the PDP itself or other RIPE governance documents. It was suggested > > however to carefully manage the change process including clear deadlines > > and announcements to ensure proper community consensus building. > > 4. Re-introducing Informal Discussion Step > > There was strong agreement to re-introduce this step and that gathering > > support prior to a formal proposal is crucial. > > 5. Appeals Procedure – Process, Deadlines, Recusals > > There was general agreement to have a well defined appeals procedure > > with clear deadlines and a certain level of formalism. Some people > > suggested to create a separate appeals body. Others felt that it will be > > difficult to find people and that the WG chairs tend to have experience > > with the PDP. > > 6. Editorial Changes > > There was no disagreement about the suggested editorial changes. > > --- > > [1] There was a question if the RIPE Vice Chair should also be listed. > > However, ripe-714 provides the option for the RIPE Chair to delegate to > > others, e.g. a Vice Chair. > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, please visit: https://lists.ripe.net/mailman/listinfo/ripe-list

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