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RIPE 57: Reminder to Register
by RIPE Meeting 30 Jul '08

30 Jul '08

Dear Colleagues, RIPE 57 will be held from 26-30 October (Sunday - Thursday) 2008, at the JW Marriott Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. REGISTRATION ============== You can register online for RIPE 57 at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/register/54 MEETING AGENDA ================ The meeting agenda is online at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/meeting-plan.html MEETING FEE =========== The fee for the meeting is EUR 400. This covers the full RIPE Meeting week. You will receive a EUR 50 discount if your payment is received before 12:00 UTC on Thursday, 23 October 2008. DAY TICKETS =========== Day tickets are available online and cost EUR 125 per day. Day tickets can also be purchased at the Registration Desk during the meeting itself. STUDENT DISCOUNT ================= A student ticket costs EUR 175 and you must show a valid international student card upon arrival at the meeting to qualify as a student. This discount does not apply to day tickets or to RIPE Dinner tickets. FREE TICKETS ============ If you are a *new* Local Internet Registry (LIR), you are entitled to *two* free RIPE Meeting tickets as part of your membership. You can find out more about how to use your RIPE Meeting tickets at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/new-lir.html SPONSORING A RIPE SOCIAL EVENT =============================== Opportunities for your organisation to sponsor social events and various parts of the RIPE Meeting are available. For more information please contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>. HOTEL INFORMATION ================== The JW Marriott hotel offers a special room rate for RIPE 57 Meeting attendees of approx 180 EUR, if you book by 1 October 2008. Other nearby hotels are also offering special rates. More information on how to book your hotel is available at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/hotels.html IMPORTANT NOTE ============== Please note that the RIPE 57 Meeting starts on a *Sunday* and ends on a *Thursday* to coordinate with the working week in the Middle East region. MORE INFORMATION =================== If you have questions, please contact meeting(a)ripe.net. Please also check the meeting homepage regularly for updated information: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/ Regards, Camilla Meidell Conference Coordinator RIPE NCC

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NRO NC call for nominations
by Axel Pawlik 28 Jul '08

28 Jul '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, This is a call for nominations from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one vacant seat on the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Number council (NC). The term of Wilfried Woeber, who was appointed to the NRO NC by the RIPE NCC Executive Board in January 2006, ends on 31 December 2008. The RIPE NCC Executive Board will select one representative from the nominees to serve a three-year term on the NRO NCC beginning 1 January 2009. The decision of the Executive Board will be announced at the RIPE 57 Meeting, which will be held in Dubai, UAE, from 26-30 October 2008. The deadline for nominations is 22 September 2008. 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 23:00 UTC on 22 September 2008. To find out more about the NRO NC and the election process, please see: http://www.ripe.net/info/resource-admin/nro2008/ Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC Important Dates: 22 September 2008: Deadline for NRO NC nominations 10 October 2008: Deadline for all confirmed nominations to be posted on the RIPE NCC website 27 October 2008: Result of the selection announced at the RIPE 57 Meeting in Dubai, UAE

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Emergency Maintenance Announcement
by Gerard Leurs 16 Jun '08

16 Jun '08

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, Today, Monday, 16 June, the RIPE NCC will carry out emergency maintenance work on some of our servers. As a result, the following services will be temporarily unavailable at times over the course of the day: - www.ripe.net - lirportal.ripe.net Delayed response times can also be expected for RIPE NCC Registration Services and Customer Services. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to <ops(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Gerard Leurs Operations Coordinator, RIPE NCC

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Emergency maintenance announcement
by Razvan Oprea 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, Due to unforeseen circumstances, the RIPE NCC had to carry out emergency maintenance work on our core storage infrastructure today, 10 June, between 15:00 and 17:30 (UTC). RIPE NCC services affected during this period include: www.ripe.net ftp.ripe.net e-learning.ripe.net lirportal.ripe.net DNSMON We apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused. If you have any questions about this, please send an e-mail to <ops(a)ripe.net>. Regards, Razvan Oprea Senior Systems Engineer, RIPE NCC

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RIPE 57: Registration Now Open
by RIPE NCC meeting coordinator 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Dear Colleagues, RIPE 57 will be held from 26-30 October (Sunday - Thursday), 2008, at the JW Marriott Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. REGISTRATION ============== You can register online for RIPE 57 at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/lirportal/meeting/register/54 MEETING FEE =========== The registration fee for the meeting is EUR 400. This covers the full RIPE Meeting week. You will receive a EUR 50 discount if your payment is received before 12:00 UTC on Thursday, 23 October 2008. DAY TICKETS =========== Day tickets are also available online and cost EUR 125 per day. STUDENT DISCOUNT ================= The student ticket costs EUR 175. You must show a valid international student card upon arrival at the meeting. This discount does not apply to day tickets or to RIPE Dinner tickets. FREE TICKETS ============ If you are a *new* Local Internet Registry (LIR), you are entitled to *two* free RIPE Meeting tickets as part of your membership. You can find out more about how to use your RIPE Meeting tickets at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/new-lir.html SPONSORING A RIPE SOCIAL EVENT ================================ Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information please contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>. MEETING AGENDA ================ The meeting agenda will be published shortly at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/ SPECIAL NOTE ============== Please note that the RIPE 57 Meeting starts on a Sunday and ends on a Thursday to coordinate with the working week in the Middle East region. MORE INFORMATION =================== If you have questions, please contact <meeting(a)ripe.net>. Please also check the meeting homepage regularly for updated information: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-57/ Regards, Camilla Meidell Conference Coordinator RIPE NCC

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ANNOUNCEMENT: RIPE NCC Training Courses
by Training 26 May '08

26 May '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC invites you to register for one of our upcoming training courses: - The LIR Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to request Internet number resources and interact with the RIPE NCC. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/lir/outline.html - The Routing Registry Training Course This course teaches LIRs how to use the RIPE Database for routing. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/rr/outline.html - The DNS for LIRs Training Course This course teaches LIRs about the RIPE NCC's DNS-related services. A course outline is available at: http://www.ripe.net/training/dns/outline.html To see the location of upcoming courses and to register, please use the LIR Portal or complete the registration form on our website at: http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/trainingform.pl.cgi If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at <training(a)ripe.net>. Kind regards, Rumy Kanis Training Services Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Maintenance Announcement
by Chris Buckridge 22 May '08

22 May '08

[Apologies for duplicate e-mails] Dear Colleagues, From 10:00-18:00 (UTC) on Saturday, 24 May 2008, RIPE NCC staff will perform scheduled maintenance work on our core storage infrastructure. The following items will be unavailable at times during this maintenance period: - www.ripe.net - ftp.ripe.net - lirportal.ripe.net - e-learning.ripe.net The performance of dnsmon.ripe.net will be degraded during this period, and the website for k.root-servers.org will also be unavailable at times. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. If you have any questions about this, please send an e-mail to <ops@localhost>. Regards, Brian Riddle IT Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC Executive Board Election Results
by Axel Pawlik 08 May '08

08 May '08

[Apologies for duplicates] Dear Colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2008 was held Wednesday, 7 May 2008, adjacent to the RIPE 56 Meeting, at the Palace Hotel in Berlin. The meeting agenda included an election to fill two RIPE NCC Executive Board seats for three-year terms. Fahad AlShirawi and Andreas Wittkemper were voted onto the Board, replacing Kees Neggers and Jim Reid. There were 111 attendees excluding RIPE NCC staff and observers from the other Regional Internet Registries. In addition to the Executive Board election, the RIPE NCC members approved three resolutions. The RIPE NCC 2007 Audited Financial Report was approved. Jaap Akkerhuis, Remko van Mook and Olaf Kolkman were appointed to the panel of RIPE NCC arbiters. And the RIPE NCC Executive Board was discharged with regard to its actions as set out in the 2007 Annual Report. The RIPE NCC would like to thank its membership for the input and support given at the General Meeting and congratulates our newly elected Executive Board members. Regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC closed on 12 May 2008
by Saskia van Gorp 07 May '08

07 May '08

Dear Colleagues, Our offices are closed on Monday 12 May 2008 (Pentecost). The offices close on all Dutch public holidays listed at: http://www.ripe.net/info/ncc/public-holidays.html Regards, Saskia van Gorp Front Office Manager RIPE NCC

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RIPE NCC closed on 30 April and 1 May 2008
by Saskia van Gorp 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Dear Colleagues, Our offices are closed on Wednesday 30 April (Queen's Day)and Thursday 1 May (Ascension Day) 2008. The offices close on all Dutch public holidays listed at: http://www.ripe.net/info/ncc/public-holidays.html Regards, Saskia van Gorp Front Office Manager RIPE NCC

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