RIPE NCC Member Update: September 2018 LIR Statistics Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2019 RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) Changes to Out-of-Region Objects in the RIPE Database Campaign to Sponsor 10 RIPE Atlas Anchors DNSSEC Signer Migration NRO NC – Deadline for Nominations RIPE 77 Updates Blockchain Applicability for the Registry Community Contributions to RIPE Labs RIPE NCC Member Lunches RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Almaty RIPE NCC Training Courses and Webinars Searching the Email Archives RSS Feed of Service Announcements Social Media LIR STATISTICS (change since last update) Number of LIRs: 19,960 (+341) LIRs with IPv6: 13,896 (+171) Policy transfers in August: 1,325,568 IPv4 addresses (-881,024) DRAFT RIPE NCC ACTIVITY PLAN AND BUDGET 2019 This document is the best way to see what we plan to do next year and what our activities will cost. We ask that members review our plans and let us know what they think on <members-discuss@ripe.net> or at the General Meeting on 17 October: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/draft-rip... RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING The GM will take place from 17-19 October, and we ask all members to register to participate in the discussions. There are also important votes for members on the redistribution of the RIPE NCC surplus 2018 and changes to the Articles of Association. All the details you need are at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018/ CHANGES TO OUT-OF-REGION OBJECTS IN THE RIPE DATABASE On 4 September, we implemented changes to the way out-of-region ROUTE objects are managed and represented in the RIPE Database: https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/changes-to-out-of-regio... CAMPAIGN TO SPONSOR 10 RIPE ATLAS ANCHORS Interested in hosting a RIPE Atlas anchor sponsored by the RIPE NCC? Apply now! The deadline for our 2018 campaign to sponsor 10 RIPE Atlas anchors is 30 September 2018. For more information, see the following article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/2018-campaign-to-sponsor-10-ripe-a... DNSSEC SIGNER MIGRATION Anand Buddhdev describes the evaluation and selection of a new DNSSEC signer solution, along with a plan of how we intend to perform the migration: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/anandb/dnssec-signer-migration NRO NC – DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS The deadline for nominations to fill a vacant seat on the NRO NC is tomorrow, 21 September 2018. There are currently two candidates and the election will take place during the RIPE 77 Meeting in Amsterdam from 15-19 October. Details on how to nominate a candidate or express your support for a candidate are available at: https://www.ripe.net/s/nroncelection2018 RIPE 77 UPDATES There are only 25 days to the RIPE 77 Meeting in Amsterdam, 15-19 October 2018. And we have extensive remote participation options if you want to follow the meeting from your location. Registration: https://ripe77.ripe.net/register/ Call for presentations (deadline tomorrow, 21 September): https://ripe77.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/ The RIPE Networking App has great new features and attendees are already using it. Network with them by downloading the app now: https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/ripe-networking-app/ On-Site Childcare: Attend sessions while your child has a blast with professional childminders from Holiday Sitters on-site at the venue. Space is limited, so be sure to get your child registered ASAP: https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/on-site-childcare/ *New: Sign-Up to Be a RIPE Meeting Mentor or Mentee If you're an experienced meeting attendee looking to give back to the community or a newcomer looking for a mentor, then our RIPE Meeting Mentoring Programme is something you should check out: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-meeting-mentors BLOCKCHAIN APPLICABILITY FOR THE REGISTRY Marco Hogewoning and colleagues at the RIPE NCC looked at the pros and cons or applying blockchain technology to the registration of Internet number resources. https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_hogewoning/a-review-of-blockchain-applic... COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO RIPE LABS Six community members have contributed articles to RIPE Labs since the last Member Update on topics ranging from DNS and Secure VPN to CrypTech: https://labs.ripe.net/ If you have an idea for an interesting article or want to present your research findings, please contact <labs@ripe.net>. RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES We recently met our members in Ukraine and Norway, and next we go to Russia, Belarus, Poland, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UAE and Belgium. The lunches are a great way to meet with us and your local peers, and they’re free to attend. You can sign up now at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches RIPE NCC REGIONAL MEETING ALMATY On 25 September, the RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan. We hope to see many of you join from the local community and beyond. The meeting details are available at: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/ripe-ncc-regiona... RIPE NCC TRAINING COURSES AND WEBINARS Over the coming month, the RIPE NCC will give face-to-face training courses in Almaty, Minsk and Helsinki. There will also be webinars on the Internet Routing Registry, the RIPE Database and IPv6 addressing. You need to register to take part. https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses SEARCHING THE EMAIL ARCHIVES We’d like to remind you that can search all the email archives via the search form: https://www.ripe.net/search?use_cb_request_state=1&SearchableText=&cb-mailman-message=on RSS FEED OF SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS This RSS feed contains details of all recent RIPE NCC Service Announcements: https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/service-announcements/arc... SOCIAL MEDIA Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and start conversations with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn: https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking You can find all the previous Member Updates containing an overview of what the RIPE NCC is doing at: https://www.ripe.net/publications/member-update Did you make it this far? If you have suggestions for how we could make it easier to get you the information you need, I'd love to hear from you! Best regards, Fergal Cunningham Membership Communications Officer RIPE NCC