RIPE NCC Member Update: February 2019 It may be a short month, but it’s not a short update. This month we sent out 18,000 invoices to our members and we’re preparing to send 4,000 more to our members in Russia. Our teams have been busy developing RIPEstat while our events team is filling your calendars with exciting invitations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing For You ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - Your LIR Stats - New Homepage Features - Redistribution of Excess Member Contribution - Billing Changes in 2019 - Webinars with our Training Services Team ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - Better geo-IP service on RIPEstat - RIPE Atlas Measurement Details Page Redesign - RIPE Atlas anchors hit 400+ - Sponsored RIPE Atlas anchors in 2018 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - Join the Amsterdam RPKI Deployathon 2019 - MENOG & Peering Forum - SEE 8/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting - RIPE 78 - ENOG - You're Invited to our Member Lunches ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - RACI Call for Applications - RIPE NCC Country Report: Saudi Arabia ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What We’re Doing For You ----------------------------------------------------------------------- What’s your new year’s resolution? If it has anything to do with enhancing your knowledge, engaging with the RIPE community or learning more about our useful measurement tools, we’re here to help. We’ve seen a sizable increase in policy transfers for IPv4, we’ve got over 400 RIPE Atlas anchors live, and so many events to invite you to. This is an exciting update, so enjoy. — Your LIR Stats LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 20,757 (+174) LIRs with IPv6: 14,249 (+119) Policy transfers in December: 4,262,144 IPv4 addresses (+3,280,384) — New Homepage Features Did you know that you can create your own dashboard? Give yourself easy access to the parts of ripe.net most important to you. We have ten widgets for you to choose from, and we’ll be adding more! You can also bookmark pages you need regular access to or want to save for later. Find out more and leave us your valuable feedback in the comments section: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/adam_castle/a-user-driven-homepage-coming-soon... — Redistribution of Excess Member Contribution Following approval by the RIPE NCC General Meeting in October, we will redistribute EUR 11.3 million to the membership this year, which will be marked as a discount on your 2019 invoice. The redistribution is only applied to members that were active by 31 December and paid 2018 fees. An LIR without Provider Independent (PI) resources will receive EUR 583, which is a 42% reduction on your 2019 fees. You can see how the 2018 redistribution is calculated here: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/payment/redistribution/redis... — Billing Changes in 2019 We will be sending invoices to our members one month later than usual, on 18 February. This will help us to transition to an annual-only billing schedule, as announced in December 2018: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2018-December/001294.ht... Members with cash flow limitations can apply for a credit arrangement to help them make the transition to annual billing. We will share more information on how to apply for this early next week. — LIR Portal Maintenance At the end of January, we will carry out a planned upgrade of our document management system. Work on this will start on Friday, 25 January at 17:00 (UTC) and end on the evening of Sunday, 27 January. During this time the LIR Portal will be unavailable, as will the contact form on ripe.net. For more details, see the full service announcement: https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/lir-portal-planned-downti... — Webinars with our Training Services Team Learn without leaving your desk! Webinar for new LIRs - Tuesday, 22 January RIPE Atlas Usage Webinar - Wednesday, 30 January RIPE Policy Webinar - Tuesday, 5 February Introduction to the RIPE Database Webinar - Wednesday, 6 February RIPE Database - Advanced Topics Webinar - Thursday, 14 February Internet Routing Registry Webinar Wednesday, 6 March IPv6 Addressing Plan Webinar - Tuesday, 19 March Availability is limited, so find out more and register now: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/webinars ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Your Technical Update ----------------------------------------------------------------------- — Better geo-IP service on RIPEstat The new geolocation widget has now replaced the old Geoloc widget. Enjoy recent data and IPv6 support with it! This replacement marks the next step for better geo-IP services on RIPEstat: https://stat.ripe.net/widget/maxmind-geo-lite-announced-by-as#w.resource=AS3... — RIPE Atlas Measurement Details Page Redesign We’re switching to a new option for back-end storage of RIPE Atlas measurement metadata. This gave us an opportunity to revamp the UI for the RIPE Atlas measurement details page. Read all about it on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/jasper_den_hertog/new-design-and-functionality... — RIPE Atlas anchors hit 400+ Back in November 2018, we opened the application process for virtual machine (VM) anchors. Since then, we’ve seen a big surge in the number of anchors connected, with the total having now risen past 430. Keep an eye on RIPE Labs for more details on this next week along with a look back at the 2018 campaign to sponsor another batch of RIPE Atlas anchors. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Join Us for These Meetings and Events ----------------------------------------------------------------------- — Join the Amsterdam RPKI Deployathon 2019 We invite you to participate in the very first RPKI Deployathon. The RIPE NCC and Juniper Networks are co-hosting the deployathon taking place from 7-8 March. It will be a two-day event bringing together network professionals to work on practical aspects of routing security. Please click the link below for more information and to register. We have limited spots available, so make sure you register by 29 January. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/join-the-amsterdam-rpki-deployathon-2019 — MENOG 19 Meeting and Peering Forum - Beirut, 3-4 April 2019 Registration is open: https://portal.ripe.net/meeting-pub/registration?0&meetingId=82306859-a1d8-4b03-a5d6-15c98eb5ae7b Would you like to present? https://www.menog.org/meetings/menog-19/call-for-presentations/ Become a sponsor: https://www.menog.org/sponsors/sponsorship/ — SEE 8 - Sarajevo, 16-17 April 2019 Registration is open! We invite you to join us for this free-of-charge event where everyone is welcome: http://www.ripe.net/see-8/register Would you like to present? Submit your presentation by 17 February: https://www.ripe.net/see-8/call-for-presentations We’re also accepting applications for event sponsors: https://www.ripe.net/see-8/become-a-sponsor — RIPE 78 – Reykjavik, 20-24 May 2019 Join us for RIPE 78 - registration is now open: https://ripe78.ripe.net/register/ Would you like to present? Submit your presentation by 3 March: https://ripe78.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ Everyone’s invited, and we’re making it easier for everyone to join. Find out more about our diversity efforts for RIPE 78: https://ripe78.ripe.net/diversity/ Want to support the RIPE community and bring your brand to life at the event? Become a sponsor! https://ripe78.ripe.net/sponsors/become-a-sponsor/ — ENOG 16 - Tbilisi, 3-4 June 2019 Get ready! The Call for presentations will open 21 January. Registration will be available from 4 February. Want to get involved? Become a sponsor: https://www.enog.org/sponsor/ — You're Invited to our Member Lunches We published our Member Lunch schedule! Join us for the first one of the year in Rotterdam or meet us at other locations around our service region: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. What’s Happening in Our Community? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- — RACI Call for Applications Want to share your research? Do you do research on network measurements and analyses, IPv6 deployment, BGP routing, network security, Internet governance, peering and interconnectivity, or the Internet of Things? Apply for RACI to receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation for our meetings. We are accepting applications until February 2019. The specific deadlines per meeting and more information are available on the website: https://www.ripe.net/raci — RIPE NCC Country Report: Saudi Arabia With the new year, the RIPE NCC has launched a new format to showcase some of our measurements and analytics, focusing on a specific country. The first country we are looking at is Saudi Arabia, drawing on a range of data, statistics and industry knowledge to look at the challenges, trends and opportunities in that country’s Internet landscape. Download the full report at RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/ripe-ncc-country-report-saudi-arabia Thanks for reading our first Member Update for 2019 - we hope you enjoyed it. Please keep in touch by following us on Facebook and Twitter, where we share news and updates regularly: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking Best regards, Elena Signorelli Marketing and Communications Officer RIPE NCC | Amsterdam