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[news] Simplified User Management in the LIR Portal - Please Migrate
by Alex Band 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, We are happy to announce that we have simplified user management in the LIR Portal while making communication with the RIPE NCC more secure for our members. For historic reasons, the LIR Portal contained an LIR Contacts list with names and email addresses of persons who are eligible to contact the RIPE NCC on the LIR's behalf. However, for security purposes we already require that specific tasks such as requesting resources or changing contact details must be performed by an authorised LIR Portal user. This is why we are merging both lists into a single set of LIR Portal user accounts. We have created a wizard that will guide a user with administrator privileges through the migration process: https://my.ripe.net/#/contacts Please note that there is no deadline on migrating LIR Contacts at the moment but we are working to ensure there is a single list of authorised user accounts as soon as possible. Your help in facilitating this process would be appreciated. If the administrator for your LIR account does not currently have access to the LIR Portal, please see instructions here on how to get access: https://lirportal.ripe.net/getting_started We will keep you updated on developments as we work to complete this project. Best regards, Alex Band Product Manager RIPE NCC

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[news] Candidates for RIPE NCC Service Region Seat on the NRO NC
by Axel Pawlik 27 Sep '16

27 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, The nomination period for candidates for the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) has now ended. There are three confirmed candidates for the NRO NC election: - Paolo Bellorini - R. Engur Pisirici - Filiz Yilmaz Biographical information on all three candidates is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-com… The election will take place at the RIPE 73 Meeting in Madrid from 24-28 October 2016. All members of the RIPE community who are present at RIPE 73 may vote in the election. The elected candidate will begin a three-year term on the NRO NC beginning 1 January 2017. If you wish to make an expression of support for one or more of the candidates, please email <nominations(a)ripe.net> with the following information: Your name: You organisation/affiliation: Expression of support: Information on the NRO NC is available at: http://www.nro.net/about-the-nro/the-nro-number-council Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[GM] RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2016: Draft Agenda and Supporting Documents Now Online
by Axel Pawlik 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) October 2016 Draft Agenda is now online: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-oct-2016-agenda Please register to attend and vote, either in person or remotely, via the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2016 Two important points have been added to the draft agenda: With agenda item 6, the RIPE NCC Executive Board proposes to amend the way in which sign-up fees apply to legacy Internet resource holders. The reasoning behind this discussion was described on the ncc-announce mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2016-September/001086.… With agenda item 7, the RIPE NCC Executive Board requests input from the membership on the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model. This discussion is currently taking place on the members-discuss mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2016-September/0023… Supporting documents for the GM are published online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016/supporti… List of items under discussion at the GM October 2016: - The RIPE NCC Draft Activity Plan and Budget 2017 - General Charging Scheme Model List of items to be discussed and voted on at the GM October 2016: - Charging Scheme for Legacy Internet Resource Holders - Redistribution of the RIPE NCC Surplus/Deficit - Amendments to the RIPE NCC Conflict Arbitration Procedure All information on how to participate, as well as the proxy voting form, is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016 If you have questions about the GM, please email us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[service] Network Maintenance: 20 September 2016 16:00-20:00 (UTC)
by mschepers 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, Tomorrow, on Tuesday 20 September, we will be carrying out maintenance work on our core network infrastructure between 16:00 and 20:00 (UTC). During this period, some services hosted by the RIPE NCC may be affected. This could include the RIPE NCC website, RIPE Labs, the RIPE Database and the LIR Portal. Public DNS services operated by the RIPE NCC should be available as normal. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any questions, please contact <ops(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Menno Schepers Senior Systems Engineer RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: September 2016
by Fergal Cunningham 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

Contents: - RIPEstat - RIPE Atlas - Resolution On RIPE NCC Services To Legacy Space Holders - Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan And Budget 2017 - Input On RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model - RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) - RIPE 73 - ENOG - Website Redesign and ENOG 12 - RIPE Labs - RIPE Database - RIPE NCC Member Lunches - Training Services - NRO NC Call For Nominations - Social Media RIPE NCC Member Update: September 2016 Number of LIRs: 14,344 LIRs with IPv6: 10,838 IPv4 addresses transferred in August: 736,512 RIPEstat The RIPE NCC’s comprehensive source of data on Internet address space now includes four new datasets: Country ASNs (registered and routed ASNs by country), Visibility (RIS peers), RIS First-Last-Seen (shows when resources became visible in RIS), and RIPE Atlas Probe Deployment (by region, over time). There were more than 900,000 requests per hour last week! Not using RIPEstat yet? Check it out today: https://stat.ripe.net RIPE ATLAS RIPE Atlas is deprecating its version 1 APIs by the end of the year. Please use the latest tools to interact with the system and check out the documentation if you need to make changes to your clients. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/ripe-atlas-api-changes There were two guest articles on RIPE Labs in September on how people are using RIPE Atlas to measure connectivity. Jason Read on using RIPE Atlas to measure cloud connectivity: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jason_read/using-ripe-atlas-to-measure-cloud-… Annika Wickert on using RIPE Atlas to monitor game service connectivity: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/annika_wickert/using-ripe-atlas-to-monitor-ga… And Lia Hestina from the RIPE NCC also wrote a blog article on her efforts to deploy RIPE Atlas probes in Indonesia: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/lia_hestina/measuring-the-Internet-in-indones… RESOLUTION ON RIPE NCC SERVICES TO LEGACY SPACE HOLDERS The RIPE NCC Executive Board has instructed the RIPE NCC to temporarily restrict the ability of Legacy Internet Resource Holders to become RIPE NCC members or open LIR accounts in their capacity as Legacy Internet Resource Holders. https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2016-September/001086.… DRAFT RIPE NCC ACTIVITY PLAN AND BUDGET 2017 The Draft Activity Plan and Budget outlines the RIPE NCC's plans for its services and activities in 2017. We encourage you to read and discuss these plans. https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/draft-ripe-n… INPUT ON RIPE NCC CHARGING SCHEME MODEL The RIPE NCC Executive Board has asked members to consider the current RIPE NCC Charging Scheme model on the Members Discuss mailing list. https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2016-September/001084.… RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING (GM) Registration is open for the GM, which takes place from 26-28 October. https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2016 All details on the GM, including the topics for discussion and those to be voted on, are available on the GM webpages: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016 RIPE 73 The draft programme is online, registration is open and presentation proposals are still being accepted (deadline is 25 September!). https://ripe73.ripe.net/ ENOG - WEBSITE REDESIGN AND ENOG 12 There is a brand new ENOG website design with improved functionality and navigation. Check it out! https://www.enog.org Join us in Yerevan, Armenia from 3-4 October 2016. https://www.enog.org/enog-12/ RIPE LABS The new Plone 5 version of RIPE Labs makes it easier than ever before to contribute and edit your articles. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/adam_castle/upgrading-the-cms-behind-ripe-labs RIPE Database To make RIPE Database objects with shared responsibility easier to interpret, we now highlight all RIPE NCC-managed values: https://twitter.com/alexander_band/status/771425078936559616 RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES In September and October, we're holding member lunches in the following cities: Milan, Muscat, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Zagreb, Kiev and Amman. Sign up, meet RIPE NCC staff and let us know how we can help. https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches TRAINING SERVICES Is a RIPE NCC Training Course coming to your country? In October we’ll run courses in Armenia, Romania, Jordan and Spain. https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses NRO NC CALL FOR NOMINATIONS There is a call for nominations to fill one vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council (NC). The deadline is 23 September. https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2016-August/001077.html SOCIAL MEDIA Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and start conversations with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking If you have feedback about the contents of this mail, please reply and let me know. If there is information about particular services or activities you would like to see included, we can add it to future issues. Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Membership Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[news] IANA Numbering Services Review Committee Members
by Axel Pawlik 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, The IANA Numbering Services Review Committee will assist and advise the NRO Executive Council when it conducts periodic reviews of the services that the IANA Numbering Services Operator provides to the Internet Number Community. The committee was required as part of the Internet Number Community's proposal to replace US Government oversight of the IANA functions and will become active upon completion of the transition process. More detail can be found in the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee Charter: https://www.nro.net/wp-content/uploads/Review-Committee-Charter_FINALclean.… The representatives from the RIPE NCC service region on the committee will be the two community-elected NRO Number Council (NC) members and one RIPE NCC staff member who will be appointed for a three-year term by the RIPE NCC Executive Board. This approach was first proposed by the RIPE Chair in September 2015: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2015-September/000962.html The RIPE community members who will initially serve on the IANA Numbering Services Review Committee are: - Filiz Yilmaz (NRO NC) - Nurani Nimpuno (NRO NC) - Andrew de la Haye (RIPE NCC staff member) This list is published on our website and will change as new NRO NC members are elected. You can find this page here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-com… Kind regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[GM] Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2017
by Axel Pawlik 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Dear RIPE NCC members, The Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2017 is now available for your review: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016/supporti… The Draft Activity Plan and Budget is the clearest way that RIPE NCC members can learn about, comment on and ultimately shape the direction that the RIPE NCC will take in the coming year. By publishing the draft document now, the RIPE NCC membership has six weeks until the General Meeting (GM) on 26 October 2016 to review and discuss the contents of the document. Further discussion will take place at the GM. We ask that you read the document and provide feedback on the members-discuss mailing list <members-discuss(a)ripe.net>. The Executive Board will take note of all feedback and discussions regarding the Activity Plan and Budget before publishing a final version in December 2016. Please note that if you would like to attend or vote at the GM, you will need to register via the GM Preferences section in the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016 The GM agenda and the rest of the supporting documents will be sent shortly. We look forward to hearing your feedback. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] Executive Board Resolution on Legacy Internet Resource Holders
by Nigel Titley 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Dear Colleagues, The Executive Board has instructed the RIPE NCC to temporarily restrict the ability of Legacy Internet Resource Holders to become RIPE NCC members or open LIR accounts in their capacity as Legacy Internet Resource Holders. This decision was taken at last week's Executive Board meeting in Amsterdam. Since the policy “RIPE NCC Services to Legacy Internet Resources” was implemented in 2014, the RIPE NCC has waived the EUR 2,000 sign-up fee for Legacy Internet Resource Holders who choose to enter into a contractual relationship with the RIPE NCC. It now seems that some entities have started obtaining very small blocks of legacy IPv4 resources (in some cases as little as a /29) and using this to open an LIR account and obtain an IPv4 /22 allocation without having to pay the sign-up fee. The board feels that this is against the spirit in which this fee was waived and gives an unfair advantage to these entities. Removing this cost barrier could also result in faster depletion of the IPv4 pool that the RIPE community has reserved for newcomers. We will therefore be adding this to the agenda of the upcoming General Meeting (GM) that will take place on 26 October. We will also put forward a resolution for the membership to vote on to address this problem. As the board anticipates an increase in these kinds of requests ahead of the GM, we felt it was necessary to apply this temporary restriction until a proper solution can be applied. It is important to note that despite this temporary restriction, Legacy Internet Resource Holders may continue to register their resources: - By becoming a RIPE NCC member (without using their capacity as Legacy Internet Resource Holders to receive the sign-up fee waiver) - Under an existing LIR account - Through a sponsoring LIR - By entering into a direct agreement with the RIPE NCC The board encourages the membership to discuss this matter on the <members-discuss(a)ripe.net> mailing list. You can also contact the board directly at <exec-board(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Nigel Titley RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman

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[news] Final Reminder: Call for Nominations to the NRO NC
by Axel Pawlik 14 Sep '16

14 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, This is a final reminder of the call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number Council (NC). The three-year term of Filiz Yilmaz ends on 31 December 2016. The election to the NRO NC seat will take place during the Plenary at the RIPE 73 Meeting to be held in Madrid from 24-28 October 2016. The voting for this election will be conducted electronically for the first time. Further information on the voting process is available online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-com… The election to the NRO NC seat will take place during the Plenary at the RIPE 73 Meeting to be held in Madrid from 24-28 October 2016. All members of the Internet community who are present at that Plenary may vote in the election. The deadline for nominations is 23 September 2016. Any individual residing within the RIPE NCC service region is eligible for nomination, except Regional Internet Registry (RIR) staff members. Self-nominations are permitted. Please send your nominations to <nominations(a)ripe.net> by 23:59 UTC on 23 September 2016. All confirmed nominations will be listed on the RIPE NCC website by 26 September 2016. All nominees may submit a written statement in support of their nomination for publication on the RIPE NCC website. Other individuals may express support for nominated individuals by sending an email to <nominations(a)ripe.net>. Expressions of support will also be published on the RIPE NCC website. To find out more about the NRO NC and the election process, please see: https://www.ripe.net/participate/internet-governance/internet-technical-com… Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] Input from Membership on RIPE NCC Charging Scheme Model
by Nigel Titley 13 Sep '16

13 Sep '16

Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC Executive Board asks that the membership consider the charging scheme model that the RIPE NCC currently uses. The current "one LIR-one fee" charging scheme was first used for the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2013. This scheme was introduced following the formation of a Charging Scheme Task Force in 2011, a discussion of the issue on the Members Discuss mailing list, and the presentation of three types of charging schemes for the members to vote on at the September 2012 General Meeting (GM). The three types of charging scheme presented to the members in 2012 can be seen at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/september-2012/docume… Since the approval of the "one LIR-one fee" charging scheme, annual fees per LIR have reduced from EUR 1,800 per annum to 1,400 per annum. Since 2015, members can also vote to approve the redistribution to the members of any surplus accumulated by the RIPE NCC in a year. The Executive Board believes that the current charging scheme model still meets the three broad criteria that the Charging Scheme Task Force recommended for the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme: - The Charging Scheme model that is decided upon should be applicable for several years. - There should be stable fees per member. - A small number of members should not pay most of the membership fees. However, the Executive Board recognises that the membership has grown considerably since the current charging scheme model was introduced and that some members now feel that the current model is not a equitable way to pay for the RIPE NCC's activities. This is evident from emails the board has received, from comments received in the RIPE NCC Survey 2016, and from discussions among the members on RIPE working group mailing lists. The Executive Board therefore proposes to discuss this issue at the upcoming GM. We ask that prior to the GM the membership discusses this issue on <members-discuss(a)ripe.net>, keeping the discussion focused on whether or not the "one LIR-one fee" model is the best model for RIPE NCC charging schemes and, if not, what the alternative should be. The Board has been contacted with a question regarding how a member could propose a topic to be voted on at a General Meeting. I would like to confirm that the board is always open to proposals regarding agenda items for the General Meeting. For the full background on how the agenda for a RIPE NCC General Meeting is set, please refer to articles 15.3 - 15.6 of the Articles of Association; as provided at the end of this email. Finally, I encourage all members to register to participate in the upcoming GM to ensure that the decisions reached reflect the overall wishes of the membership as far as possible. All details about the GM, including how to register, are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016 Best regards Nigel Titley RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman RIPE NCC Articles of Association https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-602 === 15.3 The agenda for the Annual Meeting shall include the following subjects: a. the adoption of the Financial Report; b. the discharge of the Executive Board with regard to its actions as they appear from the Annual Report; c. the filling of any vacancies in the Executive Board. 15.4 The following subjects shall be placed on the agenda for the Annual Meeting or on the agenda for another General Meeting to be held in the same calendar year: a. a discussion of the draft Activity Plan and draft budget after a presentation by the Executive Board; b. the adoption of the Charging Scheme with respect to the coming financial year upon proposal of the Executive Board; c. a discussion of the policy and the quality of services (to be) rendered by the Association. 15.5 If applicable, the agenda for the Annual Meeting or another General Meeting shall also include the following subjects: a. the extension of the period within which the Executive Board shall submit the Annual Report (as referred to in paragraph 14.2), which shall also constitute an extension of the period within which the Annual Meeting - at which the Annual Report is to be submitted - shall be held; b. the filling of any vacancies in the Executive Board; upon proposal by the Executive Board: adoption of amendments to the Standard Service Agreement; c. upon proposal by the Executive Board: approval of new arbiters and/or dismissal of current arbiters and/or adoption of amendments to the arbitration procedure; e. other proposals and/or discussion points put forward by the Executive Board or (a group of) Members of the Association (pursuant to paragraph 15.6) and announced in the convocation for the Meeting. 15.6 On the written application of a group of Members who are jointly entitled to cast at least two percent (2%) of the total number of possible votes, other subjects will be added to the agenda. Such an application, accompanied by the verbatim text of the resolutions proposed by the said Members, shall have to be sent to the Executive Board at least two weeks before the Meeting. The Executive Board shall immediately send the verbatim text of the resolutions proposed by the said Members to all the Members of the Association.

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