Dear colleagues, RIPE 88 ended with a total of 546 attendees checked in onsite in Krakow and 175 checked in online across the meeting week, with more following the talks via the livestream and YouTube. Thank you all for making this RIPE Meeting such a success! We had some memorable moments, including celebrating 35 years of RIPE together. We were happy to see active participation at this meeting from both online and onsite participants. We would like to thank all the speakers, Working Group Chairs, the Programme Committee, sponsors and RIPE NCC staff for their support and contributions. You can find some highlights from the day in the Daily Meeting Blog at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/programme/blog/ All presentations from the meeting are archived: https://ripe88.ripe.net/archives/ Save the date for RIPE 89, taking place in Prague, Czech Republic, 28 October till 1 November 2024 You can get updates via the RIPE Discussion list, social media and the RIPE 89 website: https://ripe89.ripe.net Best regards, Mirjam Kühne, RIPE Chair, and Niall O’Reilly, RIPE Vice-Chair