Dear colleagues, RIPE 68 closed this morning in Warsaw with a record number of 569 attendees checked in. In the Closing Plenary, Rob Blokzijl stepped down as RIPE Chair and Hans Petter Holen assumed the role of RIPE Chair. The full Daily Meeting Report is available online: https://ripe68.ripe.net/programme/report/friday Some of today's highlights included: - A presentation by Emile Aben (RIPE NCC) on OpenIP, an idea about how to crowdsource geolocation of IP addresses - The election of Jan Zorz, Internet Society, and Meredith Whittaker, Google, to the RIPE Programme Committee - Lightning talks delivered by Randy Bush, Internet Initiative Japan, particularly his talk on using RPKI for OpenFlow Switches - The celebration of Rob Blokzijl's contributions to RIPE - Hans Petter Holen assuming the role of RIPE Chair You can view the RIPE 68 archives at: https://ripe68.ripe.net/archives/ RIPE 69 will be held from 3-7 November 2014 at the Novotel London West Hotel in London, United Kingdom. We look forward to seeing you there! Fatemah Mafi On behalf of The RIPE Meeting Organisation Team RIPE NCC