Hello RIPE NCC member, Are you reading this from a sunbed? Although many of our colleagues are off on their summer adventures, the show must go on. This update includes news regarding policies and many learning opportunities for you to take part in. Please do take note of the deadlines coming up for meetings and hackathons – we look forward to seeing you there! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Your LIR Stats -- RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 -- More Learning Opportunities -- Waiting List After IPv4 runout ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RPKI Test -- New RPKI Webinar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Community Projects Fund Deadline Fast Approaching -- Policy Proposals Need Your Input ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RIPE NCC Days Kyiv, 24-25 September 2019 -- IoT Hackathon in Rotterdam -- RIPE 79, 14-18 October 2019, Rotterdam -- Pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon -- Upcoming Member Lunches ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing for You ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— -- Your LIR Stats LIR STATISTICS Number of LIRs: 24,002 (+676) LIRs with IPv6: 15,459 (+262) Policy transfers in July: 419,328 IPv4 addresses (-209,408) -- RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2019 The next RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) will take place from 16-18 October 2019 in the Postillion Convention Centre WTC Rotterdam, Rotterdam, alongside the RIPE 79 Meeting. You can now register to participate and vote in the GM. For more information, go to: https://www.ripe.net/gm/oct-2019 -- More Learning Opportunities Do you prefer learning face-to-face? Our trainers are visiting many new cities within our service region, from Helsinki to Doha. Find out when we will be in your town this year, or when you can join us online for a webinar. The updated training schedule covers courses until 10 December, and you can find the list at: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses -- Waiting List After IPv4 runout The RIPE community has accepted a policy change concerning procedures once the RIPE NCC IPv4 pool has been depleted. Once the waiting list is active, we can provide /24 allocations to LIRs that have never received IPv4 allocations from the RIPE NCC. The waiting list will be run on a first-come-first-served basis and you can read about the accepted proposal at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-725 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RPKI Test Want to know how you can quickly figure out if a network you are using is dropping invalid Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) BGP announcements? Visit our RPKI test web page: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nathalie_nathalie/rpki-webtest -- New RPKI Webinar Nathalie Trenaman and Gerardo Viviers launched our new RPKI webinar! Thanks to high demand and positive feedback from the 30 participants, this has now been added to our ongoing webinar rotation. It covers what RPKI is, how to create ROAs, RPKI best practices, and how to perform Origin Validation. Want more information about your learning opportunities? Follow us on social media or regularly check the list of our upcoming courses: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Community Projects Fund Deadline Fast Approaching The deadline to submit your project for funding is only two weeks away. If your project works for the stability and resilience of the Internet, you could be eligible for funding. Take a look at: https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/ripe-ncc-community-projects-fund -- Policy Proposals Need Your Input We need your input on two policy proposals that have moved to the next phase of the Policy Development Process (PDP). One policy suggests extending the IPv4 pool for IXPs to a /15 (currently it is /16). The second one suggests deleting a non-authoritative object stored in the RIPE IRR if it conflicts with an RPKI ROA. Join the discussion and find more details at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/current-proposals/current-policy-p... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— -- RIPE NCC Days Kyiv, 24-25 September 2019, Kyiv Join us for the RIPE NCC Days in Kyiv! Formerly known as a RIPE NCC Regional Meeting, we decided to change the name to better reflect the content and structure of the meeting. You can find out more about the meeting and register at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/ripe-ncc-days-ky... -- IoT Hackathon in Rotterdam Applications close on 9 September, so if you want to work on real-life, practical projects, apply now. Applications are open to a variety of professional backgrounds including back-end and front-end developers, product owners, product managers, UX experts, innovators and more. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/iot-hackathon-at-ripe-79-in-rotterdam -- RIPE 79, 14-18 October 2019, Rotterdam Have you registered? Take your first step towards joining us in Rotterdam and register now at: https://ripe79.ripe.net/attend/register/ Call for presentations is closing! Topics must be submitted by 16 August – that’s tomorrow! Find out how to submit at: https://ripe79.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ We only have a few sponsorship opportunities available, so if you’re interested, make sure you contact our meeting organisers soon. You can contact them at <meeting@ripe.net> or follow the instructions at: https://ripe79.ripe.net/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/ -- Pan-European Quantum Internet Hackathon You are invited to take part in our first pan-European hackathon. If you’re curious about the Quantum Internet and are passionate about developing new technology, make sure you apply by 15 September. Find out more at: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ulka_athale_1/take-part-in-pan-european-quantu... -- Upcoming Member Lunches Next week our colleagues will be meeting members in Sofia, Bulgaria and Tirana, Albania! If you’re interested in meeting RIPE NCC staff or networking with other members, join us for a Member Lunch. We still have eight member lunches you can register for this year, find more details at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches You’re up to date – for now. There’s always a lot happening, so stay in touch with us, join discussions and share your feedback via your favourite communication channel. Respond to me here, join a mailing list and take part in industry discussions, or find us on social media: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking My best, Elena Signorelli Communications and Marketing Officer RIPE NCC