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[news] Third iPad Winner: RIPE NCC Survey 2016
by Serge Radovcic 16 Jun '16

16 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the third winner of an iPad Air 2 for completing the RIPE NCC Survey 2016 is Jorge García de la Nava of Data Rush IT Services in Spain. Congratulations Jorge! We have two more iPads to give away, so take the survey soon to be in with a chance to win. You can take the survey now at: https://www.ripe.net/survey2016 The next prizewinner will be chosen at random by the Oxford Internet Institute on Wednesday, 22 June. Those who already completed the survey will be entered in that draw. By completing the survey, you can make sure that your views and the views of your region/industry are taken into account when the survey results are being analysed. We hope you will assist us by taking 10-15 minutes to complete the survey and by making your colleagues aware of it. Over 2,000 people have participated so far. Full details on the survey are available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/take-the-ripe-ncc-surv… If you have questions about the survey, please email us at <survey2016(a)ripe.net>. We thank you for your help and look forward to receiving your feedback. Kind regards, Serge Radovcic Chief Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] NTIA Issues IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal Report
by Axel Pawlik 10 Jun '16

10 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, The transition of stewardship of the IANA functions to the global multistakeholder community has reached a significant milestone. On 9 June 2016, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) issued its assessment report on the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal. The proposal was submitted to the NTIA in March 2016 following the ICANN 55 Meeting. From its first announcement, the NTIA has set down a number of requirements that any proposal for transition would need to meet. The proposal must: 1. Support and enhance the multistakeholder model; 2. Maintain the security, stability and resiliency of the Internet DNS; 3. Meet the needs and expectations of the global customers and partners of the IANA services; and 4. Maintain the openness of the Internet. The NTIA further stipulated that it "would not accept a proposal that replaces its role with a government-led or intergovernmental organization solution." After thorough review the NTIA reports that it finds that "the IANA Stewardship Transition Proposal meets the criteria necessary to complete the long-promised privatization of the IANA functions." The NTIA also looked at the recommendations developed by the Cross Community Working Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability, and found that "the accountability recommendations are consistent with sound principles of good governance that reflect the unique and important mission of ICANN within the Internet ecosystem.” The NTIA is now engaging with members of the United States Congress, and has asked ICANN to provide an implementation planning status report to gauge whether this work is likely to be completed prior to the expiration of the IANA functions contract on 30 September 2016. A fact sheet and link to the full report is available at: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/other-publication/2016/fact-sheet-ntias-assessment… Further information on the IANA stewardship transition is available at: https://www.ripe.net/iana-stewardship-transition Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] Second iPad Winner: RIPE NCC Survey 2016
by Serge Radovcic 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the second winner of an iPad Air 2 for completing the RIPE NCC Survey 2016 is Roman Sokolov of Mobile TeleSystems PJSC in Russia. Congratulations Roman! We have three more iPads to give away, and the sooner you complete the survey the more chances you will have to win. You can take the survey now at: https://www.ripe.net/survey2016 The next prizewinner will be chosen at random by the Oxford Internet Institute on Wednesday, 15 June. Those who already completed the survey will be entered in that draw. By completing the survey, you can make sure that your views and the views of your region/industry are taken into account when the survey results are being analysed. We do hope you will assist us by taking 10-15 minutes to complete the survey and by making your colleagues aware of it. Almost 1,500 people have participated so far. Full details on the survey are available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/take-the-ripe-ncc-surv… If you have questions about the survey, please email us at <survey2016(a)ripe.net>. We thank you for your help and look forward to receiving your feedback. Kind regards, Serge Radovcic Chief Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] Creating Additional LIR Accounts
by Henriette Van Ingen 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, The ability to open additional LIR accounts was confirmed at the RIPE NCC General Meeting on 27 May 2016 when members voted to approve the following resolution: "The General Meeting approves the ability of RIPE NCC members to create additional LIR accounts." The RIPE NCC is now working on creating the processes to implement this resolution. We expect that the processes will be put in place in the coming weeks and we can begin to process applications for additional LIR accounts. We will inform the membership as soon as the resolution is implemented. Kind regards, Henriette van Ingen Customer Services Manager RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE Database: Organisation Names in "descr:" cleaned up and no longer enforced
by Tim Bruijnzeels 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Dear colleague, Following consensus on the Database Working Group mailing list, the RIPE NCC is no longer enforcing that the first “descr:” attribute on inetnum, inet6num and aut-num objects reflects your organisation name for allocations and assignments created by the RIPE NCC. We have removed the first “descr:” attribute line from all these objects, leaving any multiple “descr:” attribute lines how they are. We sent notifications about this for all objects that had a “notify:” email address configured. No action is required from you. All holders of resource objects allocated or assigned by the RIPE NCC can now update the “descr:” attribute themselves. You can use any text on the “descr:” attribute, or leave it out all together. A reference to the holding organisation still exists on the “org:” attribute that the RIPE NCC maintains for these resources. If you have any questions or comments, please email <ripe-dbm(a)ripe.net> Kind regards, The RIPE NCC Database team

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[news] First iPad Winner: RIPE NCC Survey 2016
by Serge Radovcic 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that the first winner of an iPad Air 2 for completing the RIPE NCC Survey 2016 is Piet Honkoop of Espresso Gridpoint in the Netherlands. Congratulations Piet! We have four more iPads to give away, and the sooner you complete the survey the more chances you will have to win. You can take the survey now at: https://www.ripe.net/survey2016 The next prizewinner will be chosen at random by the Oxford Internet Institute on Wednesday, 8 June. Those who already completed the survey will be entered in that draw. By completing the survey, you can make sure that your views and the views of your region/industry are taken into account when the survey results are being analysed. We do hope you will assist us by taking 10-15 minutes to complete the survey and by making your colleagues aware of it. Full details on the survey are available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/take-the-ripe-ncc-surv… If you have questions about the survey, please email us at <survey2016(a)ripe.net>. We thank you for your help and look forward to receiving your feedback. Kind regards, Serge Radovcic Chief Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] Signature Draft of IANA Numbering Services SLA
by Athina Fragkouli 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, In the interest of transparency, the Number Resource Organization has published an update on progress made on development of the Service Level Agreement between the IANA Numbering Services Operator (ICANN) and the five Regional Internet Registries. A draft 5.2 is now publicly available, and is considered a “signature draft”. This RIRs expect that this SLA will be signed by all parties at the same time frame as the rest of the accountability measures approved by the ICANN Board. https://www.nro.net/news/updated-5-2-and-signature-version-of-the-sla-for-t… Kind regards, Athina Fragkouli Head of Legal RIPE NCC

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[training] RIPE NCC Training Courses April-June 2016
by Training Services 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, Our training team travels the RIPE NCC service region to deliver training courses to our members without any additional cost. Over the next few months, we'll be in Budapest, Tirana, Manchester, Lisbon, Bologna, Munich, Tallinn, Moscow, Vienna, Valletta, Reykjavik. Visit the following page to register and to check which training courses we are giving in your area: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses The RIPE NCC delivers the following training courses: - LIR Training Course - RIPE Database Training Course - Basic IPv6 Training Course - DNSSEC Training Course - 2 days Advanced IPv6 Training Course - 2 days BGP Operations and Security Training Course For more information visit: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/courses With kind regards, Rumy Spratley-Kanis Training Services Manager

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[news] Introducing the RIPE Forum
by Marco Schmidt 30 May '16

30 May '16

Dear colleagues, There’s a new way to participate on the RIPE Working Group mailing lists: the RIPE Forum, a web-based interface for reading and sending emails on RIPE community mailing lists. We developed the RIPE Forum in-house based on feedback we received from members of the RIPE community who wanted the option to interact and share information in a more modern way. It’s important to note that this new interface is completely optional – those who like using the established mailing list system can continue as they always have, and won’t notice any difference. Several weeks ago the RIPE Forum was deployed on the RIPE Atlas mailing list as a pilot. The test was a success, with no major issues detected, and very positive comments were received from users. We presented the results to the RIPE Working Group Chairs and, based on their feedback, decided to deploy the RIPE Forum to all RIPE Working Group mailing lists. We invite you to have a look yourself: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ We created a special mailing list for testing purposes, so that any conversations about the platform itself can be contained there without disrupting the regular flow of discussions on the RIPE Working Group mailing lists. Feel free to send test messages and try out the RIPE Forum on this special list: https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/ripe-forum-test If you’d like to learn more about how the RIPE Forum works or the background behind the project, please take a look at the presentation given last week during RIPE 72 and the RIPE Labs article that was published for the pilot phase: https://ripe72.ripe.net/archives/video/242/ https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_schmidt/introducing-the-ripe-forum The forum is still in “beta” phase – there might still be some bugs and we are continuously working to improve things, so please keep that in mind while exploring the forum. You can give your feedback by clicking on the “Report a bug” button on the forum, or leave a comment on the above RIPE Labs article. We hope you’ll enjoy the RIPE Forum, and we look forward to your feedback! Kind regards, Marco Schmidt Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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[GM] RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2016
by Axel Pawlik 27 May '16

27 May '16

Dear members, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) took place in Copenhagen from 25-27 May 2016. There were 165 attendees at the GM. An election took place to fill two seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. There were four candidates and the seats were filled by Nigel Titley and Remco van Mook. We would like to congratulate Nigel and Remco on their re-election. The membership also voted on four resolutions: 1. The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2015. This resolution was approved. 2. The General Meeting discharges the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report 2015. This resolution was approved. 3. The General Meeting approves the ability of RIPE NCC members to create additional LIR accounts. This resolution was approved. 4. The General Meeting adopts the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2017. This resolution was approved. 789 RIPE NCC members cast their votes on the resolutions and in the elections. The RIPE NCC Executive Board would like to thank the members for their feedback and participation at the GM. All the information on the GM, including the supporting documents and presentations, are available from: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016 A full voting report will be published within seven days. The next GM will take place from 26-28 October 2016. We look forward to your participation at that meeting. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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