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RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania
by Gergana Petrova 05 May '22

05 May '22

Dear colleagues, Check out our latest country report, this time focusing on Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania: https://labs.ripe.net/author/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-countr… The report provides an analysis of the countries’ market landscapes, development opportunities and challenges, and their capacity for future growth. You will see a detailed analysis of the Internet number resources in each country, IPv4 transfers, the relationship between networks, traffic paths available to domestic and regional traffic, international connections to the global Internet, routing security and more. The RIPE NCC produces these country reports in order to support Internet development and inform discussion among technical communities and policymakers throughout our service region. Please share the report with your colleagues. And please let us know what you thought of it! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova Community Development Manager RIPE NCC

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SEE 11 Call for Host
by Seeurope 07 Apr '22

07 Apr '22

Dear colleagues, Want to connect with leaders from the Internet community? Want to be centre stage for your regions’ most distinguished Internet event? Want to support the RIPE community? Host the next SEE Meeting in April 2023 and join the select few who have had the privilege! As Host of SEE 11, you’ll enjoy excellent visibility among the RIPE community. We will promote your vital contribution with a series of communication opportunities both at the event and online. We need a dependable organisation that can help us find a venue, arrange Internet connectivity and provide administrative and onsite support. You will also have the opportunity to work with local businesses and secure sponsors for the event. Interested? Find more information at: https://www.ripe.net/see-11/call-for-host Please send your proposal before *9 May 2022* to: <seeurope(a)ripe.net>. I look forward to hearing from you! Best regards, Alexandra Vos Event Organiser RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: The History of the Yugoslavian Internet Live at SEE 10
by Alun Davies 07 Apr '22

07 Apr '22

Dear colleagues, SEE 10 takes place next week! On the Monday afternoon, a panel of Internet pioneers from across the region will meet to discuss the history of the Yugoslavian Internet. Find out what topics they'll be getting into and how to join the discussion in this new article from Vesna Manojlovic on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/the-history-of-the-yugoslavian-internet-… Best regards, Alun Davies RIPE Labs Editor RIPE NCC

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

16 Mar '22

Draga SEE zajednica... 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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Rob Blokzijl Award
by Daniel Karrenberg 16 Mar '22

16 Mar '22

Good morning, I realize that many of you are very busy right now. If you have a moment, please think about this: Is there a person or a group of people who has enabled networking in your part of the world, especially in areas of conflict and between opposing sides? If so consider to nominate them for the Rob Blokzijl award this year: https://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org/2021/11/25/call-for-nominations-2022/. Daniel

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SEE10 meeting in Ljubljana - additional info.
by Jan Zorz - Go6 10 Mar '22

10 Mar '22

Dear SEE community, Lately we received quite many questions regarding the requirement to enter Slovenia in terms of covid-19 measures, so I decided to share this information here, to the whole community. Let me copy/paste from our national information center portal: ---- There are no longer any restrictions for entry into Slovenia related to measures to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. In Slovenia, RVT is no longer required to use most services. This applies to tourism and hospitality activities, fairs, cultural and sporting events, congress activities, visits to public spaces such as museums and galleries, ski resorts, public transport and other activities. The door to Slovenia is wide open for tourists and other visitors, but some security restrictions and rules related to living in Slovenia still apply (wearing masks, hand disinfection, distancing, RVT conditions in healthcare facilities, etc.). Before you set off, check the latest conditions for crossing borders, the current situation, and the current measures valid in Slovenia. ---- https://www.slovenia.info/en/plan-your-trip/all-you-need-to-know-for-a-heal… So, you are all welcome to come to Slovenia and be aware that you don't need any QR code or other proofs to enter - but please check on the above page if anything changed meantime. Free SEE10 meeting registration: https://meeting-registration.ripe.net/meeting-pub/registration?1&meetingId=… More about the meeting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-10 At the end of next week we'll publish a draft agenda of the meeting, some amazing talks were already accepted and can't wait to share the agenda with you! Stay safe and see you all in Ljubljana in April! Cheers, Jan Žorž SEE PC chair

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Register Now for SEE 10!
by Seeurope 22 Feb '22

22 Feb '22

Dear colleagues, It’s been a long wait, but we’re excited to announce that the first of our hybrid events is now open for registration! The tenth South East Europe (SEE 10)/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will take place on 11-12 April at the Grand Hotel Union in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The meeting will be the first hybrid meeting where you can interact with attendees and presenters using the same platform. Would you like to get involved? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ What’s in it for you? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Two full days of networking and learning - A platform to showcase your innovations - Get tutorials, best practises and new developments from experts - Get to know other organisations from South East Europe - RIPE NCC staff on hand to help you with queries or issues - Fantastic socials! This meeting covers a wide range of topics, including: - IPv6 deployment - Network, DNS and IXP operations - Commercial transactions of IPv4 addresses - Internet governance and regulatory practices - Data centre technologies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The meeting is open to everyone! We welcome remote participants as well as participants joining in person. Attendance is free of charge. Register for your place: https://www.ripe.net/see-10/register ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submit a Presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Regional presentations on Internet-related topics are welcome! Please submit your presentation proposals at: https://www.ripe.net/see-10/call-for-presentations More information about the meeting can be found at: https://www.ripe.net/see-10 We look forward to welcoming you to SEE 10 in Ljubljana! Best regards, SEE Meeting Team

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Rob Blokzijl award 2022
by Vesna Manojlovic 09 Feb '22

09 Feb '22

Dear all, it would be wonderful to nominate someone from SEE region for this award -- Borka? Srbijanka? Mira? -- and I'm sure there are other great candidates! https://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org/2021/11/25/call-for-nominations-2022/ Good luck with the applications! Vesna -------- Forwarded Message -------- A reminder that the nominations period for the Rob Blokzijl Award 2022 remains open until 18th March at 23:59 UTC. Please give some consideration to nominating someone in your own community and/or the wider industry in the RIPE region who, in your opinion, deserves to be recognised for their work to make the internet and/or internet community better. The Award Committee are particularly interested to receive nominations of individuals who, in addition to their own contributions have also supported and enabled others anywhere in the world. That may have been discreetly behind the scenes or as the fundamental part of a larger team effort but deserves recognition in your opinion. While you might think your choice may not be the overall winner, please do take the time to nominate them and share with the Award Committee what good you see they have done and what they have achieved either in their local community, the RIPE community or across the world. For the person nominated, it may be a wonderful boost and after all these months (years) of not seeing people at events, it's a nice gesture to let them know you believe they should be considered for this great award and you never know! We are looking forward to reading their stories. Full details here: https://rob-blokzijl-foundation.org/2021/11/25/call-for-nominations-2022/

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SEE10 RIPE regional meeting in Ljubljana - CfP is now open!!!
by Jan Zorz - Go6 01 Feb '22

01 Feb '22

Dear SEE community, The SEE 10 Call for Presentations is now open! The SEE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the community for the talks at SEE 10. Proposals for plenary session presentations, panels, lightning talks and workshops must be submitted for full consideration no later than 20 February 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 hope to get from you all as many presentations as possible 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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On RIPE Labs: The RIPE Chair Team Reports - Planning for 2022
by Mirjam Kuehne 25 Jan '22

25 Jan '22

Dear colleagues, In our first report of the year, as well as taking a look back at some of the highlights of 2021, we're also looking forward to new topics and challenges we as a community are likely to face in the year to come: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-plann… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne & Niall O'Reilly RIPE Chair Team

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New on RIPE Labs: The RIPE Chair Team Reports - Highlights from RIPE 83
by Mirjam Kuehne 10 Dec '21

10 Dec '21

Dear colleagues, In our latest report on RIPE Labs, we look back at some community highlights from RIPE 83: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-highl… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE Chair Team Reports - October 2021
by Mirjam Kuehne 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

Dear colleagues, With the RIPE 83 Meeting only a couple of weeks away, we report on preparations, talks and topics, and community matters to be addressed at the meeting. For this and more, you can read our October update on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/ripe-chair-team-reports-october-2… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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New on RIPE Labs: SEE Community Resilience in the COVID Crisis – Were We Ready?
by Antony Gollan 21 Oct '21

21 Oct '21

Dear colleagues, In a new article on RIPE Labs, Jelena Cosic reports back from the recent SEE 9 virtual meeting and looks at how the community has fared under COVID-19: https://labs.ripe.net/author/jelena/see-community-resilience-in-the-covid-c… Kind regards Antony Gollan Communications Team Manager RIPE NCC

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New on RIPE Labs: The RIPE Chair Team Reports - September 2021
by Mirjam Kuehne 04 Oct '21

04 Oct '21

Dear SEE community, Here's our September update from the RIPE Chair team: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-septe… And congratulations to another successfull SEE event! Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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SEE 9 - Report and Recording; RIPE 83 - Call for Presentations
by Gergana Petrova 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

Hi all, SEE 9 ----- Thanks to those of you who attended SEE 9 this Tuesday. For the ones who missed it, check out the meeting report. At the bottom of the webpage you will also find the full session recording: www.ripe.net/see9/meeting-report RIPE 83 ------- I also want to let you know that another RIPE meeting is coming close - RIPE 83 takes place on 22-26 November. The meeting is fully online and participation is free of charge: https://ripe83.ripe.net/register Please consider the call for presentations. We don't see many talks from South East Europe, so I want to encourage you to submit. First deadline (highest chance of acceptance) is this Sunday, 3 October. Final deadline is 1 November. https://ripe83.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp Any proposals you submit via the link above will be considered for the plenary. In addition to this we have a number of Working Groups (DNS, Connect, Measurement and Analysis, Anti-Abuse etc), which cover specific topics in more detail. Check out the meeting plan to see all of them: https://ripe83.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan If you would like to submit a talk to a working group, you can: - either email them directly (type RIPE NCC + your chosen working group and a page would appear with the generic addresses of the chairs) or - email me and I will forward your proposal For any questions, feel free to write back. Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC @_GeriPetrova

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SEE 9 Registration and Call for Presentations – 28 September 2021
by Seeurope 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, SEE 9 will be an online meeting on Tuesday, 28 September 2021, at 10:00 UTC+2 (08:00 UTC) and will feature a 90-minute programme. ---------- Register ---------- Registration is free of charge and open to everyone: https://www.ripe.net/see-9/register ----------- Programme ---------- The SEE Programme Committee (SEE PC) is looking for short, 5 to 7-minute presentations covering the topics of network engineering and operations in general, but preferably in the area of Internet resilience in the SEE region during the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of IXPs in it. Would you like to present an interesting topic and/or share your experience with the SEE community? Please submit your proposals by *Sunday, 19 September 2021* to <see-pc(a)ripe.net>. Please describe briefly what you would like to talk about (5-10 sentences). The SEE PC will review the proposals received prior to the meeting. For the latest updates, check the website at https://www.ripe.net/see9. Best regards, SEE Meeting Organisation Team

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New on RIPE Labs: RIPE Chair Team Reports - Summer 2021
by Mirjam Kuehne 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

Dear SEE community, In our latest update on RIPE Labs, we are reporting on some key community activities and events that have been taking place over the summer: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/ripe-chair-team-reports-summer-20… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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Digital Sustainability, SEE 9 and NRO Elections
by Gergana Petrova 30 Aug '21

30 Aug '21

Dear all, I want to bring to your attention a few interesting bits. SEEDIG Sustainability - 6 September ----------------------------------- You might remember this year SEEDIG decided not to have one big conference but a series of topical online sessions. The next one is scheduled on Monday, 6 September, 10:00-11:30 CEST and will focus on sustainability in the digital world. We have seen this topic pop up in many regional and global events and generate significant interest and discussion. Register for free at: https://seedig.net/seedig7 The session will be moderated by our own Vesna Manojlovic who has been active in sustainability discussions for a long time. The speakers are: - Ilias Iakovidis, Adviser at DG-CONNECT at the European Commission - Frederic Donck, President of DigitalGoes.green SEE 9 - 28 September -------------------- Don't forget to mark your calendars on Tuesday, 28 September when we will host SEE 9 - RIPE NCC's regional meeting in South East Europe. Due to the current situation we've opted for a reduced format and an online event. Please join us. Registration and more information will follow shortly at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-9 NRO nominations - 27 October ---------------------------- The Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) has now opened its call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one seat. If you want to nominate someone, here is how to do it: https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-com… That's all from me for now. I hope you find this useful and hopefully see you soon, virtually or otherwise. Have a nice day! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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SEE 9 Will Be a Virtual Meeting, 28 September 2021
by SEEurope 26 Jul '21

26 Jul '21

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC together with the SEE Programme Committee have decided that the SEE 9 Meeting will take place as a virtual meeting with a reduced programme on 28 September 2021. While we were looking forward to seeing you all in Ljubljana, we feel this is necessary to protect the health of all attendees and RIPE NCC staff. The situation around COVID-19 is still too uncertain and the risks appear too great to justify a physical meeting. We hope things will get better soon and that we will be able to meet in person for a physical SEE 10 Meeting in 2022. Updates on the meeting format, registration and programme will be posted closer to the date on this mailing list and on the SEE 9 website: https://www.ripe.net/see-9. For any further information and/or clarification, feel free to email <seeurope(a)ripe.net>. Looking forward to seeing you online! Best regards, SEE Meeting Organisation Team RIPE NCC

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The RIPE Chair Team Report - June 2021
by Mirjam Kuehne 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Dear SEE community, In our most recent report from the RIPE Chair Team, we are looking at a variety of events that took place across the community. We would also like to draw your attention to the draft reports issued by two RIPE Task Forces: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-june-… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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CPF, Vacancies, the IGF and Country Report
by Gergana Petrova 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Hi all, I wanted to drop you a line with a few pieces of information that might be interesting. RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund - Apply by 31 July --------------------------------------------------- You can still apply for funding from the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund until 31 July. We don't get many applications from SEE, so please think about it! The fund distributes up to EUR 250,000 a year to support projects of value to the operation, resilience and sustainability of the Internet, with a focus on tools and services benefitting the technical community in the Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia. If you have applied before and were rejected, I'd encourage you to apply again. The funds we have available are not enough to award all the projects we'd like to and we've sometimes awarded projects after several re-applications. https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf Vacancies at RIPE NCC --------------------- It's a bit more difficult to persuade talent to move countries during a pandemic, so at RIPE NCC we have quite a few vacancies open: - Research Engineer - Software/Data Engineer - Information Security Engineer Cloud - User Interface Engineer - Software Engineer https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/careers-at-the-ripe-ncc/first-section/c… IGF Youth Ambassador - Apply by 23 July --------------------------------------- This one is for 16 to 30 years olds. If applicable to you - great. If not, maybe you have children or nieces and nephews or other acquaintances that have both technical and political inclinations? The IGF (Internet Governance Forum) will take place on 6-10 December, probably in Katowice but also online. It is searching for Youth Policy Maker Ambassadors. It is a great chance to develop persuasive speaking, get to know people around the globe and get involved in Internet governance. Applications are accepted until 23 July: https://yigf.gi.de/en/formular A New Country Report -------------------- Check out our recent Country Report covering several countries in the Mediterranian (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and France). Further down the page you can find the report on a few other countries in South East Europe that we published last year: https://labs.ripe.net/country-reports That's it from me. I hope you find this useful and I hope to see you soon virtually or otherwise. Have a nice day! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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The RIPE Chair Team Report - Highlights from RIPE 82
by Mirjam Kuehne 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

Dear SEE community, Our most recent report from the RIPE Chair Team looks back at highlights from RIPE 82. It provides a short summary of the event and my personal perspective on some of the important topics and discussions that came up during the course of our third virtual RIPE Meeting. The full article is available now on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-highl… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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SEEDIG (Universal Acceptance), EuroDIG and NOG Open House
by Gergana Petrova 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

Dear colleagues, I want to bring to your attention two upcoming events. SEEDIG (the South East Europe Dialogue on Internet Governance) decided to have a series of events, instead of one big conference this year to make attendance more manageable. The first such event will focus on *Universal Acceptance* and is scheduled for *21 June, 10-12 CEST* The event is organised in partnership with the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry Foundation – RNIDS and DiploFoundation as a tech partner. Agenda: Fireside Chat with Danko Jevtović, ICANN Board of Directors Stakeholder Dialogue on UA engagement strategies - Mzia Gogilashvili, Georgian National Communications Commission - Kristina Hakobyan, Internet Society NGO (ISOC AM) - Maria Kolesnikova, UA Regional Coordination Group for CIS and Eastern Europe - Dijana Milutinović, RNIDS - Dušan Stojičević, Gransy (moderator) Registration is free: https://form.typeform.com/to/s7ILrSQJ ----- Next, EuroDIG (the European Dialogue on Internet Governance) is taking place on *28-30 June*. The program includes sessions on recent EU proposals such as the DSA and NIS2, but also other topics such as data protection, content modetation and more: https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Consolidated_programme_2021 Registration is free: https://www.eurodig.org/get-involved/register-for-eurodig-2021/ ------ Lastly, for those of you who could not attend the RIPE NCC Open House for Network Operator Groups (NOGs), here you can find the recording of the session (scross down a bit): https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-or… I hope you find this useful. Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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The RIPE Chair Team Report - April 2021
by Mirjam Kuehne 07 May '21

07 May '21

Dear SEE community, The RIPE Chair Team publishes regular updates on RIPE Labs. In our latest report we look at a variety of community activities that took place through April 2021. You can also get a sneak preview of the topics you can expect to see at the upcoming RIPE 82 Meeting: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-april… On that page you can also find earlier reports. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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Register for ENOG 18 (7-8 June, virtual)
by Gergana Petrova 27 Apr '21

27 Apr '21

Dear all, Although not strictly SEE region, I've seen many of you attending the ENOG event so I thought to send the announcement here as well. ENOG 18 will be held virtually on 7-8 June 2021. Registration is free and open to everyone: https://www.enog.org/register You can watch the presentations live on the ENOG YouTube channel, but can only chat with others or ask questions if you use Meetecho, the same platform we use for the RIPE Meeting: https://www.enog.org/enog-18/how-to-participate Lastly, the ENOG Programme Committee (PC) welcomes presentation proposals by end of this week (14 May): https://www.enog.org/enog-18/cfp I hope to see you there! Best regards, Gergana -- Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC

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