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Appeal of the European Network Engineers
by Daniel Karrenberg 10 Mar '22

10 Mar '22

Keep the Internet Open ====================== Appeal of the European Network Engineers ---------------------------------------- We have worked hard to keep the Internet available in Europe and surrounding areas during the Covid pandemic. The Internet infrastructure is essential for the safety, security and well-being of all people living here. Due to the growing international tensions in this part of the world we hear calls to deliberately harm interconnections and the functioning of the network. We realise that the Internet is being used for purposes that many of us deplore. However this cannot be a reason to harm the infrastructure itself and prevent the good and often essential things that depend on it. We urge everyone to consider this carefully and not only refrain from harming the operation and interconnection but to actively work to keep the Internet running and maintain interconnections with all parts of our region. In particular we call on all governments and everyone involved with the governance of the Internet to do everything they can to enable us to keep the Internet infrastructure operational throughout the RIPE region. We will do our part as well as we can. <Signatures> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The purpose of this appeal is to influence everyone considering actions that would make it harder for us to keep the Internet running. In particular it is intended to provide guidance and support to Internet governance bodies like the RIPE NCC. It will only work if many individuals sign up to it publicly. Individuals considered close to the current conflicts will have special weight here! You can sign this appeal by mailing a signature line of the form Name, Place, Countrycode to <sign(a)keepitopen.net>. Please add a very short statement why you consider yourself a network engineer. Choose the place that best describes who you are; you do not have to be there right now. We will only publish the signature line and nothing else. We will delete your e-mail messages as soon as they are processed. Signatures will start to be published when we have collected at least 256 originating from throughout the region. We will start publicising this appeal once we have at least 1024 signatures. [Please spread the word.](https://keepitopen.net) Thank you for your support! Daniel Karrenberg, Roermond, NL

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New on RIPE Labs: The RIPE Chair Team Reports - February 2022
by Alun Davies 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Dear colleagues, The RIPE Chair Team shares updates on events and developments that have been taking place across the RIPE community this February. Read more on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-febru… Kind regards, Alun Davies RIPE Labs Editor RIPE NCC

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RIPE Community session on proposed revised PDP - Minutes and draft version 2
by Mirjam Kuehne 06 Mar '22

06 Mar '22

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.

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Offer of help for Ukrainian providers. Please help us share this message widely.
by Simon Besteman 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

To whom it may concern, please help us share this message widely among the Ukrainian internet community. The Dutch Cloud Community offers technical assistance to the Ukrainian hosting and cloud industry to help them continue their operations during the attack on their nation. The hosters and cloud providers from the Netherlands acknowledge the extreme hardship of our Ukrainian colleagues. As a community, we passionately believe in a free and open internet, and we want to offer our help to keep the Ukrainian internet safely up and running during these dark hours. Effective immediately, Ukrainian hosting and cloud companies, local and national governments and IT companies are invited to submit requests for assistance through the email address: ukraine(a)dutchcloudcommunity.nl Our members collectively are offering a variety of services at no cost for the requester: backups, virtual servers, hosting of websites, mail services, DDOS protection, IPv4 space, Discord services, datacenter services and a range of other services. Just contact us and we’ll coordinate the requests among the Dutch companies that have offered to help. Important to know: we will offer our services to the best of our ability, but we can and will not assist you in setting up offensive activities. For instance, do not ask us to coordinate DDOS attacks or hacking of sites. We will not allow any spam / scanning activities or hosting of malware or other criminal activities and will act upon this if noticed. We want to help you keep your businesses operating, and we want to help information flow freely. Incoming requests will be evaluated on technical and safety requirements, and then spread among the participating companies in our community. We invite you to contact us and submit your requests for assistance, we are ready to start working to help you with your operation. A reminder of the email address we have created: ukraine(a)dutchcloudcommunity.nl. Do not hesitate to submit requests, however large or small. On behalf of the Dutch Cloud and Hosting community, wishing you all the best at this difficult time in your country’s history Simon Besteman Director Dutch Cloud Community

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RIPE NCC Executive Board Resolution on Provision of Critical Services
by Christian Kaufmann 03 Mar '22

03 Mar '22

Dear members, At its meeting yesterday, the RIPE NCC Executive Board approved the following resolution: The RIPE NCC provides critical services to its membership spread across a diverse geographical and political region. The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC believes that the means to communicate should not be affected by domestic political disputes, international conflicts or war. This includes the provision of correctly registered Internet numbering resources. The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC is committed to taking all lawful steps available to ensure that the RIPE NCC can provide undisrupted services to all members across our service region and the global Internet community. The RIPE NCC will publicly document all its efforts to ensure that the registry is not negatively affected by laws, regulations or political developments. —- It is crucial that the RIPE NCC remains neutral and does not take positions with regard to domestic political disputes, international conflicts or war. This guarantees equal treatment for all those responsible for providing Internet services. This is a fundamental reason why the RIPE NCC has been able to maintain its operations in the way it has for the past three decades. It also means that the information and data provided by the RIPE NCC can be trusted as authoritative and free from bias or political influence. Failure to adhere to this approach would jeopardise the very model that has been key to the development of the Internet in our service region. The Executive Board also expresses solidarity with those operators who have the difficult task of maintaining Internet access to assist the people suffering from the terrible effects of armed conflicts and war. Kind regards, Christian Kaufmann Chairman of the RIPE NCC Executive Board

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Register now for RIPE 84!
by RIPE NCC Event Team 02 Mar '22

02 Mar '22

Dear colleagues, We are happy to let you know that registration for RIPE 84 is now open! This RIPE Meeting will take place in a hybrid format in which online and onsite participants can interact with each other using a common platform. Berlin is set to be another exciting host city https://ripe84.ripe.net/register/ RIPE 84 will take place at the InterContinental Berlin from 16 – 20 May 2022: https://ripe84.ripe.net/venue/meeting-venue/ ------------- Ticket Options ------------- Week ticket: EUR 350 Day ticket: EUR 125 Student (week) ticket: EUR 50 Online Attendance: Free! Are you a new LIR? If so, did you know that you have two free tickets to a RIPE Meeting? If you haven’t used them yet, make sure you do for RIPE 84. Find more information at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/become-a-member/free-ticket… ------------- Accommodation ------------- The InterContinental Berlin is offering RIPE 84 attendees discounted room rates. You can book your accommodation at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/venue/accommodation/ Please note that there are also several other hotels nearby. ------------- Call for Presentations ------------- The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is seeking presentation proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, BoFs (Birds of a Feather sessions), workshops, tutorials, and lightning talks at RIPE 84. Find out how to submit a proposal at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/cfp/ Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system and no later than 20 March. Proposals submitted after this date will be considered on a space-available basis. ------------- Call for Sponsors ------------- Supporting a RIPE Meeting through sponsorship gives your organisation fantastic exposure in the global Internet community. We offer a range of options aimed to suit organisations of all sizes: https://ripe84.ripe.net/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/ ------------------- RIPE Labs Competition ------------------- RIPE Labs is offering you a free ticket, travel and accommodation to RIPE 84! Submit your article sharing your work and insights about the past, present and future state of the internet for a chance to join us at RIPE 84 in Berlin. You can find out more about the competition and how to enter here: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/the-ripe-labs-article-competition/ ---- More information on RIPE 84 can be found at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/ We look forward to seeing you in Berlin or online! For updates about the meeting, follow us on Twitter: @ripemeeting, #RIPE84 Kind regards, RIPE Meetings Organisation Team

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New on RIPE Labs: IPv4 Allocations - Is Fairness Still the Goal
by Alun Davies 02 Mar '22

02 Mar '22

Dear colleagues, An interesting discussion took place last December on whether current policies and procedures for the allocation and transfer of IPv4 resources in the RIPE NCC service region are in line with the original policy intent. To help lend clarity on the issue, Angela Dell’Ara (RIPE NCC Policy Officer) gives an overview of the relevant changes that have come into effect since the RIPE NCC started distributing the last /8 we received from IANA: https://labs.ripe.net/author/angela_dallara/ipv4-allocations-is-fairness-st… Kind regards, Alun Davies RIPE Labs Editor RIPE NCC

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RIPE84 Call for Presentations is now open!
by Jan Zorz - Go6 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

Dear RIPE community, The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, lightning talks and BoFs. RIPE 84 is going to be a hybrid meeting this year so both in-person and virtual presentations would be accepted and encouraged. The deadline to submit a presentation proposal is Sunday, 20 March 2022. Proposals submitted after this date will only be considered if there are still time slots available. Red more about CfP amd submit your presentation proposal at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ More about RIPE84 meeting: https://ripe84.ripe.net/ Cheers, Jan Žorž on behalf of RIPE PC -- Anything that can be configured can be misconfigured. [RFC5505]

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virtualUKNOF Panel on Hybrid Meetings
by Leo Vegoda 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

We are pleased to announce an exciting panel about what NOG and other industry events across the world have learned about running hybrid events over the last year. It will look at the technical, social and organisational impacts of making our industry's events successful as speakers and participants increasingly join over the Internet as well as in person. The panel will be chaired by the RIPE Chair, Mirjam Kühne and will include a panel of representatives from UKNOF, NANOG, RIPE, NLNOG, and AV Department. 1 March, 2022 at 15:00 UTC. Free registration is available at https://virtualuknof-march2022.eventbrite.co.uk/ Kind regards, Leo Vegoda for the UKNOF Communications Committee

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SEE10 RIPE regional meeting CfP - second call!
by Jan Zorz - Go6 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

Dear RIPE community, The SEE Programme Committee (PC) is still seeking content proposals from the community for the talks at SEE 10 RIPE regional meeting. Proposals for plenary session presentations, panels, lightning talks and workshops in this second call must be submitted for full consideration no later than 11 March 2022 using the meeting submission system: https://meetings.ripe.net/see-pc/submit-topic/submission-form/ Please read more at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-10/call… We already received and accepted some great presentation proposals in first CfP round, but we still hope to get from you all more excellent submissions and finally see again each other at the proper in-person meeting in April in Ljubljana! Cheers, Jan Žorž RIPE SEE PC chairman -- Anything that can be configured can be misconfigured. [RFC5505]

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