Dear RIPE NCC members, The April 2026 Member Update is now available on our website at: https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/ripe-ncc-member-update-april-2026/ You can also read the update below. 1. Registry – LIR Stats – RIPE PDP Update 2. Information Services – RIPE NCC Quarterly Plans (Q2 2026) Published – Introducing Region Meshes: Visualising Intra-Region Routing Paths 3. Community and Engagement – Join us at RIPE 92! – Register for the RIPE NCC Days Baltics – Jaap Akkerhuis Receives Knighthood for His Internet Pioneer Contributions – SEE 14: Advancing Internet Technologies in South East Europe – The Internet’s Trust Architecture – RIPE Labs Article Competition (RIPE 92) – New on RIPE Labs – RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars 4. Organisational Update – Charging Scheme Options Published – General Meeting May 2026: Draft Agenda Published – Meet the RIPE NCC Executive Board Candidates Open House - 13 May 2026 – RIPE NCC Annual Report 2025 and RIPE NCC Financial Report 2025 Published – RIPE NCC Report: Law Enforcement Authority Requests 2025 – Felipe Victolla Silveira Leaving the RIPE NCC 1. Registry – LIR Stats Number of LIR accounts: 20,751 (+34) Number of members: 19,987 (+51) IPv4 addresses transferred in March: 1,789,824 (+265,600) LIRs with IPv6: 15,776 (+46) LIRs on IPv4 Waiting List: 841 Days that first LIR in queue has been waiting: 503 % of IPv4 address space covered by ROAs: 76% % of IPv6 address space covered by ROAs: 44% ARCs completed in March: 256 – RIPE PDP Update The Discussion Phase for Policy Proposal 2024-01 (Revised IPv6 PI Assignment Policy) ended on 24 April 2024, and it’s awaiting the decision from the proposers. https://www.ripe.net/community/policies/proposals/2024-01/ 2. Information Services – RIPE NCC Quarterly Plans (Q2 2026) Published We have published the Q2 2026 quarterly plans for our development teams. These plans include the work items that will be carried out over the next quarter and give the chance to RIPE NCC members and the wider community to provide their feedback and suggestions that the RIPE NCC should be working on going forward. https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/ripe-ncc-quarterly-plans-q2-2026-publishe... – Introducing Region Meshes: Visualising Intra-Region Routing Paths Region Meshes is a new RIPE Atlas tool that visualises intra-region routing paths, showing where traffic stays local, where it leaves, and how IXPs are being used. https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_suess_1/introducing-region-meshes-visua... 3. Community and Engagement – Join us at RIPE 92! RIPE 92 is just around the corner! You can still register to join us in Edinburgh or online from 18-22 May 2026. https://ripe92.ripe.net/ – Register for the RIPE NCC Days Baltics Join us at RIPE NCC Days Baltics in Riga, Latvia, on 3-4 June 2026. This event brings network engineers and technical professionals together to share knowledge, discuss regional challenges, and explore the latest developments in the Internet industry. https://www.ripe.net/meetings/regional-meetings/ripe-ncc-days/ripe-ncc-days-... – SEE 14: Advancing Internet Technologies in South East Europe In the context of SEE 14, we examine how Internet technologies are evolving across South East Europe. Drawing on registry data and routing measurements, we highlight trends in routing security, interconnection, and IPv6 deployment. https://labs.ripe.net/author/anastasiya-pak/see-14-advancing-internet-techno... – Jaap Akkerhuis Receives Knighthood for His Internet Pioneer Contributions Jaap Akkerhuis has been appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion, one of the Netherlands’ highest civilian honours for people who have provided outstanding service to society. https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/ripe-list@ripe.net/thread/7EMT7Z45LA3... – The Internet’s Trust Architecture RIPE NCC’s Hisham Ibrahim shared his thoughts on the importance of trust as part of the Internet infrastructure, and why it matters just as much as technical ambition. https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/the-internets-trust-architecture... – RIPE Labs Article Competition (RIPE 92) We're happy to share the results of the RIPE Labs article competition for RIPE 92. The winning article is "Ukraine as a Laboratory of Internet Resilience" by Eliza Rohotska and Solomiia Yaremenko, which offers a timely, insightful look at the concept of resilience as it applies to the Internet and the people who keep it running under extreme conditions: https://labs.ripe.net/author/eliza-rohotska/ukraine-as-a-laboratory-of-inter... The runner-up is "When iBGP Full Mesh Is Actually Unnecessary" by José Mª Rivadeneyra, a clear and practical contribution on BGP design: https://labs.ripe.net/author/rivadeneyra/when-ibgp-full-mesh-is-actually-unn... – New on RIPE Labs Find out what’s new on Labs this month: https://labs.ripe.net/ – RIPE NCC Upcoming Courses and Webinars May 2026: Wed, 6 May 2026 - LIR Training Course (Rome) Wed, 6 May 2026 - IPv6 Addressing Plan Webinar (Online) Thu, 7 May 2026 - IPv6 Fundamentals Training Course (Rome) Fri, 8 May 2026 - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Rome) Tue, 12 May 2026 - Anti-Abuse Webinar (Online) June 2026: Mon, 1 June 2026 - IPv6 Fundamentals Training Course (Riga) Tue, 2 June 2026 - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Riga) Wed, 10 June 2026 - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Copenhagen) Thu, 11 June 2026 - Fri, 12 June 2026 - IPv6 Advanced Training Course (Copenhagen) Tue, 16 June 2026 - Basic IPv6 Protocol Security Webinar (Online) Wed, 17 June 2026 - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Online) Wed, 17 June 2026 - BGP Routing Security Training Course (Batumi) Thu, 18 June 2026 - Fri, 19 June 2026 - IPv6 Advanced Training Course (Batumi) Wed, 24 June 2026 - LIR Training Course (Amsterdam) Thu, 25 June 2026 - Fri, 26 June 2026 - IPv6 Advanced Training Course (Amsterdam) You can register for these courses and webinars at: https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/ Interested in becoming a Local Host for RIPE NCC Training Courses? https://labs.ripe.net/author/olivia-ruimwijk/working-with-local-hosts-to-del... Help us improve our training services! Answer this five-minute survey and let us know how we can do better: https://ripe-ncc.typeform.com/to/gVNAUwQR 4. Organisational Update – Charging Scheme Options Published We have published two Charging Scheme models which the Executive Board proposes that members vote on at the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM). The RIPE NCC Executive Board proposed the current LIR account-one fee model (Option A) and a category model (Option B). https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/charging-scheme-options-published/ The reason for choosing both options is explained in more detail in an email from RIPE NCC Executive Board Chair Ondřej Filip: https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/ncc-announce@ripe.net/thread/IZFVMQND... A charging scheme calculator is now available in the LIR Portal to help you estimate your 2027 fees under both proposed models (Option A and Option B), using your account’s existing resources. You can access it via your LIR account or use the public web calculator to test different scenarios. https://mailman.ripe.net/archives/list/ncc-announce@ripe.net/thread/WRHA4RHC... All supporting documents for the GM are available at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/gm/meetings/may-2026/documents-and-archive/s... – General Meeting May 2026: Draft Agenda Published We have published the draft agenda for the upcoming RIPE NCC General Meeting, taking place from 20-22 May 2026. The General Meeting (GM) will be held online and in person in Edinburgh alongside RIPE 92. Register quickly and easily in the LIR Portal. https://my.ripe.net/#/meetings/active – Meet the RIPE NCC Executive Board Candidates Open House - 13 May 2026 We invite you to join an online session to meet the candidates standing in the upcoming RIPE NCC Executive Board election. Register for the Open House at: https://www.ripe.net/meetings/open-house/meet-the-executive-board-candidates... – RIPE NCC Annual Report 2025 and RIPE NCC Financial Report 2025 Published The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2025 documents the activities of the RIPE NCC throughout the year. The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2025 accounts for the financial activities of the RIPE NCC during the same period. https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/ripe-ncc-annual-report-2025-and-ripe-ncc-... – RIPE NCC Report: Law Enforcement Authority Requests 2025 Our 2025 report on Law Enforcement Authority Requests is now available. The report details the nature and number of requests we received from Law Enforcement Authorities in 2025 and how we responded. https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-854/ – Felipe Victolla Silveira Leaving the RIPE NCC After 13 years at the RIPE NCC, Felipe Victolla Silveira is stepping down as CTO and will be leaving the RIPE NCC. We are grateful for Felipe’s dedication, leadership and the lasting impact of his work across the organisation and the community. We wish him all the best in his future endeavours. https://www.ripe.net/about-us/news/felipe-victolla-silveira-leaving-the-ripe... We’ll be back next month with more news! Best regards, Boris Duval Communications Officer RIPE NCC