Hello RIPE NCC members, This is a special edition of the Member Update for RIPE 84, taking place next week from 16-20 May. Alongside the RIPE Meeting, we will also have our RIPE NCC General Meeting on Wednesday, 18 May. We hope that you’ll join us for these meetings, and registration for both is quick and easy: RIPE 84: https://ripe84.ripe.net/attend/register/ RIPE NCC General Meeting: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/register RIPE 84 will feature Plenary sessions on topics including Internet in Ukraine, IPv6 deployment, operationalising RPKI, Registration Data Access Protocol, routing security, anycast, bias in Internet measurement infrastructure, and much more. We will also have Working Group sessions throughout the week where you can discuss current topics and participate in chair elections. And RIPE 84 will have several exciting social sessions, parallel events and coffee breaks that are the perfect opportunity to network with fellow engineers, operators and Internet stakeholders. You’ll even have the chance to meet the RIPE Chair Team and the RIPE NCC Executive Board. Don’t miss out! See the full meeting plan at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ In our RIPE NCC General Meeting on Wednesday, you will be able to share your feedback about our services and plans for the future. You will also have the chance to vote on the adoption of the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2021, the discharge of the RIPE NCC Executive Board and the adoption of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023. We will also hold an election for two vacant seats on the Executive Board. So with all that said, here’s everything else you need to know about our services and what’s happening in the RIPE community this month: 1. Registry -- LIR Stats -- Address Policy Working Group Session -- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report -- Live Chat 2. Information Services -- MAT Working Group Session -- Quarterly Planning -- TTL Lowered for NS and DS Records -- Upgrade of Zonemaster Service -- Migration from KSK+ZSK to CSK 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC General Meeting -- RIPE NCC Executive Board Election -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals at RIPE 84 -- RIPE 84 Academic and NREN Session -- Code of Conduct BoF at RIPE 84 -- RIPE Programme Committee Election -- Training Courses in May and June -- Call for Volunteers for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee -- Internet Country Reports -- Revised Policy Development Process Document Published -- Revised RIPE Task Forces - Definitions and Guidelines Document Published -- RIPE Chair Team Reports: April 2022 -- RIPE Labs Podcast -- RIPE Labs 4. Organisational Update -- Holiday Hours -- Vacancies 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,647 (+24) Number of members: 20,330 (+41) LIRs with IPv6: 16,742 (+22) IPv4 addresses transferred in April: 644,096 (-175,616) -- Address Policy Working Group Session The Address Policy Working Group session will take place during RIPE 84 on Wednesday, 18 May in two sessions. There will be updates on the NRO NC, policy issues and the RIPE NCC’s Registry Services, as well as discussions about IPv6 policy goals, the IPv4 waiting list and the requirements for IPv4 assignments. See the agenda at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/ap-wg/ -- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report We have published the Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report for Q2 2022. This document provides data on how RIPE NCC members, End Users and legacy resource holders are affected by sanctions: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2022-April/001570.html -- Live Chat We have a new live chat feature available on our website and in the LIR Portal. Users can now speak to RIPE NCC staff for immediate support while using these services. This feature is accessible during our standard business hours: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/new-live-chat-feature-n... 2. Information Services -- MAT Working Group Session The MAT Working Group session will take place during RIPE 84 on Wednesday, 18 May. During the session, you will hear presentations about the RIPE NCC’s tools, anomaly reporting with RIPE Atlas, flow monitoring in bwNet, a discussion on data and more: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/mat-wg/ -- Quarterly Planning We publish quarterly roadmaps for a number of our services. These outline our development teams’ plans and projects for the quarter. Ahead of the MAT Working Group at RIPE 84, where you can ask questions about these services, check out the quarterly planning for DNS and K-root, RIPE Atlas, RIS and RPKI: https://www.ripe.net/support/documentation/quarterly-planning -- TTL Lowered for NS and DS Records We have lowered the time to live (TTL) for NS and DS records in our rDNS pipeline. This allows for faster DNSSEC key updates and faster roll-out of changes to members' domain objects. -- Upgrade of Zonemaster Service The Zonemaster service, which is used to verify domain object updates, has been updated to a newer version. This provides support for newer DNSSEC algorithms, as requested by the community. -- Migration from KSK+ZSK to CSK We've completed the migration of Key Signing Keys and Zone Signing Keys (KSK+ZSK) to Combined Signing Keys (CSK) on our DNSSEC signers. All of our zones are now signed with a CSK. 3. Community and Engagement -- RIPE NCC General Meeting The final agenda for the RIPE NCC General Meeting has been published. The supporting documents, including the Annual Report 2021, Financial Report 2021 and Charging Scheme 2023, are all available to review before the meeting. All information on the GM, including how to register, is available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022 -- RIPE NCC Executive Board Election There will be an election for two vacant seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board at our General Meeting on 18-20 May. On 11 May, there was an Open House session where the candidates discussed important topics of interest to members. The recording, the biographies of the candidates and all the relevant information you need to make an informed choice at the election are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2022/eb-elections -- RIPE NCC Certified Professionals at RIPE 84 You can get certified at RIPE 84. Book any one of our three Certified Professionals exams to take onsite at RIPE 84 in Berlin. And if you are already certified, you can claim your swag at the Certified Professionals desk and join our class photo on Thursday, 19 May. See details and find out how to book an exam at: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/certified-professionals/ -- RIPE 84 Academic and NREN Reception On Monday, 16 May, there will be a session at RIPE 84 for academics and members of NRENs to meet and network at an informal reception: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/academic-nren/ -- Code of Conduct BoF at RIPE 84 The RIPE Code of Conduct Task Force will hold a BoF session at RIPE 84 on Tuesday, 17 May focusing on recruitment for the Code of Conduct Team. The Task Force will present important information about joining the Team, including the recruitment and training procedures: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2022-April/002519.html -- RIPE Programme Committee Election The RIPE Programme Committee is responsible for recruiting and selecting presentations for the RIPE Meeting Plenary sessions. There are currently two seats up for election on the Programme Committee. Please send your nominations to <pc@ripe.net> by 15:30 (UTC+2) on 17 May, and the election will take place at RIPE 84 from 16:00 (UTC+2) 17 May until 17:00 (UTC+2) 19 May. The results of the election will be announced on 20 May during the Closing Plenary at 11:00 (UTC+2). For more information about the nomination process, see: https://ripe84.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/become-a-member/ -- Training Courses in May and June Our webinars for the months of May and June are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses 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 -- Call for Volunteers for the RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund provides €250,000 a year for projects supporting Internet resilience and operations. Projects are selected for funding by a selection committee. We currently have two spaces for volunteers to join this committee. If you are interested, submit your application by 27 May. See more information about this role and the application process at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/call-for-ripe-ncc-commu... -- Internet Country Reports We have now published an Internet Country Report on Bulgaria, Moldova and Romania and a special Internet Country Report on IPv6 in Sweden: https://labs.ripe.net/author/ripe-labs-editor/country-reports/ -- Revised Policy Development Process Document Published Following the last comment period, the Policy Development Process document has been revised, and a third version has now been published. Please share your feedback on this new version by 27 May. You can find the document and see a summary of the changes from the previous version at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2022-April/002518.html -- Revised RIPE Task Forces - Definitions and Guidelines Document Published The document RIPE Task Forces - Definitions and Guidelines has been revised, and the fourth version is now available. Please review the draft and share your feedback by 08:00 (UTC+2) on 30 May: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2022-May/002522.html -- RIPE Chair Team Reports: April 2022 RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne reports on the latest events in the community, which include the last preparations for RIPE 84, the pre-RIPE 84 student event, working group chair elections and several industry events, including SEE 10 and the RIPE NCC Open House for NOG organisers: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-april-... -- RIPE Labs Podcast The second episode of the RIPE Labs podcast is now live. This time, hear from the Global NOG Alliance’s Keep Ukraine Connected task force about their efforts to help maintain Internet operations in Ukraine: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/keep-ukraine-connected/ -- RIPE Labs In May, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on developments related to the Internet Governance Forum, securing the RIPE NCC trust anchor, the recent RIPE NCC Internet Country Reports and much more: https://labs.ripe.net/ 4. Organisational Update -- Holiday Hours The RIPE NCC office will be closed on Thursday, 26 May and Monday, 6 June. -- Vacancies We currently have a number of vacancies at the RIPE NCC. If you’d like to join us in working for the good of the Internet, have a look at our openings: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/careers-at-the-ripe-ncc 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