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[meetings] RIPE 74 Opens Today
by Martina De Mas 08 May '17

08 May '17

Dear colleagues, RIPE Chair Hans Petter Holen will open the RIPE 74 Meeting in Budapest today at 14:00 local time (UTC +2). If you cannot be at RIPE 74 in person, you can follow the meeting and participate remotely by viewing the live webcast and using the chat facilities here: https://ripe74.ripe.net/attend/about-remote-participation To stay up-to-date with all RIPE Meeting updates, follow us on Twitter: @ripemeeting, #ripe74 Kind regards, Martina Conference Coordinator RIPE NCC

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[training] New RIPE NCC Webinar - Internet Governance
by Training Services 03 May '17

03 May '17

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the launch of the following webinar: Internet Governance Webinar The RIPE NCC Webinars are live and take only one hour. This webinar will provide an entry-level introduction to Internet governance, specifically aimed at LIR staff. You can learn and interact with RIPE NCC instructors without leaving your desk. Register now at https://www.ripe.net/support/training/learn-online/webinars/internet-govern… Participation is limited to 40 people, so don't hesitate if you want to take part! If you have questions, please email <training(a)ripe.net>. We look forward to seeing you online. Kind regards, RIPE NCC Training Services

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[GM] Have You Registered for the General Meeting Yet? One Week To Go
by Axel Pawlik 03 May '17

03 May '17

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) takes place one week from today on 10 May. All members are asked to participate by registering their votes and attendance options through the LIR Portal: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-may-2017 The registration process takes less than a minute to complete, and we ask that you exercise your participation and voting rights in this important meeting for the RIPE NCC and the membership. Members voting remotely should register to do so before the deadline on 16:00 UTC+2 on 10 May. If you have already registered to vote electronically, you will receive an email with a link to the voting software on the day of the GM. The voting window will remain open until 09:00 UTC+2 on Friday, 12 May. If you are attending the GM in person, please go to the GM Registration Desk before 16:00 UTC+2 on Wednesday, 10 May to check in and receive your meeting materials and entrance sticker. Agenda and Resolutions ----------------------- The agenda for the GM: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017/agenda There will be a discussion and vote on the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2016. This document accounts for the earnings and expenditure of the RIPE NCC in 2016. The PDF is online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017/supporting-d… The RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2018 will be presented to the membership, who will vote on whether or not to adopt the scheme. This document is also online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017/supporting-d… The GM will also have updates from the RIPE NCC management and the Executive Board. Executive Board Election ------------------------ An election for three vacant seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board will take place at the GM. There are five confirmed candidates. All information relating to the election is online: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017/executive-bo… The meeting will be broadcast live for all members from the remote participation page at 18:00 UTC+2 next Wednesday. We rely on our members to give us guidance and make important decisions related to the work of the RIPE NCC, so I look forward to seeing a strong showing of involvement from the members at next week's meeting. Kind regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] RIPE Policy Proposals - April Update
by Marco Schmidt 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Dear colleagues, Here is our monthly overview of open policy proposals and their stage in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). If you wish to join the discussion about a particular proposal, please do so on the relevant working group mailing list. Proposals Open for Discussion: NEW: 2017-01, "Publish statistics on Intra-RIR Legacy updates" Proposals Accepted: 2016-05, "Synchronising the Initial and Subsequent IPv6 Allocation Policies" Proposals Awaiting Input: 2016-04, "IPv6 PI Sub-assignment Clarification" ====== Proposal Overview: PROPOSAL: 2017-01, "Publish statistics on Intra-RIR Legacy updates" OVERVIEW: The proposal aims to add the requirement that the RIPE NCC publish all changes to the holdership of legacy resources in the existing transfer statistics. STATUS: Discussion Phase WHERE TO COMMENT: Address Policy Working Group: address-policy-wg(a)ripe.net DEADLINE: 24 May 2017 FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2017-01 ====== The following proposal has been accepted: PROPOSAL: 2016-05, "Synchronising the Initial and Subsequent IPv6 Allocation Policies" OVERVIEW: The policy change matches the subsequent IPv6 allocation requirements with the initial allocation requirements. STATUS: Accepted & Implemented FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-05 ====== The following proposal is awaiting input before they can go any further in the PDP. PROPOSAL: 2016-04, "IPv6 PI Sub-assignment Clarification" OVERVIEW: The goal of this proposal is to define sub-assignments in IPv6 PI assignments as subnets of /64 and shorter. RIPE NCC IMPACT ANALYSIS: Explains feasibility and possible side effects. STATUS: Review Phase – Rewriting Proposal FULL PROPOSAL: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2016-04 ====== The RIPE NCC provides an overview of current RIPE Policy Proposals here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-… During the upcoming RIPE Meeting, the Address Policy Working Group will hold two sessions where ongoing and possible future policy proposals will be discussed. If you can not attend the RIPE Meeting in person, we invite you to join remotely. A live webcast and IRC chat facility will be available for remote participation. The two sessions will begin on 10 May at 7:00 and 9:00 (UTC). The remote participation will be available at: https://ripe74.ripe.net/ We look forward to your involvement in the PDP. Kind regards, Marco Schmidt RIPE Policy Development Officer RIPE NCC

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[meetings] RIPE 74, Budapest, 8-12 May 2017
by Martina De Mas 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Dear colleagues, RIPE 74 is just two weeks away. If you haven’t yet registered, follow this link to secure your place: https://ripe74.ripe.net/register/ ------------------------ Check out the Programme! ------------------------ Interactive meeting programme for the entire week can be found at: https://ripe74.ripe.net/programme/ Monday morning tutorials: https://ripe74.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/tutorials/ BoFs: https://ripe74.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/bof/ ------- Socials ------- RIPE Meetings are famed for their socials. Here’s what we have planned in Budapest: https://ripe74.ripe.net/programme/social-events/ ------------------------ Sunday RIPE NCC Training ------------------------ On Sunday, 7 May 2017, the RIPE NCC Training Department is organising a full-day Measurements and Tools Training Course. This course is free to attend and takes place at the Sofitel Budapest, which is a one-minute walk from the RIPE 74 meeting location. For more information and to register please visit: https://ripe74.ripe.net/on-site/parallel-events/mat-training/ ----- More information on RIPE 74 can be found at: https://ripe74.ripe.net/ Follow us on Twitter @ripemeeting, hashtag #RIPE74 I look forward to meeting you in Budapest! Best regards, Martina -- Martina de Mas Conference Coordinator RIPE Network Coordination Centre

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[news] RIPE NCC Member Update: April 2017
by Fergal Cunningham 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

RIPE NCC Member Update: April 2017 Contents: - LIR Statistics - MENOG 17 - RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) May 2017 - RIPE NCC Executive Board Election - RIPE 74 Budapest and RIPE 75 Dubai - Cleaning Up Unused AS Numbers - Historical Data Clean-Up - RIPEstat Geoloc History Widget - RIPE Database Web Interface - TraceMON: Network Debugging Made Easy - Reverse DNS Outage for Out-of-Region Address Space - IPv6 RIPEness Through the Years - Country Focus – Russia, Oman, Iraq - RIPE NCC Engagement With Middle East Universities - RIPE NCC Roundtable Meeting Minsk - RIPE Labs - Training Courses and Webinars - RIPE NCC Annual Report 2016 - SEE 6 Montenegro - ENOG 13 St. Petersburg - Monthly Policy Updates - Email Tagging - Social Media LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 15,789 (+250) LIRs with IPv6: 11,764 (+147) IPv4 addresses transferred in March: 667,904 (+215,040) We are now publishing stats on LIRs who have received their last /22: https://labs.ripe.net/statistics/lirs-with-last-22 All our published statistics are available on our A to Z stats page: https://labs.ripe.net/statistics/?az=true MENOG 17 The MENOG 17 Meeting is taking place today and tomorrow in Muscat, Oman. Among the presentations, Johan ter Beest from the RIPE NCC will look at ways to identify missed peering opportunities in the Middle East using RIPE Atlas and the Country IXP Jedi. You can follow the meeting via the webcast at: http://www.menog.org/live/ RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING (GM) MAY 2017 The GM will take place from 10-12 May in Budapest. We encourage all RIPE NCC members to take advantage of remote participation options and vote on the resolution and in the Executive Board elections: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017 This short video explains why the GM is important for the membership and how to register so you can exercise your voting rights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LfPNpAN808 RIPE NCC EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION There will be an election to fill three seats at the upcoming GM. Today is the deadline to nominate or support a candidate. There are currently five confirmed candidates for election and all nominees are listed at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017/nominations-… RIPE 74 BUDAPEST AND RIPE 75 DUBAI RIPE 74 takes place in Budapest, Hungary next month from 8-12 May. Have you registered yet? All the meeting details, including the draft programme, are at: https://ripe74.ripe.net/ We can announce that the RIPE 75 Meeting will take place in Dubai, UAE from Sunday, 22 October to Thursday, 26 October. Watch this space for further details as the meeting approaches. CLEANING UP UNUSED AS NUMBERS There are currently around 6,600 Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs) in our service region that are not being advertised in the routing system. We plan to email the LIR or sponsoring LIR for each unannounced ASN and ask if the resource is still needed: https://www.ripe.net/s/jto6 HISTORICAL DATA CLEAN-UP We are working to clean up old data in the LIR Portal and will continue with this until 1 May 2017. If there is historical information you would like to retain, please visit the Resources section in the LIR Portal before the deadline to copy the data. https://lirportal.ripe.net/ RIPEstat GEOLOC HISTORY WIDGET Ever wonder where IP space was used previously? The Geoloc History widget provides you with a historical view on Maxmind's geo-IP data - a handy tool for IPv4 transfer checks: https://stat.ripe.net/widget/geoloc-history#w.resource=5.35.192.0/21 RIPE DATABASE WEB INTERFACE In the coming weeks, we'll be rolling out usability improvements to the web interface for the RIPE Database, including for multi-object updates with Syncupdates. We'll be posting news items as we introduce the changes to keep you up to date on the improvements. TRACEMON: NETWORK DEBUGGING MADE EASY The RIPE Atlas Team released TraceMON, a client-side tool for visualising network topology generated by traceroutes reaching one or more targets in a network. It provides one-click access to a set of information useful during day-to-day operations: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/massimo_candela/tracemon-traceroute-visualisa… REVERSE DNS OUTAGE FOR OUT-OF-REGION ADDRESS SPACE Anand Buddhdev from the RIPE NCC looks at the events of 16 March 2017, when a bug in a script caused an outage for some reverse DNS delegations registered in the RIPE Database. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/anandb/reverse-dns-outage-for-out-of-region-a… IPv6 RIPEness THROUGH THE YEARS Rene Wilhelm looks at the evolution of IPv6 RIPEness since its introduction in 2010 to recognise LIRs that are deploying IPv6: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/ipv6-ripeness-through-the-years COUNTRY FOCUS - RUSSIA, OMAN, IRAQ Since the last Member Update, we've published three articles using our statistics and data to provide a focus on the membership in countries in our service region. Russia: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fergalc/focus-on-russia-ripe-ncc-statistics-a… Oman: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fergalc/focus-on-oman-ripe-ncc-statistics-and… Iraq: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/fergalc/focus-on-iraq-ripe-ncc-statistics-and… RIPE NCC ENGAGEMENT WITH MIDDLE EAST UNIVERSITIES Hisham Ibrahim gives an overview of the RIPE NCC's efforts to engage with universities in the Middle East: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/hisham_ibrahim/experiences-from-the-lecture-h… RIPE NCC ROUNDTABLE MINSK On 18 April, the RIPE NCC held a Roundtable Meeting for governments and law enforcement in Minsk, Belarus. A report on the meeting will shortly be published by the RIPE NCC. At the meeting, the RIPE NCC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Russian government. Details on the signing of the MoU are available at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-and-russian-g… RIPE LABS We are always looking for content for RIPE Labs. If you have interesting Internet-related research or analysis to share with the RIPE community, please consider RIPE Labs as a way to get your work noticed. Just email <labs(a)ripe.net> and let us know. Last week, Réhan Noordally used RIPE Labs to publish an article on using RIPE Atlas to measure latency to the relatively isolated Reunion Island: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/rehan_noordally/using-ripe-atlas-to-measure-l… TRAINING COURSES AND WEBINARS In May, there will be RIPE NCC Training Courses in Qatar, Spain, Hungary, Iran, Russia and France. There will also be webinars for new LIRs and on IPv6. You can register for any of these at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses RIPE NCC ANNUAL REPORT 2016 The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2016 documents the activities of the RIPE NCC throughout the year. The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2016 accounts for the financial activities of the RIPE NCC during the same period. https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-annual-report… SEE 6/RIPE NCC REGIONAL MEETING MONTENEGRO The South East Europe (SEE) 6/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting takes place in Budva, Montenegro from 12-13 June. All details on the meeting are available at: https://www.ripe.net/see6 ENOG 13 ST. PETERSBURG The ENOG 13/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting takes place in St. Petersburg from 23-24 May. https://www.enog.org/enog-13/ MONTHY POLICY UPDATES The RIPE NCC sends a monthly update on the status of policy proposals in the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP). You can find all the updates at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/policy-updates EMAIL TAGGING We use tags so you can filter RIPE NCC emails in your own mail client depending on the topics you’re interested in: [meetings], [news], [GM], [service] and [training]. 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 any questions or comments on the material in this Member Update, please let me know. Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Membership Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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[GM] Final Reminder: Executive Board Nominations
by Axel Pawlik 12 Apr '17

12 Apr '17

Dear RIPE NCC member, You have one week to make a nomination to the RIPE NCC Executive Board or support one of the existing candidates. The deadline for submitting nominations or expressions of support is *19 April 2017*. The election will take place at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) from 10-12 May 2017. Three seats are up for re-election. There are currently six nominees, three of whom are confirmed candidates. Nominees need five expressions of support to become confirmed candidates for the election. Further information is available online: https://www.ripe.net/s/eb-election-2017 Please participate in the GM and make your voice heard by voting in the election and on the resolutions. All the information, including a step-by-step video guide on how to register, is online: https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-may2017 If you have any questions about the GM, please reply to this email. Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[GM] Reminder: Executive Board Nominations Deadline Approaching
by Axel Pawlik 06 Apr '17

06 Apr '17

Dear RIPE NCC member, The RIPE NCC is calling for nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board. The deadline for submitting nominations is *19 April 2017*. The election will be for three vacant seats and will take place at the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) from 10-12 May 2017. The seats are for three-year terms and are to fill the places currently held by Maria Häll, Christian Kaufmann and Salam Yamout, whose terms expire in May 2017. Please submit your nominations or support for candidates via the online form at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017/nominations-… All the information on the GM, including the draft agenda and a new video with details on how to register and participate, is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017 The RIPE NCC and its Executive Board encourage all members to participate in the GM and to make their voice heard by voting in the election and on the resolutions. If you have any questions about the GM, please email us at <agm(a)ripe.net>. Best regards, Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[news] 110th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting - Summary Notes and Minutes
by Axel Pawlik 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Dear colleagues, The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 110th meeting on 17 March 2017. The draft minutes of this meeting are now available: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/executive-board/minutes/2017/minutes-110th-ex… The Executive Board publishes the minutes of its meetings so that the workings of the Board and the decisions it makes are transparent for the membership that it represents. The following is a summary of the main items from the meeting. Further details are available in the minutes: - The RIPE NCC Executive Board approved the publication of the RIPE NCC Annual Report 2016. - The RIPE NCC Executive Board approved the publication of the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2016. - The RIPE NCC Executive Board approved the Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2018 with identical fees to 2017 and asked the RIPE NCC to prepare this document for the RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2017. - The Board expressed its support for the SEED Alliance but decided that the RIPE NCC should not become a member at this time. - The Board instructed the RIPE NCC to update any procedures so that all cases of fraud are reported to the relevant authorities. - The Chairman of the Executive Board reported on the development and incorporation of the Rob Blokzijl Foundation. Kind regards Axel Pawlik Managing Director RIPE NCC

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[GM] RIPE NCC Annual Report 2016 and Proposed RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2018
by Serge Radovcic 29 Mar '17

29 Mar '17

Dear colleagues, The following important documents are now online: - RIPE NCC Annual Report 2016 - RIPE NCC Financial Report 2016 - RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2018 All three are supporting documents for the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM), which takes place from 10-12 May 2017. Members will vote to approve the Financial Report and the Charging Scheme at the GM. The full list of supporting documents is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017/supporting-d… If you have any feedback, please email <agm(a)ripe.net>. We ask all RIPE NCC members to register for the GM so they can vote on these documents, as well as in the Executive Board elections that will take place at the GM. All information on the GM, including a new video that explains how to get involved and register to vote, is included on the GM homepage: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2017 Best regards, Serge Radovcic RIPE NCC

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