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[service] Cleanup Locked Person Objects in the RIPE Database (Implementation on 3rd June)
by eshryane＠ripe.net 29 May '20

29 May '20

Dear colleagues, As previously announced, the RIPE Database Team plan to clean up locked person objects in the RIPE Database. We will select person objects maintained by RIPE-NCC-LOCKED-MNT, which are referenced by inetnum allocations or assignments, and re-assign them to the resource maintainer, so they can be properly maintained, and it is clear who is responsible for them. We now plan to perform this cleanup on Wednesday, 3 June 2020. We have already notified the affected LIRs and resource maintainers by email. You do not need to take any action. For more information on the Locked Person Objects Cleanup, please refer to this RIPE Labs article : https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ed_shryane/cleaning-up-locked-person-objects-… Regards, RIPE NCC Database Team

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[meetings] Join us for the RIPE NCC Educa::IPv6-only
by Ondřej Caletka 28 May '20

28 May '20

Dear RIPE NCC members, You are invited to join us for a deep-dive into an IPv6-only world! We’re hosting the fourth edition of a RIPE NCC::Educa - a one day online event, bringing together experts from around the world to take a deeper look at topics of interest. Registration is free. To mark the anniversary of World IPv6 Launch Day, we’re hosting the RIPE NCC::Educa IPv6-only on Monday, 8 June from 10:00 UTC+2 onwards. Expert presenters will talk about what it means to run IPv6-only data centres, ISPs and enterprises, among other topics. You can view the agenda at: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/ripe-ncc-educa/ripe-ncc-educa-ipv6-20… Register at: https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/ripe-ncceduca-ipv6-only-tickets-106761053184 We hope to see you online soon! Best regards, Ondřej Caletka RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: May 2020
by Boris Duval 20 May '20

20 May '20

Hello RIPE NCC member, May was an active month with RIPE 80, the General Meeting and a lot of interesting developments in the community. Here’s an overview: 1. What We’re Doing for You -- Your LIR Stats -- Hans Petter Holen starts as RIPE NCC’s new Managing Director -- RIPE NCC General Meeting Results -- What Happened at RIPE 80? -- Working Together While Apart -- Learn Online -- Usability Testing 2. Your Technical Update -- RPKI Update -- From REX to RIPEstat: a Look at the Past and the Challenges Ahead -- Cleaning Up Locked Person Objects in the RIPE Database 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? -- RIPE Chair Selection - Next Steps -- Your EU Regulation Update: May 2020 Edition -- RIPE Chair Commitments -- Academic and NREN Session -- DNS Working Group Remote Sessions -- Focus on: the IPv6 Working Group 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events -- Virtual Member Lunches 1. What We’re Doing for You -- Your LIR Stats LIR STATISTICS Number of LIRs: 25,328 (-30) LIRs with IPv6: 16,612 (+47) Policy transfers in April: 627,200 IPv4 addresses (+56,576) -- Hans Petter Holen starts as RIPE NCC’s new Managing Director On 1 May 2020, Hans Petter Holen started his new role as Managing Director of the RIPE NCC: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/hans-petter-holen-star… -- RIPE NCC General Meeting Results Congratulations to Christian Kaufmann, Maria Häll and Raymond Jetten for being elected to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. A full voting report detailing the voting numbers and a link to vote receipts that members can use to verify their votes is available: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/voting-report The membership adopted three resolutions during the meeting including the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2019, Charging Scheme 2021 and discharged the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2019 and Financial Report 2019. Information on the General Meeting, including the supporting documents and presentations, is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/minutes -- What Happened at RIPE 80? RIPE 80 was our first virtual meeting and our largest meeting so far with 2002 attendees registered. You can catch up on the meeting highlights by reading our daily meeting report: https://ripe80.ripe.net/programme/report/ -- Working Together While Apart Fergal Cunningham reports on how the RIPE NCC adapted to remote working and how it impacted its operations: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fergalc/working-together-while-apart -- Learn Online We offer a wide range of e-learning options, so that you can keep on learning while staying at home: Webinars: One-hour interactive sessions. Remote Learning Sessions: Two-hour long sessions adapted from our regular training courses. Online Courses: The RIPE NCC Academy offers three online courses that are free and open to all. Learn more at: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/learn-online Missing something on your CV? Show your expertise by earning the RIPE Database Associate badge! We’ve sent three vouchers to each LIR that you can use to become a RIPE NCC Certified Professional: https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals -- Usability Testing Help us improve! We’re looking for volunteers to carry out usability testing. If you would like to help us improve our user experience, sign up here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/consent-form-for-usability-tes… 2. Your Technical Update -- RPKI Update Nathalie Künneke-Trenaman shares lessons learned from the recent RPKI outages: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nathalie_nathalie/lessons-learned-on-improvin… Felipe Victolla Silveira looks back at RPKI’s beginnings and its current and future role in securing the Internet's routing infrastructure: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/felipe_victolla_silveira/rpki-past-present-an… -- From REX to RIPEstat: a Look at the Past and the Challenges Ahead Christian Teuschel reflects on 10 years of RIPEstat and the future of the platform: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/cteusche/from-rex-to-ripestat -- Cleaning Up Locked Person Objects in the RIPE Database Ed Shryane explains why and how the RIPE NCC decided to lock and clean-up unmaintained person objects stored in the RIPE Database: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ed_shryane/cleaning-up-locked-person-objects-… 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? -- RIPE Chair Selection - Next Steps Three NomCom members, Daniel Karrenberg, Rob Evans and Joe Abley, answer questions about the next steps in the RIPE Chair and Vice Chair selection process: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/dfk/ripe-chair-selection-next-steps -- Your EU Regulation Update: May 2020 Edition Suzanne Taylor put together a comprehensive update on the current digital policies being proposed, debated and implemented in the European Union: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/your-eu-regulation-upda… -- RIPE Chair Commitments To help the NomCom select the new RIPE Chair and Vice Chair, Hans Petter Holen listed all the role's accountabilities: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/hans_petter_holen/ripe-chair-commitments -- Academic and NREN Session Parallel to RIPE 80, we organised a session for academics, NRENs and other attendees working in the research and education industry. During the session, there were eight 5-minute talks on topics such as e-voting, detecting BGP anomalies, adapting universities to online environments after COVID-19 and using RIPE Atlas for smart data filtering. The recordings are available at: https://ripe80.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/academic-nren/ -- DNS Working Group Remote Sessions The DNS Working Group is organising remote sessions outside of the RIPE Meeting. More information about this initiative and the session schedule is available at: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/shane/dns-is-virtually-awsome -- Focus on: the IPv6 Working Group The IPv6 Working Group is promoting IPv6 adoption by helping people deploy IPv6 and manage IPv4/IPv6 co-existence. Interested? Get involved at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/ipv6 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events -- Virtual Member Lunches Bring your own lunch! Like regular Member Lunches, you will have the chance to chat with each other and RIPE NCC staff in a more informal setting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches/virtual-memb… Thank you for reading till the end, we’ll be back next month with more news! Best, Boris Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[GM] RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2020
by Hans Petter Holen 15 May '20

15 May '20

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) was held from 13-15 May 2020. An election took place to fill three seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. There were eight candidates and the seats were filled by Christian Kaufmann, Maria Häll and Raymond Jetten. There were three resolutions to be voted on at the General Meeting. The results of the voting on the resolutions are as follows: Resolution 1: "The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2019.” 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 2019 and Financial Report 2019.” The resolution was approved. Resolution 3: "The General Meeting approves the adoption of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2021.” The resolution was approved. I welcome Christian, Maria and Raymond to the Executive Board. A full voting report detailing the voting numbers and a link to vote receipts that members can use to verify their votes is available: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/voting-report Information on the GM, including the supporting documents and presentations, is available at: https://ripe.net/gm/may-2020 The RIPE NCC thanks its members for their feedback and participation. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[GM] The RIPE NCC General Meeting is Today
by Alun Davies 13 May '20

13 May '20

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2020 (GM) will take place today at 18:00 (UTC+2). The GM is an opportunity for members to discuss the activities of the RIPE NCC. All registered attendees have received an email inviting them to participate in the meeting via Zoom. Members who would prefer to follow the meeting via livestream also need to register for the GM. The link to the livestream will be shared via email shortly prior to the GM. Registration will remain open until 16:00 (UTC+2). You can register at: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-may-2020 The agenda and supporting documents for the GM are available at: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2020 We have also prepared a video animation that explains how instant run-off voting works. This is the voting system we use for the Executive Board elections taking place at the GM: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/voting For any GM-related questions, please email agm(a)ripe.net. We welcome your participation in this important membership meeting. Kind regards, General Meeting Organisation Team RIPE NCC

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[GM] RIPE NCC General Meeting: Less than One Week to Register
by Alun Davies 07 May '20

07 May '20

Dear RIPE NCC members, There is less than one week left to register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM), which takes place from Wednesday, 13 May at 18:00 UTC+2. *Registration for the GM closes at 16:00 UTC+2 on Wednesday, 13 May 2020.* You can register now at: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-may-2020 <https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-may-2020> Over 2,300 members have registered to vote, and we hope to see this number increase before the GM opens. Members who register for the GM will receive links to participate and vote remotely on 13 May. Please note that if there are questions you would like the Executive Board to answer at the General Meeting, you can email them to agm(a)ripe.net <mailto:agm@ripe.net> by 12:00 UTC+2 on 11 May. We will collate them and present them at the General Meeting in addition to the questions asked during the GM. At this GM, you can vote on three resolutions: - The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2019 - The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2019 and Financial Report 2019 - The General Meeting approves the adoption of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2021 You can also vote in the Executive Board election to fill three seats. There are currently 12 confirmed candidates in the running, and their biographies and motivation statements are available at: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2020/candidate-biographies <https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2020/candidate-biographies> All information on the GM, including links to the supporting documents, can be found on the GM homepage: https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2020 <https://www.ripe.net/gm/may-2020> We look forward to your participation in this important meeting for the RIPE NCC and its members. Kind regards, General Meeting Organisation Team RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: April 2020
by Boris Duval 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

Hello RIPE NCC member, While we are now working remotely, the Internet is still keeping us very busy and with RIPE 80 around the corner, we have a lot of updates to share with you. Happy reading! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats -- RIPE NCC General Meeting, 13-15 May 2020 -- RIPE NCC Executive Board Minutes -- Sanctions and the RIPE NCC -- Payment Period Extended due to COVID-19 -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals is live! -- Learn Online -- Focus on: Membership Mailing Lists ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- New AS Number Blocks Allocated to the RIPE NCC -- Improving Security of the API Key Management in the LIR Portal -- RIPEstat Updates ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Southeast Europe Country Report -- COVID-19 and the Internet -- The RIPE NCC's Use of Zoom for Meetings -- Do We Need a New IP? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE 80, 12-14 May 2020 -- RIPE 82 will take place in Berlin -- Virtual Member Lunches ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats LIR STATISTICS Number of LIRs: 25,358 (-7) LIRs with IPv6: 16,565 (+90) Policy transfers in March: 683,776 IPv4 addresses (+53,248) -- RIPE NCC General Meeting, 13-15 May 2020 The General Meeting will take place from 13-15 May 2020 and full remote participation is available. You can vote remotely on resolutions and to elect three RIPE NCC Executive Board candidates. The deadline to nominate candidates is today, 22 April at 23:59 UTC. A nominee needs expressions of support from five members to become a confirmed candidate for the Executive Board: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/call-for-nom… The supporting documents for the General Meeting have been published, including the 2019 Annual Report and Financial Report and the 2021 Charging Scheme: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/supporting-d… -- RIPE NCC Executive Board Minutes The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 131st, 132nd and 133rd Meetings via teleconference on 18 March, 26 March and 8 April 2020. The draft minutes of these meetings are available at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2020 -- Sanctions and the RIPE NCC Last week we announced that we had frozen the LIR accounts of three members in Iran in Syria because they were on the EU sanctions list. In the meantime, we are urgently seeking a permanent exemption from relevant authorities for the services we provide. You can read more at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2020-April/001413.html -- Payment Period Extended due to COVID-19 In view of the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to extend our payment period by three months. You now have until 1 July 2020 to pay your invoice. If you are able to pay your invoice easily within the original timeframe, we encourage you to do so. More information is available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/payment-period-extende… -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals is live! We’ve recently launched our Certified Professional Programme and sent three exam vouchers to each LIR. You can use your vouchers to schedule the RIPE Database Associate exam and earn our first verifiable digital badge: https://www.ripe.net/support/certified-professionals -- Learn Online While we had to suspend training courses due to COVID-19, we’re working hard to ensure that you can continue to learn with us. Here’s how you can keep learning: Webinars: One-hour interactive sessions. Remote Learning Sessions: Two-hour long sessions adapted from our regular training courses. Online Courses: The RIPE NCC Academy offers three online courses that are free and open to all. Learn more at: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/learn-online -- Focus on: Membership Mailing Lists Did you know? There are three mailing lists that are especially valuable to RIPE NCC Members: members-discuss, ncc-announce and ncc-services-wg. All of them have different purposes and one of them is compulsory (ncc-announce). You can learn more on how to manage and make the most out of those mailing lists at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/membership-mailing-lists ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- New AS Number Blocks Allocated to the RIPE NCC On 1 April 2020, the RIPE NCC received the following AS Number blocks from IANA: 210332-211355 211356-212379 212380-213403 You may want to update your records accordingly. All allocations of AS Numbers made by IANA to the RIRs are listed here: https://www.iana.org/assignments/as-numbers/as-numbers.xhtml -- Improving Security of the API Key Management in the LIR Portal We’ve recently improved the LIR Portal API Key Management security by hashing all the existing and newly-created API key values. If you are using our APIs, make sure to read this update: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2020-April/001411.html -- RIPEstat Updates Geo-IP Information: Maxmind is back on RIPEstat We’ve re-enabled all Maxmind-related data calls and widgets after solving bugs due to licensing changes. https://stat.ripe.net/docs/data_api#maxmind-geo-lite https://stat.ripe.net/docs/data_api#maxmind-geo-lite-announced-by-as Launch of the AIRRS AFINIC recently launched the Africa Internet Registry and Routing Statistics (AIRRS) portal. The portal was developed in collaboration with the RIPEstat team and retrieves information from many sources: https://afrinic.net/blog/515-airrs-launch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Southeast Europe Country Report Our latest country report is out, this time focusing on eight countries in Southeast Europe. We examine the region’s Internet development - including local markets and their growth potential, routing anomalies and access to the global Internet - using the RIPE NCC’s measurement tools. Our colleague, Suzanne Taylor, shares more in this RIPE Labs article: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-country-report… We’d also like to invite you to attend an online session in which we’ll go over the main highlights from the report and have an open discussion about relevant Internet governance issues in Southeast Europe, including IPv6 deployment, IXPs and cybersecurity. The session will take place on Tuesday, 28 April from 12:00-13:00 UTC. Please register here by Monday, 27 April at 12:00 UTC: www.ripe.net/s/see-discussion -- COVID-19 and the Internet As COVID-19 turned the world upside down, we’ve been analysing its impact on the Internet and sharing how we’ve been adapting to this new normal on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/covid19 Here are some highlights: The Ghost Office: our Transition to Remote Work during COVID-19: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/saskia_oostdijck_van_gorp/the-ghost-office Network Delays in Times of Corona: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/romain_fontugne/network-delays-in-times-of-co… Hackathons in the Time of Corona: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/hackathons-in-the-time-of-corona -- The RIPE NCC's Use of Zoom for Meetings In this article, the RIPE NCC’s Chief Information Officer, Kaveh Ranjbar, explains why we chose Zoom to host RIPE 80 and the RIPE NCC General Meeting and answers security concerns around the use of this platform: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/the-ripe-nccs-use-of-zoom-for-meetin… -- Do We Need a New IP? Marco Hogewoning shares his thoughts on Huawei's “New IP” proposal and explains why the evolution of the Internet should be left to the IETF: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_hogewoning/do-we-need-a-new-ip ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE 80, 12-14 May 2020 RIPE 80 will take place online from 12-14 May 2020 and you can register for free at: https://ripe80.ripe.net/attend/register/ Browse the meeting plan at: https://ripe80.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ Do you want to sponsor the first virtual RIPE Meeting? We’ve put together a great online sponsorship package: https://ripe80.ripe.net/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/ Interested? You have until 30 April 2020 to apply to become a RIPE 80 sponsor. -- RIPE 82 will take place in Berlin As we had to move RIPE 80 online, we postponed our trip to the German capital until next year. RIPE 82 will officially take place in Berlin from 17-21 May 2021. Save the date! -- Virtual Member Lunches Bring your own lunch! Like regular Member Lunches, you will have the chance to chat with each other and RIPE NCC staff in a more informal setting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches/virtual-memb… That’s it for April! We will be back next month with more news and we hope to see you all (virtually) in a couple of weeks at RIPE 80. In the meantime, stay safe and healthy. Best, Boris Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[training] Remote Learning Sessions April-June 2020
by Training Services 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

Dear colleagues We were forced to suspend all our face-to-face training courses a few weeks ago due to the safety restrictions related to COVID-19. In the meantime, our trainers have worked hard to adapt our training courses to create two-hour long Remote Learning Sessions, which will take place in addition to our regular webinars. We invite you to continue to learn with us online in the coming weeks. Remote Learning Sessions are available for the following topics: • LIR Session 1: The Ecosystem of the Internet • LIR Session 2: The Rules of Attraction • RIPE Database Session 1: Basics • RIPE Database Session 2: Applications • IPv6 Session 1: Introduction • IPv6 Session 2: IPv6 Host Configuration • Measurements & Tools Session 1: RIPEstat • Measurements & Tools Session 2: RIPE Atlas • IPv6 Security Session 1: Basic IPv6 Protocol • IPv6 Security Session 2: IPv6 Associated Protocols • IPv6 Security Session 3: Myths, Filtering and Tips • BGP Security Session 1: IRR and Filtering • BGP Security Session 2: RPKI You can find more information about the sessions at: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/learn-online Register for a Remote Learning Session at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses You can also learn online using the RIPE NCC Academy (https://academy.ripe.net) or join us for a webinar (https://www.ripe.net/webinars) We hope to meet you online soon! Yours sincerely, RIPE NCC Learning and Development

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[GM] Supporting Documents for RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2020
by General Meeting Organisation Team 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Dear RIPE NCC members, The supporting documents for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) May 2020 are now finalised and published at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/supporting-d… <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/supporting-d…> The documents include: - The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2019 - The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2019 - RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2021 The draft agenda containing all the resolutions to be voted on is also available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/draft-agenda… <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/draft-agenda…> An election will be held at this GM to fill three seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. There are currently three confirmed candidates. The deadline to nominate candidates is next Wednesday, 22 April 2020 at 23:59 UTC. All the details are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/executive-bo… <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2020/executive-bo…> As previously announced, we have made every effort to ensure that the upcoming GM will take place as scheduled despite issues around the COVID-19 outbreak. To this end, full remote participation will be available to all members, including webcast, live chat and electronic voting. In the unlikely event that developments around the outbreak prevent us from proceeding according to the existing agenda, we have a procedure in place that will allow members to vote to postpone the GM. Registration can be completed quickly and easily via the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-may-2020 <https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-may-2020> Kind regards, General Meeting Organisation Team RIPE NCC

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[news] Sanctions and the RIPE NCC: Current Status and Executive Board Position
by Christian Kaufmann 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Dear members, The Executive Board has been working with the RIPE NCC to find a solution regarding the applicability of EU sanctions to its members. As this has geopolitical implications for the RIPE NCC's wide and diverse service region, this is a matter we have been taking seriously for some time. As part of this, the RIPE NCC is in contact with the Dutch Government to seek a permanent exemption for its services from all current and future EU sanctions. The links to the minutes and the resolutions from the two recent board meetings where this was discussed were published today. I would now like to briefly outline the current situation and expand on the board's position. WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY We were recently alerted to the fact that two RIPE NCC members in Iran and one in Syria are believed to be on the EU sanctions list. These members have now been notified that provision of services to them has been frozen and the RIPE NCC will initiate an audit of the relevant accounts, pending a response from the Dutch Government. This means that their resources will not be deregistered, but the RIPE NCC will also not process requests on their behalf. The intent here is to ensure the RIPE NCC is taking appropriate steps to comply with any relevant sanctions in accordance with its obligations under Dutch law. That being said, the board will defend its belief that the RIPE NCC's services should not be covered by sanctions. As the RIPE NCC's bank also needs to ensure its own compliance with sanctions, it has temporarily revoked the RIPE NCC's ability to receive direct payments from members in Syria and Iran. The RIPE NCC will contact these members directly to explain this in more detail. The recent decision to extend the payment period for membership fees in light of the COVID-19 pandemic eases some of the time pressure on members to pay for now, and we anticipate this issue will be resolved once we have clarity from the Dutch Government. THE BOARD'S POSITION I would now like to share the board's position more generally. A board resolution from 2014 states the following: "The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC believes that the means of communication should not be affected by political discussions or disputes. This includes the provision of correctly registered Internet numbering resources." This is probably the clearest statement of our position, which has not changed since then. The board wishes to caution against measures applied in pursuit of short-term public policy objectives that may undermine the wider Internet governance system, which is essential to the stability of the global Internet. This is a system which is fundamentally based on cooperation. We also believe that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the Internet is a critical tool for meeting the essential needs of humanity. We are committed to minimising the impact of any action that would limit people's ability to access this important global network. If you have questions for the Board, please contact us at <exec-board(a)ripe.net>. Regards Christian Kaufmann RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman

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