Dear RIPE NCC members,
The May 2025 Member Update is now available on our website at:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/member-update-may-2025/
You can also read the update below.
1. Registry
– LIR Stats
– RIPE 90 Registry Highlights
– RIPE Policy Development Update
2. Information Services
– New RIS-Based Looking Glass Now Available in RIPEstat
– Join the RIPE NCC User Research Pool
3. Community and Engagement
– RIPE 90 Concludes Successfully in Lisbon
– Draft “RIR Governance Document” consultation closes on Tuesday, 27 May
– RIPE NCC WSIS+20 Open House and Fact Sheet
– ASO AC Selects Christian Kaufmann to Serve in Seat 10 of the ICANN
Board of Directors
– New on RIPE Labs
– RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars
4. Organisational Update
– Results from the General Meeting
– RIPE NCC Launches New Trust Portal
– Charging Scheme Task Force Comments Open Until End of May
1. Registry
– LIR Stats
Number of LIR accounts: 21,051 (+23)
Number of members: 20,119 (+36)
LIRs with IPv6: 15,732 (-58)
IPv4 addresses transferred in April: 3,862,272 (+2,447,360)
LIRs on IPv4 Waiting List: 996
Days that first LIR in queue has been waiting: 584
% of IPv4 address space covered by ROAs: 72%
% of IPv6 address space covered by ROAs: 41%
ARCs completed in April: 242
– RIPE 90 Registry Highlights
At RIPE 90, Hans Petter Holen presented the Registry highlights from
last year and welcomed Gabor de Wit as the new Chief Registry Officer.
https://ripe90.ripe.net/archives/video/1627/
– RIPE Policy Development Update
* New RIPE Policy Proposal, 2025-01, "ASN assignment criteria
revisited" is now available for Discussion.
This proposal aims to simplify requirements for new ASNs, while
ensuring that the requirements are enforceable in practice and
preventing the exponential exhaustion of 32-bit ASN space.
You can find the full proposal at:
https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2025-01/
You have until 4 June 2025 to send your feedback to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net.
* Policy proposal 2024-02, "IPv6 Initial Allocations /28 ", is now in
the Review Phase
This proposal aims to change the initial IPv6 allocation size from /29
to /28 and allow one IPv6 allocation extension per member to /28
without justification.
You can find the proposal and impact analysis at:
https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-02/https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-02/#impact-analysis
And the draft document at:
https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2023-04/draft
You have until 11 June 2025 to send your feedback to address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net.
2. Information Services
– New RIS-Based Looking Glass Now Available in RIPEstat
The RIPEstat team has launched a new RIS-based Looking Glass, designed
to make it easier to explore routing data across all RIS peers. You
can access the Looking Glass from the left-hand menu at:
https://stat.ripe.net/lg
– Join the RIPE NCC User Research Pool
We are currently looking for community members and users who are
willing to take part in user research. This research helps us
understand how people use our platforms and where we can make
improvements to make them more intuitive, accessible and
user-friendly.
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/what-we-do/user-research/
3. Community and Engagement
– RIPE 90 Concludes Successfully in Lisbon
RIPE 90 concluded successfully in Lisbon, Portugal, attracting a total
of 820 attendees from 55 countries. If you missed it, you can catch up
by reading our daily blog:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/ripe-ncc-commsies/ripe-90-daily-meeting-blog/
Looking forward to seeing you at RIPE 91 in Bucharest, Romania on
20-24 Oct 2025!
https://ripe91.ripe.net/
– Draft “RIR Governance Document” consultation closes on Tuesday, 27 May
Submit your input on the Draft “Governance Document for the
Recognition, Maintenance, and Derecognition of Regional Internet
Registries” by Tuesday, 27 May on the RIPE Discussion list. The
consultation opened on 14 April 2025. You can read more at:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/consultation-on-draft-rir-governance-doc…
– RIPE NCC WSIS+20 Open House and Fact Sheet
On 28 May 2025, the RIPE NCC will hold an Open House on the ongoing
WSIS+20 review process. You can register on our website and find our
WSIS+20 fact sheet at:
https://www.ripe.net/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-wsis20-vision-…
– ASO AC Selects Christian Kaufmann to Serve in Seat 10 of the ICANN
Board of Directors
The ASO AC selected Christian Kaufmann to serve for a three-year term
in Seat 10 of the ICANN Board of Directors.
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/aso-ac-selects-christian-kaufmann-to-ser…
– New on RIPE Labs
This month on Labs, we’ve got you covered with the ICP-2 revision, a
new article in our series on network measurements, and updates about
IRNOG and PeeringDB.
https://labs.ripe.net/
– RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars
In June and early July, we have planned:
Wed, 4 June 2025 - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Reykjavík)
Thu, 5 - Fri, 6 June 2025 - Advanced IPv6 Training Course (Reykjavík)
We, 11 June 2025 - RIPE Database Training Course (Tirana)
Thu, 12 Jun 2025 - IPv6 Advanced Training Course (Tirana)
Mon, 16 Jun 2025 - IPv6 Security Training Course (Chișinău)
Tue, 17 June 2025 - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Chișinău)
Wed, 25 June 2025 - LIR Training Course (Rome)
Thu, 26 June 2025 - IPv6 Security Training Course (Rome)
Fri, 27 June 2025 - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Rome)
Thu, 3 July - IPv6 in the RIPE Database Webinar (Online)
You can register for these courses and webinars at:
https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/
Interested in becoming a Local Host for RIPE NCC Training Courses?:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/olivia-ruimwijk/local-hosts-for-ripe-ncc-train…
4. Organisational Update
– Results from the General Meeting
The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2025 took place from 14-16 May 2025.
A total of 1,039 votes were cast, and the voting results were
announced on Friday, 16 May 2025. Ondřej Filip and Randy Bush were
elected to the Executive Board, and members voted on nine resolutions
which were all approved, including the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2026.
The full voting report is available. You can also watch the recording
of the General Meeting, read the transcript and view the presentations
in the archive:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/general-meeting-may-2025-results/
– RIPE NCC Launches New Trust Portal
We have launched a new Trust Portal at trust.ripe.net to provide
greater transparency into our operations and to help members and
stakeholders better understand how we manage our security, compliance
and governance:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/ripe-ncc-launches-new-trust-portal/
– Charging Scheme Task Force Comments Open Until End of May
You have until the end of May 2025 to give feedback on the Charging
Scheme Task Force report. Comments are welcome, either on the
members-discuss mailing list or by email at:
charging-scheme-task-force2024(a)ripe.net
The report is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/member-and-community-consultations/cha…
We’ll be back next month with more news!
Best regards,
Boris Duval
Communications Officer
RIPE NCC
Dear RIPE NCC members,
The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2025 took place from 14 - 16 May 2025. A
total of 1,039 votes were cast.
The results from the General Meeting are:
Resolution 1: "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report
2024."
The resolution was approved
Resolution 2: "The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with
regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2024 and
Financial Report 2024."
The resolution was approved
Resolution 3: “The General Meeting adopts the amendments to Section B.1. of
the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure. It further resolves that these
amendments do not apply to the current terms of the current arbiters.
Instead, the terms of the current arbiters will expire in the order of
their original appointment, beginning in 2026. Specifically, the term of
arbiters appointed in 2001 will expire in 2026, the term of those appointed
in 2010 will expire in 2027, the term of those appointed in 2011 will
expire in 2028, and the term of those appointed in 2018 will expire in
2029. The relevant arbiters shall be eligible for immediate re-appointment
accordingly.”
The resolution was approved
Resolution 4: “The General Meeting adopts the amendments to sections B.2.1.
and B.2.2. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure.”
The resolution was approved
Resolution 5: "The General Meeting adopts the amendments to sections B.2.3.
of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."
The resolution was approved
Resolution 6: "The General Meeting adopts the amendments to section C.1. of
the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."
The resolution was approved
Resolution 7: "The General Meeting adopts the amendments to sections C.2.1.
and C.2.2. of the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."
The resolution was approved
Resolution 8: "The General Meeting adopts the amendments to section C.3. of
the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure."
The resolution was approved
Resolution 9: “The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme
2026.”
The resolution was approved
The following two candidates were elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board:
Ondřej Filip
Randy Bush
A full voting report is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/meetings/may-2025/voting-report/
Congratulations to Ondřej Filip and Randy Bush on their election to the
RIPE NCC Executive Board. I would like to thank outgoing Board member Remco
van Mook for his dedication to the RIPE NCC as he steps down after 15 years
on the Board. My appreciation also goes to the members who voted, asked
questions and contributed to the discussions at this General Meeting.
Kind regards,
Hans Petter Holen
Managing Director and CEO
RIPE NCC
Dear RIPE NCC members,
This is a reminder that the General Meeting takes place tomorrow,
Wednesday, 14 May 2025 at 16:00 (UTC+1).
REGISTER
There’s still time to register to attend and vote at the General Meeting.
You have until 14:00 (UTC+1) on 14 May 2025.
It takes a couple of minutes to register in the LIR Portal:
https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active
Everyone who registers will receive a link to the Meetecho platform to join
the meeting remotely and a link to the livestream. Onsite attendees can
attend the meeting in the Main Room from 16:00 local time (UTC+1) on
Wednesday.
ONSITE ATTENDEES - COLLECT YOUR STICKER
If you are onsite at RIPE 90, you will need to collect your General Meeting
sticker from the GM Help Desk which is next to the Registration Desk.
Without a sticker you will not be able to enter the Main Room for the
General Meeting. The GM Help Desk is open from 09:00 - 17:00 today and
tomorrow from 09:00-16:00 local time.
VOTING
All voting is done electronically through the voting platform Assembly
Voting. All registered and eligible voters will receive two emails from
Assembly Voting at approximately 15:30 (UTC+1) on Wednesday 14 May. One
email will include a link to the platform and Voting Code 1 (which is
pre-filled) and the other will include Voting Code 2 that you will need to
log in to vote.
RESOLUTIONS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION
There will be nine resolutions to vote on and an Executive Board election
to fill two seats. The agenda with resolutions and Executive Board election
information is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/s/gm/may-2025/
If you have any questions about the GM, please contact agm(a)ripe.net.
Kind regards,
Karla Liddle-White
General Meeting Organisation Team
RIPE NCC
Dear colleagues,
We have launched a new Trust Portal to provide greater transparency into
our operations and to help members and stakeholders better understand how
we manage our security, compliance, and governance:
https://trust.ripe.net/
The portal provides a comprehensive overview of how we protect the
confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our services. It includes
key policies and processes covering information security, data protection,
vulnerability management, and incident response. It also highlights our
compliance with frameworks like SOC 2 for RPKI services, our progress
toward ISO 27001 certification, and adherence to GDPR and other relevant EU
regulations.
For law enforcement and other competent authorities, the Trust Portal also
provides guidance on how to request information from the RIPE NCC, and
links to other useful supporting information.
We invite you to explore the Trust Portal, and welcome any feedback as we
continue improving our transparency. Email security(a)ripe.net if you would
like to know more.
Kind regards,
Eleonora Petridou
Chief Information Security Officer
RIPE NCC
