Hello RIPE NCC members, Read on to see everything that’s happening at the RIPE NCC and in the RIPE community this month: 1. Registry -- LIR Stats -- EU Sanctions and our Russian Membership 2. Information Services -- RIPE Labs Reporting on Russian Internet -- RIPE NCC Services and Testing Results -- Request for Feedback on the RIPE NCC Access Single Sign-On Solution 3. Community and Engagement -- Training Courses in May -- RIPE NCC Open House: RPKI Data -- General Meeting Supporting Documents and Draft Agenda -- RIPE 84 Call for Presentations -- Call for Nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board -- Community Development in 2022 -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: March 2022 -- RIPE Code of Conduct Draft Process Document -- RIPE Labs Article Competition Winner Announced -- RIPE Labs Podcast -- RIPE Labs 4. Organisational Update -- An Open Internet Remains the Goal -- RIPE NCC Annual Report 2021 and RIPE NCC Financial Report 2021 -- RIPE NCC Report: Law Enforcement Agency Requests 2021 -- Executive Board Meeting Minutes -- Office Opening Hours on King’s Day -- Vacancies 1. Registry -- LIR Stats Number of LIRs: 23,623 (+61) Number of members: 20,289 (+88) LIRs with IPv6: 16,720 (-50) IPv4 addresses transferred in March: 819,712 (-3,584) -- EU Sanctions and Our Russian Membership We’ve seen some confusion about our compliance with EU sanctions against Russia. Athina Fragkouli has published a RIPE Labs article explaining how we remain fully compliant: https://labs.ripe.net/author/athina/eu-sanctions-and-our-russian-membership/ 2. Information Services -- RIPE Labs Reporting on Russian Internet In addition to monitoring the Internet in Ukraine, our Information Services team has also looked at the state of Russian Internet and its connectivity to the wider Internet. So far, we have seen that the Russian Internet has remained fairly stable. To read the full analysis, see the RIPE Labs article at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/how-is-russia-connected-to-the-wider-... -- RIPE NCC Services and Testing Results We have been seeking feedback on our new user interface and doing usability testing. You can see a summary of the feedback we received and our plans for improvements at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/rehan_syed_muhammad/ripe-ncc-services-survey-an... -- Request for Feedback on the RIPE NCC Access Single Sign-On Solution We are reviewing our Single Sign-On Solution, RIPE NCC Access, and we would like your feedback about how best to improve it. Share your thoughts on the RIPE NCC Announce mailing list. Learn more at: ​​https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2022-March/001561.html 3. Community and Engagement -- Training Courses in May Our webinars for the month of May are open for registration: https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses LIR Training Course Tuesday, 10 May 2022 (09:00-17:30 UTC), Madrid, Spain RIPE Database Training Course Wednesday, 11 May 2022 (09:00-17:30 UTC), Madrid, Spain 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: RPKI Data Join us for an Open House on our RPKI datasets on Wednesday, 4 May from 15:00-16:30 UTC: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-rpk... -- General Meeting Supporting Documents and Draft Agenda All supporting documents for the General Meeting are now available, including the RIPE NCC Annual Report 2021, the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2021 and the Draft RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023. The draft agenda for the General Meeting is also available. You can learn more and access these resources at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2022-April/001566.html -- RIPE 84 Call for Presentations The Call for Presentations for RIPE 84 is open. Submit your content proposals for plenary sessions, lightning talks and BoFs by Friday, 29 April. Presentations can be online or onsite: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/ripe-community-updates/ripe-84-call-f... -- Call for Nominations to the RIPE NCC Executive Board The call for nominations for the RIPE NCC Executive Board is still open. Two seats are up for election. Nominations must be submitted by 27 April, and the vote will take place at our General Meeting on 18-20 May. If you want to vote electronically, you must register to vote by 18 May at 14:30 (UTC+1) You may also vote by proxy, for which you must send in the proxy form by 4 May. Learn more about the role of the RIPE NCC Executive Board and how to vote at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2022-March/001552.html -- Community Development in 2022 Gergana Petrova has published an article on RIPE Labs giving an overview of our Community Development department’s priorities for this year: https://labs.ripe.net/author/gergana_petrova/what-is-community-development-a... -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: March 2022 The RIPE Chair Team has shared its report on events in the community in March, which include preparations for a hybrid RIPE 84, RIPE activities such as the revised RIPE Policy Development Process and industry events such as HEAnet and INEX: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-march-... -- RIPE Code of Conduct Draft Process Document The RIPE Code of Conduct Task Force has published a draft process document that outlines how the Code of Conduct team will handle reports of misconduct. Community members are requested to read the document and respond with their thoughts on the RIPE Discuss mailing list by 2 May. Learn more and find the document at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/leo_vegoda/ripe-code-of-conduct-process/ -- RIPE Labs Article Competition Winner Announced The first RIPE Labs Article Competition has concluded. Read about the winning article and the runners-up at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/the-ripe-labs-article-competition-r... -- RIPE Labs Podcast RIPE Labs has launched a podcast, and the first episode is now online. In it, Emile Aben of the RIPE NCC discusses how to use services like RIPE Atlas and RIS to measure damage on the Internet: https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/measuring-damage-on-the-internet/ -- RIPE Labs In April, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on detecting DNS root manipulation, the history of ex-Yugoslavian Internet shared at SEE 10, the Russian sovereign Internet and more: https://labs.ripe.net 4. Organisational Update -- An Open Internet Remains the Goal Hans Petter has published a RIPE Labs article explaining the RIPE NCC’s position in depth regarding our goal to maintain a stable, open Internet for all. Read the article at: https://labs.ripe.net/author/hans_petter_holen/an-open-internet-remains-the-... -- RIPE NCC Annual Report 2021 and RIPE NCC Financial Report 2021 We have published the RIPE NCC Annual Report 2021 and the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2021. Both are part of the supporting documents for the General Meeting. You can find them at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2022-April/001564.html -- RIPE NCC Report: Law Enforcement Agency Requests 2021 We have also published our report on the Law Enforcement Agency requests we received in 2021. The report outlines the nature of these requests and how the RIPE NCC responded: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-779 -- Executive Board Meeting Minutes The minutes for RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting #156 are now online: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2022-March/001562.html -- Office Opening Hours on King’s Day Our Amsterdam office will be closed on Wednesday, 27 April 2022 for King’s Day. Normal office hours will resume on Thursday, 28 April 2022: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/office-opening-hours-du... -- 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