November 2008 - ncc-announce - mailman.ripe.net

ANNOUNCEMENT: RIPE NCC Training Courses
by Training 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC invites you to register for one of our upcoming training courses: - The LIR Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to request Internet number resources and interact with the RIPE NCC. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/lir/outline.html - The Routing Registry Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to use the RIPE Database for routing. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/outline.html - The DNS for LIRs Training Course This course teaches LIRs about the RIPE NCC's DNS-related services. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/dns/outline.html To see the location of upcoming courses and to register, please use the LIR Portal or complete the registration form on our website at: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/trainingform.pl.cgi If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at <training(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Rumy Kanis Training Services Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Maintenance Announcement
by Gerard Leurs 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

[Apologies for duplicate emails] Dear Colleagues, >From 06:00-22:00 (UTC) on Saturday, 22 November 2008, RIPE NCC staff will perform scheduled maintenance work on our core storage infrastructure. The following items will be unavailable at times during this maintenance period: - www.ripe.net - k.root-servers.org - ftp.ripe.net - lirportal.ripe.net - e-learning.ripe.net The performance of dnsmon.ripe.net will be degraded during this period, and DNS zoneupdates will be unavailable. Mails sent to ticketised addresses (for example: hostmaster, ripe-dbm, ncc) will be stored on our MXes and processed after the maintenance period. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions about this, please send an email to <ops(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Gerard Leurs Operations Coordinator RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Membership Survey 2008: Final Call to Participate
by Axel Pawlik 13 Nov '08

13 Nov '08

Dear Colleagues, You still have time to participate in the RIPE NCC Membership Survey 2008. Your feedback will be used to help the RIPE NCC evaluate its current operations and plan future services and developments. The deadline for completing the survey is 18:00 (UTC) next Monday, 17 November. We ask all members who have yet to complete the survey to do so before the closing date. You should have received an email with a link to the RIPE NCC Membership Survey 2008. The email was sent by the industry market research firm, TNS NIPO, with the sender address <webint(a)tns-nipo.com>. If you have not yet received an email linking to the survey, then please email your LIR contact details to <ncc(a)ripe.net> with "Membership Survey" in the subject line to request that the survey be sent to you. Thank you in advance for your contribution. Information on the RIPE NCC Membership Surveys, including links to previous surveys, is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/survey/ Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC statement on changes in the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2009
by Andrew de la Haye 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, Recent conversations on the RIPE mailing lists and at the recent RIPE NCC General Meeting have highlighted a number of concerns from members concerning the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2009. These concerns refer particularly to the changes laid out in RIPE Policy Proposal 2007-01, relating to charges for Direct End User (PI and ASN) assignments. More information on this proposal can be found at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/policies/proposals/2007-01.html There are three areas in which we believe clarification of the RIPE NCC position would be useful. Area 1: Service Fees -------------------- In drafting the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2009, the RIPE NCC Board has made it a priority that the necessary changes have minimal impact on the fees paid by RIPE NCC members. The changes will affect a relatively small number of LIRs who have requested many Direct End User assignments. The Direct End User assignments will now be included in the LIR's total score for the sole purpose of calculating the LIR's billing category, and in a few cases this will mean that the LIR moves up a category (for instance, from Medium to Large). Approximately 80% of RIPE NCC members have Direct End User assigments that are taken into account for their billing score. The likelihood that an LIR will move to a higher billing category is offset, however, by the fact that the new Charging Scheme increases the upper limits of each billing category. This means that the addition of Direct End User assignments to an LIR's total score in most cases does not result in an increase in the LIR's billing category. Area 2: Processes and procedures -------------------------------- In the coming months, the RIPE NCC will develop processes and procedures to facilitate the implementation of these policy changes. This will enable us to support members to contact and update the registration of these resources. The changes will be implemented in two phases: - Phase one will involve the implementation of the new policy in relation to all new requests for PI assignments. This will happen in the first quarter of 2009. - Phase two will be to apply the new policy to existing PI assignments, or those made before the adoption of Policy Proposal 2007-01. A plan for implementation of this phase will be presented at the next RIPE NCC Services Working Group, will be held at the RIPE 58 Meeting in Amsterdam, May 2009. Area 3: Changes to future Charging Scheme ----------------------------------------- The RIPE NCC Charging Scheme is agreed on each year by the membership of the RIPE NCC. All LIRs are encouraged to participate in discussion of the Charging Scheme, and to raise any issues that they feel are important to them or the membership as a whole. These discussions can take place during the RIPE NCC General Meetings, which are held twice a year, adjacent to RIPE Meetings, or on the RIPE NCC Services Working Group mailing list: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/wg/ncc-services/index.html If you have any further questions about any of these issues, you can contact RIPE NCC staff for further information at <contact(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Andrew de la Haye Chief Operations Officer, RIPE NCC

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Membership Survey 2008: Participation Request
by Axel Pawlik 05 Nov '08

05 Nov '08

Dear Colleagues, By now you should have received a reminder email with a link to the RIPE NCC’s Membership Survey 2008. The email was sent by the industry market research firm, TNS NIPO, with the sender address <webint(a)tns-nipo.com>. We have received 425 responses to date from a membership of almost 6,000 and we want to receive more responses to the survey. Please participate in this important survey before the closing date of Monday, 17 November. The survey should take no more than 15 minutes to complete, The goal of the survey is to give all members the opportunity to voice their opinions and provide input on the RIPE NCC and the services that it offers. This feedback will be used to help the RIPE NCC evaluate its current operations and plan future services and developments. TNS NIPO are conducting the survey independently from the RIPE NCC. All individual responses go directly to TNS NIPO and will remain anonymous to the RIPE NCC. If you have not received an email linking to the survey, then please email your LIR contact details to <ncc(a)ripe.net> with "Membership Survey" in the subject line to request that the survey be sent to you. Thank you in advance for your contribution. Information on the RIPE NCC Membership Surveys, including links to previous surveys, is available at: http://www.ripe.net/membership/survey/ Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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