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[news] Three weeks to use your RIPE NCC Certified Professionals vouchers
by Alvaro Vives 11 Dec '24

11 Dec '24

Dear colleagues, It's nearly the end of the year, and that means you have three weeks to make use of your RIPE NCC Certified Professionals exam vouchers. Your exam vouchers are valid until 31 December 2024. You can choose to get certified in four areas: - RIPE Database - IPv6 Fundamentals - IPv6 Security - BGP and Routing Security All our exams can be viewed at: https://getcertified.ripe.net/exams/ If you need to brush up on any topics, please take the time to go through the extensive study material available in the RIPE NCC Academy. The Academy is open to all and free, you simply need to make an account if you don't already have one. https://academy.ripe.net/ ---------------- Access your vouchers ---------------- 1. Log in to the RIPE NCC Academy using your RIPE NCC Access account linked to your LIR(s). 2. Navigate to your dashboard 3. You will be able to see the LIRs that your RIPE NCC Access account is linked to and claim the vouchers. If you need any help with exams or vouchers, please let us know at exams(a)ripe.net <mailto:exams@ripe.net>. Kind regards, Alvaro Vives Learning and Development Manager RIPE NCC P.S. If you share your new RIPE NCC Certified Professionals badge on social media and tag the RIPE NCC, Santa Claus might just bring some of you a hoodie or t-shirt for Christmas!

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: November 2024
by Kjerstin Burdiek 28 Nov '24

28 Nov '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, The November 2024 Member Update is now available on our website: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/member-update/member-update-november-202… This month’s update includes important reminders to check your billing information and submit any LIR closure requests before the end of the year, as we’ll be preparing invoices soon. We also remind you that the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2025 introduces changes to fees for independent resources held or sponsored by members, so please review all independent resources currently registered to or sponsored through your LIR account and update them if needed. Best regards, Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] The RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2024
by Hans Petter Holen 01 Nov '24

01 Nov '24

Dear all, The RIPE NCC General Meeting took place from 30 October - 1 November 2024. A total of 1,226 votes were cast. The resolution result is as follows: Resolution 1 “The General Meeting approves the redistribution of the excess contribution/deficit paid in the financial year 2024 in the following way: - In case there is an excess contribution, this will be redistributed to the membership in 2025 according to the RIPE NCC Clearing House procedure. - In case of a deficit, this will be covered by the RIPE NCC reserves.” The resolution was approved. A full voting report is available at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/meetings/october-2024/voting-report/ You can also view the archives from the General Meeting, including the video archive and presentations, at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/meetings/october-2024/ My appreciation to all members who voted and contributed to the discussions at the General Meeting. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director and CEO RIPE NCC

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[GM] Reminder: General Meeting October 2024 Takes Place Tomorrow
by Karla Liddle-White 29 Oct '24

29 Oct '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, This is a reminder that the October 2024 General Meeting will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, 30 October, at 16:00 (UTC+1). You can still register to attend and vote at the General Meeting until 14:00 (UTC+1) on 30 October. Register for the General Meeting in the LIR Portal: my.ripe.net You can view the agenda at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/meetings/october-2024/agenda/ There will be one resolution to vote on regarding the redistribution of the 2024 surplus/deficit to the membership in 2025. All registered attendees will receive a link to the online meeting platform Meetecho where you can ask questions and chat to fellow attendees. Voting on resolutions 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 30 October. One email will include a link to the platform and the other will include your registration code you will need to login to vote. Onsite participants will need to check in and collect their GM sticker from the GM Help Desk to be able to enter the room for the General Meeting. The GM Help Desk is open from 09:00-18:00 today and tomorrow. 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

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: October 2024
by Kjerstin Burdiek 24 Oct '24

24 Oct '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, The October 2024 Member Update is now available on our website: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/member-update-october-2024/ First off, an important note on billing - please check that your billing contact details are correct in the LIR Portal. We’ll be preparing invoices soon, so we want to make sure you can receive yours in good order and avoid issues when January comes. And the big news is that next week, we have RIPE 89 and the RIPE NCC General Meeting. We hope you’ll join us online if you can’t make it to Prague in person. If you haven’t registered yet for RIPE 89, you can still do so at: https://ripe89.ripe.net/attend/register/ And members who want to register for the GM can do so at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/meetings/october-2024/register/ Best regards, Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[GM] General Meeting October 2024 - Agenda Finalised
by Karla Liddle-White 17 Oct '24

17 Oct '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, The agenda for the RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2024 has now been finalised. You can view the agenda at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/meetings/october-2024/agenda/ The Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2025 will also be discussed during the meeting. The document is available for review at: https://www.ripe.net/media/documents/Draft_RIPE_NCC_Activity_Plan_and_Budge… Additionally, there will be one resolution to vote on regarding the redistribution of the 2024 surplus/deficit to the membership in 2025. Next week, we will send personalised reminders to members who have not yet registered. If you haven’t already done so, we encourage you to register for the meeting at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/meetings/october-2024/register/ Kind regards, Karla Liddle-White General Meeting Organisation Team RIPE NCC

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[news] 177th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting - Summary Notes
by Hans Petter Holen 16 Oct '24

16 Oct '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 177th meeting from 18 - 20 September 2024. The minutes are now available: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2024/177th-executive-… The Executive Board publishes the minutes of its meetings so that the workings of the Board and the decisions it makes are transparent to the membership it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from the meeting. Further details are available in the minutes. ------------------------------- Main Items ------------------------------- - I presented the Draft Activity Plan and Budget for 2025, outlining costs, key strategic areas and a request for additional budget in Information Security and Technology as an investment in the organisation's future stability. - Each main section of the Draft Activity Plan and Budget (Registry, Information Services, Community and Engagement, and Organisational Sustainability) was presented by the relevant owner who shared the current status, risks and plans for 2025. Chief Information Security Officer Eleonora Petridou also presented the Information Security, Risk & Compliance section. - Chief Community Officer, Hisham Ibrahim, provided a Q3 2024 update on Community and Engagement, including a successful summer school campaign, community engagement efforts, translated YouTube training materials, along with a joint RIPE-RIPE NCC presentation to encourage participation. - Chief Technology Officer, Felipe Victolla Silveira, provided a status update where he covered the modernisation of RIPE Atlas infrastructure and the reduction of data centre costs and issues that have been experienced related to that. - Chief Financial Officer, Simon-Jan Haytink, provided a financial status update and presented budget proposals for 2025. - Chief Legal Officer, Athina Fragkouli, gave a presentation on the work to update “Criteria for Establishment of New Regional Internet Registries” (ICP-2). She outlined the plan and said that the ASO AC (NRO NC) is carrying out work to review the ICP-2 document. - Athina also presented the amendments made to the closure procedure and the legacy services legal framework, as well as amendments to the transfer procedure and revised transfer requirements for Ukraine. - RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne provided an update on RIPE community developments, including planning for RIPE 89. She gave an update on RIPE Working Groups, strengthening relationships with LEAs and Europol, and RIPE outreach activities. - Jan Žorž was appointed by the Executive Board Chair to lead the RIPE Nominations Committee as it worked to appoint the next RIPE Chair. The Board fully supported this appointment and expressed its good wishes to Jan. Other topics: - GM Agenda - Staff Pulse Check survey - Executive Board Travel Policy Update - Charging Scheme Task Force - Aligning RIPE NCC's Strategic Objectives with Funding - Harnessing Community Power - AFRINIC - Meeting with the Works Council - Board Remuneration ------------------------------- Resolutions Adopted ------------------------------- Resolution EB#177-R-01 The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the minutes of EB#176. Resolution EB#177-R-02 The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the publication of the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2025 as amended. Resolution EB#177-R-03 The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the publication of the draft agenda for the RIPE NCC General Meeting in October 2024 as amended. Resolution EB#177-R-04 The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the amendments to the RIPE NCC procedural document “Closure of Members, Deregistration of Internet Resources and Legacy Internet Resources” as well as to the RIPE NCC legal documents “RIPE NCC Services for Legacy Internet Resources of RIPE NCC Members Terms and Conditions” and “RIPE NCC Services for Legacy Internet Resources Agreement (Legacy Agreement)”. Resolution EB#177-R-05 The RIPE NCC Executive Board approves the amendments to the RIPE NCC procedural document “Transfer of Internet Number Resources and Change of a Member’s Official Legal Name”. Resolution EB#177-R-06 The RIPE NCC Executive Board resolves to lift the restriction imposed by the resolution EB#163-R-02, according to which all transfer requests from Ukraine would be only permitted if accompanied by notarised supporting documents. As a result, notarisation of documents will only be required in accordance with the RIPE NCC procedural document “Due Diligence for the Quality of the RIPE NCC Registration Data”. Kind regards, Hans Petter Holen Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] Phishing Email Alert for RIPE NCC Members
by Eleonora Petridou 07 Oct '24

07 Oct '24

Dear colleagues, We have received multiple reports of a phishing email targeting RIPE NCC members and impersonating the RIPE NCC compliance team. The email has the following subject: “RIPE NCC Audit - Resource Discrepancies Detected”. The email contains a false message stating that the LIR account has been “selected for an audit” and urges the recipient to download a file in order to review their resources within 48 hours. This email does not originate from the RIPE NCC and contains a malicious attachment. Please do not click on or download the attachment and further please do not reply to or engage with the sender in any way. How to identify official communications from the RIPE NCC: - Emails from the RIPE NCC are sent from the official domain (@ripe.net). - Important member communications are shared on the RIPE NCC Announce and/or Members-Discuss mailing lists. - Important communications are shared as news items on the website (www.ripe.net) You can review your resources directly in the LIR Portal using your RIPE NCC Access account. Our most recent official communication concerning reviewing member resources is available at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/review-independent-resources-to-prepare-… If you have any doubts about the legitimacy of an email from the RIPE NCC, or have security-related questions, please contact us at security(a)ripe.net. For any other questions concerning your resources, please contact ncc(a)ripe.net. Regards, Eleonora Petridou Chief Information Security Officer RIPE NCC

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[GM] Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2025
by Hans Petter Holen 02 Oct '24

02 Oct '24

Dear members, The Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2025 is now available for your review at: https://www.ripe.net/draft-activity-plan-budget-2025 In this document, you can learn about our plans for next year and shape the direction we take as an organisation. In response to members’ questions about our budget, we have included more detailed information in this document about the main costs for each activity and about the staff costs in the RIPE NCC overall. We have also included key takeaways and defined commitments to ensure members can clearly understand the goals of our activities for the coming year. We will also publish two RIPE Labs articles that look at our plans and budget in more detail. Please read the document and share any feedback on members-discuss(a)ripe.net. The document will be discussed at the General Meeting (GM) alongside RIPE 89 and in the RIPE NCC Services Working Group on Wednesday, 30 October 2024. The Executive Board will consider all feedback on our activities before approving the final version that will be published in December 2024. We also invite you to participate in an Open House on 9 October from 09:00 to 10:30 (UTC), where you can give feedback on the Draft Activity Plan and Budget directly to the Executive Board and RIPE NCC Management. You can register to attend at: https://www.ripe.net/draft-activity-plan-open-house-2025 All the relevant information for this consultation is available at: https://www.ripe.net/draft-activity-plan-and-budget-2025-feedback Please note that if you want to participate or vote in the GM, you will need to register via the General Meeting section in my.ripe.net. You can find all information about the GM, including the draft agenda, at: https://www.ripe.net/gm/oct2024 Kind regards Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: September 2024
by Kjerstin Burdiek 26 Sep '24

26 Sep '24

Dear RIPE NCC members, The September 2024 Member Update is now available on our website. This month’s update includes important information about the Charging Scheme 2025. You can access the update at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/member-update-september-2024/ Best regards, Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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