Hello RIPE NCC members, Here’s everything you need to know about our services and what’s happening in the RIPE community this month: 1. Registry -- LIR Stats -- Handling LIR Closure Requests 2. Information Services -- RIPE Atlas Sponsorship 3. Community and Engagement -- Training Courses in January -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Cyprus -- RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Cyprus, Israel and Malta -- RIPE Chair Team Reports - Highlights from RIPE 83 -- Post-RIPE 83 Working Group Chair Meeting -- Revised RIPE PDP Process -- RIPE Task Forces - Definition and Guidelines: Last Call -- IGF 2021 -- Rob Blokzijl Inducted in Internet Hall of Fame -- RIPE Labs 4. Organisational Update -- Activity Plan and Budget -- Strategy 2022-2026 -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals Exam Voucher Validity -- Holiday Hours 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,826 (+41) Number of members: 20,237 (-59) LIRs with IPv6: 16,588 (+25) IPv4 addresses transferred in November: 944,512 (-175,448) -- Handling LIR Closure Requests Please note that any valid request received by the RIPE NCC to close an LIR account made before the end of 2021 means that the account in question will not be charged in 2022. We ask you to kindly complete closure requests, policy transfers and notifications of changes in business structure in time and as soon as possible so we avoid sending the automated invoice in Q1 2022: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-December/001536.ht... 2. Information Services -- RIPE Atlas Sponsorship Our new RIPE Atlas sponsorship model offers sponsors more benefits and exposure, and will help us expand global RIPE Atlas coverage. You could become one of our first sponsors of 2022. Learn more at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/new-ripe-atlas-sponsors... 3. Community and Engagement -- Training Courses in January Our webinars for the month of January are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses LIRS: Managing IP Addresses and ASNs Tuesday, 18 January 2022 (09:00-11:00 UTC) Basic IPv6 Protocols Security Tuesday, 25 January 2022 (09:00-11:00 UTC) Interested in something that you can't find on our upcoming courses page? Let us know which topics you would like to see covered in future webinars: https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8 -- RIPE NCC Open House: Internet in Cyprus Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Cyprus on Wednesday, 19 January from 11:00-12:30 UTC: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-int... -- RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Cyprus, Israel and Malta We have published the next instalment in our RIPE NCC Internet Country Reports, this time focusing on the Internet landscape in Cyprus, Israel and Malta. Read the highlights and download the report at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-country... -- RIPE Chair Team Reports - Highlights from RIPE 83 RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne reports on the key events from RIPE 83, which include discussions about the community’s culture and values, presentations on Internet sustainability and access, an IPv6 policy review and more: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-highli... -- Post-RIPE 83 Working Group Chair Meeting The RIPE Chair Team and Working Group Chairs met to discuss RIPE 83. You can read their feedback in the meeting summary at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/wg-chairs/working-group-chair-colle... -- Revised RIPE PDP Process The draft document for the revised RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP) was discussed at RIPE 83. The RIPE NCC has released the updated draft with the changes highlighted at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/policy... The RIPE Chair Team will host an online session to discuss the PDP changes on 26 January 2022 from 15:00-16:30 UTC. The agenda and meeting details will follow on the ripe-list. -- RIPE Task Forces - Definition and Guidelines: Last Call The RIPE Chair Team sent a last call for comments on a draft document that describes what a RIPE Task Force is and how it usually operates: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/ripe-t... If you have feedback on this document, send your comments to the ripe-list before Friday, 14 January 2022, 17:00 UTC. -- IGF 2021 The Internet Governance Forum 2021 took place from 6-10 December. Read our liveblog of the event at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/gergana_petrova/igf-2021-liveblog/ -- Rob Blokzijl Inducted in Internet Hall of Fame Rob Blokzijl, one of the founders of RIPE, was inducted posthumously into the Internet Hall of Fame in recognition of his contribution to the development of the Internet: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/rob-blokzijl-inducted-p... -- RIPE Labs In December, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on the legacy of Rob Blokzijl, IT hardware as a service, DNS openness, authentication and authorisation, and more: https://labs.ripe.net 4. Organisational Update -- Activity Plan and Budget After receiving feedback on the draft we shared with the community before RIPE 83, we have now published our final Activity Plan and Budget 2022. This document outlines our plans for 2022, along with the associated costs. You can read the Activity Plan at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-773/ -- Strategy 2022-2026 We have also published the final version of our Strategy 2022-2026. This document lays out our vision, mission and values, as well as our strategic objectives for the next five years. You can download the Strategy 2022-2026 at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-774/ -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals Exam Voucher Validity You have until Friday, 31 December 2021 to use your RIPE NCC Certified Professionals exam vouchers. You can still schedule an exam for 2022, but you need to do it before the deadline. -- Holiday Hours The RIPE NCC office will be closed on Friday, 24 December and Friday, 31 December. Thank you for reading to the end. We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Kjerstin Kjerstin Burdiek Communications Officer RIPE NCC