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RIPE Database Requirements Task Force BoF
by Bijal Sanghani 07 May '20

07 May '20

Dear colleagues, The RIPE Database Requirements Task Force (DBTF) will organise its BoF on Wednesday, 6 May from 14h00-15h00 CEST via Zoom. During this BoF, the DBTF will present its latest work and invite participants to discuss what functionality the RIPE Database should provide in the future. The presentation will include quick polls and will be followed by a moderated Q&A. You can register for the BoF at (no Zoom account required): https://ripe.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-yhrz4uHNDuOIBm8hGvcj8DSDK1Ybog <https://ripe.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkd-yhrz4uHNDuOIBm8hGvcj8DSDK1Ybog> We look forward to discussing the future of the RIPE Database with you! Kind regards, Bijal Sanghani on behalf of the DBTF

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RIPE Programme Committee Elections at RIPE 80
by Brian Nisbet 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The RIPE Programme Committee is responsible for recruiting and selecting presentations for the RIPE Meeting Plenary sessions. As the term of two RIPE PC members end, we are looking for new members in Spring 2020 who will be elected by the RIPE community at RIPE 80. There are currently two seats up for election to the RIPE PC. Please send nominations, with a biography, statement of interest and photograph, to pc(a)ripe.net. The Charter of the RIPE Programme Committee ( https://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ripe-pc-charter) provides more information about the composition and roles of the RIPE PC. Nominations for the RIPE 80 PC elections can be sent in from today until Tuesday May 12th, 15:30 CEST. We will announce the PC elections at the RIPE meeting opening sessions, but interested parties can nominate themselves from now. We will close candidate nominations on Tuesday at 15:30 CEST (UTC+2), and publish the biographies on the RIPE Meeting web site. The RIPE PC online voting system will be open from Tuesday May 12th, 16:00 CEST until Thursday May 14th, 17:00 CEST, for the community members to cast their votes. The total voting numbers may be public. More information will also be available at https://ripe80.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/become-a-member/ The official announcement of the elected RIPE PC members will be on Thursday afternoon, 14th May, at the start of the 17:30 CEST closing plenary session. Questions about the RIPE PC can be sent to pc(a)ripe.net. Regards, Franziska, Brian and Maria Isabel on behalf of the RIPE PC Brian Nisbet Service Operations Manager HEAnet CLG, Ireland's National Education and Research Network 1st Floor, 5 George's Dock, IFSC, Dublin D01 X8N7, Ireland +35316609040 brian.nisbet(a)heanet.ie www.heanet.ie Registered in Ireland, No. 275301. CRA No. 20036270

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More News from the NomCom
by Daniel Karrenberg 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

[ For a version of this message with embedded links and for nominee statements, see https://blog.ripe-nomcom.org/ ] The RIPE 2020 NomCom will select two persons for the roles of RIPE Chair and RIPE Vice Chair. We have four nominees who are well known to the community: Filiz Yilmaz, Niall O'Reilly, Nigel Titley and Mirjam Kühne. We have held our second meeting and worked out the plans for collecting input from the community. Here is a quick outlook about what the NomCom will do between now and the RIPE meeting, during the meeting and after. Before RIPE 80 During the coming two weeks the NomCom will have conversations with the nominees and prepare for the RIPE meeting. We want to hear input from the community at between now and the end of the RIPE meeting. This is your chance to influence our selection. The best way to reach the whole committee is by e-mail. If you prefer you can also contact individual members of the NomCom. Of course we will treat all input confidentially. To that end we have even set up a dedicated server, so that we can erase the electronic traces of our work as well as possible once we are done. During RIPE 80 We will participate in the RIPE 80 meeting and give a short report during the community plenary session on Thursday afternoon. On the Friday of the meeting week the NomCom will hold virtual 'office hours' for those who prefer to give input in a meeting and those for whom writing us is simply not enough. Individual meeting slots will be allocated first-come first served. Contact support at ripe-nomcom.org for an appointment. After RIPE 80 Hans Petter Holen has announced that he will resign at the end of April before he takes up his new role as RIPE NCC Managing Director. Waiting until RIPE 81 to transition to the newly selected Chairs, as planned, no longer makes much sense now. Therefore making the selection has become somewhat more urgent. We are committed to work more quickly than planned but not to become too hasty either. Together with the RIPE NCC Executive Board we aim for selection in early June and confirmation by the board soon after. We will regularly report on our progress on this mailing list and the NomCom blog. Daniel Karrenberg Chair RIPE 2020 NomCom

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New on RIPE Labs: Post-growth Entrepreneurship
by Mirjam Kuehne 21 Apr '20

21 Apr '20

Dear colleagues, In this new RIPE Labs article, Melanie Rieback, CEO and Co-founder of a not-for-profit computer security consultancy company, explains why she thinks the exponential growth model is not getting us where we need to be and how post-growth entrepreneurship can help to achieve our sustainable development goals: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam/post-growth-entrepreneurship Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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The RIPE NCC's Use of Zoom for Meetings
by Mirjam Kuehne 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

Dear colleagues, In this article we explain why we will be using Zoom for the upcoming RIPE 80 and RIPE NCC General Meeting, and we outline the policies and settings we have in place to address concerns about privacy and security: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kranjbar/the-ripe-nccs-use-of-zoom-for-meetin… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE NCC

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Sanctions and the RIPE NCC: Current Status and Executive Board Position
by Christian Kaufmann 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Dear colleagues, The Executive Board has been working with the RIPE NCC to find a solution regarding the applicability of EU sanctions to its members. As this has geopolitical implications for the RIPE NCC's wide and diverse service region, this is a matter we have been taking seriously for some time. As part of this, the RIPE NCC is in contact with the Dutch Government to seek a permanent exemption for its services from all current and future EU sanctions. The links to the minutes and the resolutions from the two recent board meetings where this was discussed were published today. I would now like to briefly outline the current situation and expand on the board's position. WHERE WE STAND CURRENTLY We were recently alerted to the fact that two RIPE NCC members in Iran and one in Syria are believed to be on the EU sanctions list. These members have now been notified that provision of services to them has been frozen and the RIPE NCC will initiate an audit of the relevant accounts, pending a response from the Dutch Government. This means that their resources will not be deregistered, but the RIPE NCC will also not process requests on their behalf. The intent here is to ensure the RIPE NCC is taking appropriate steps to comply with any relevant sanctions in accordance with its obligations under Dutch law. That being said, the board will defend its belief that the RIPE NCC's services should not be covered by sanctions. As the RIPE NCC's bank also needs to ensure its own compliance with sanctions, it has temporarily revoked the RIPE NCC's ability to receive direct payments from members in Syria and Iran. The RIPE NCC will contact these members directly to explain this in more detail. The recent decision to extend the payment period for membership fees in light of the COVID-19 pandemic eases some of the time pressure on members to pay for now, and we anticipate this issue will be resolved once we have clarity from the Dutch Government. THE BOARD'S POSITION I would now like to share the board's position more generally. A board resolution from 2014 states the following: "The Executive Board of the RIPE NCC believes that the means of communication should not be affected by political discussions or disputes. This includes the provision of correctly registered Internet numbering resources." This is probably the clearest statement of our position, which has not changed since then. The board wishes to caution against measures applied in pursuit of short-term public policy objectives that may undermine the wider Internet governance system, which is essential to the stability of the global Internet. This is a system which is fundamentally based on cooperation. We also believe that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the Internet is a critical tool for meeting the essential needs of humanity. We are committed to minimising the impact of any action that would limit people's ability to access this important global network. If you have questions for the Board, please contact us at <exec-board(a)ripe.net>. Regards Christian Kaufmann RIPE NCC Executive Board Chairman

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RIPE 80 New Call for Presentations
by Franziska Lichtblau 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

Hi all, I hope you and your dear ones are all well and healthy. As you have probably seen the registration for the online RIPE80 is now open. In order to remind everyone that even in the current state of the world RIPE80 is happening and we are looking forward to your great presentations we have decided to reissue the CfP and also to extend the deadline. Below you find the new CfP and we're happy receive your submissons. We are all still in the process of working out how to make this work in the best possible fashion - so if you have any questions regarding plenary presentations, Lightning Talks or BoFs don't hesitate to contact the PC. All the best, Franziska ( on behalf of the RIPE PC ) Dear colleagues, The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is re-issuing the Call For Presentations for RIPE 80 as the event was recently moved online. RIPE 80 will be a free virtual event with a shorter programme and a new schedule that will take place during the week of May 11. The RIPE PC is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions lightning talks and BoF sessions. Please note that no workshops or tutorials will be organised at this meeting. More detail on the presentation formats is available at: https://ripe80.ripe.net/submit-topic/presentation-formats/ You have until *April, 19 2020* to submit your presentations proposals. Proposals submitted after this date will only be considered if there are still time slots available. The PC is looking for presentations covering topics of network engineering and operations, including but not limited to: - IPv6 deployment - Managing IPv4 scarcity - Data centre technologies - Network and DNS operations - Internet governance and regulatory practices - Network and routing security - Content delivery - Internet peering and mobile data exchange - Connected Things (aka. Internet of Things - IoT) ----------------- Submissions ----------------- Presenters should be clear on whether they wish to submit a presentation for a plenary or working group session. At present, most working groups will solicit policy proposals, discussion points or other content directly via their mailing lists. If you’re not sure what kind of session you should be presenting at, please visit: https://ripe80.ripe.net/plenary-or-wg/ RIPE Meeting attendees are quite sensitive to keeping presentations non-commercial, and product marketing talks are strongly discouraged. Repeated audience feedback shows that the most successful talks focus on operational experience, research results, or case studies. For example, presenters wishing to describe a commercial solution should focus on the underlying technology and should not attempt a product demonstration. Presenters should indicate how much time their presentations will require. Here’s an indication of the average duration of each session format: - Plenary presentations: 20-25 minutes presentation with 5-10 minutes discussion - Lightning talks: 10 minutes for both the presentation and discussion - BoFs: one hour The following general requirements apply: - Proposals must be submitted using the meeting submission system, https://ripe80.ripe.net/submit-topic/ - Lightning talks should also be submitted using the meeting submission system (https://ripe80.ripe.net/submit-topic/). The allocation of lightning talks will be announced on short notice, in some cases on the same day but often one day prior to the time slot allocated. - Presenters who propose a panel or BoF are encouraged to include speakers from several (perhaps even competing) companies and/or a neutral facilitator. - All presentation proposals will only be considered by the PC if they contain at least draft presentation slides (slides may be updated later on). For panels, proposals must contain a clear description, as well as the names of invited panelists, presenters and moderators. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Diversity and Inclusion - The RIPE Meeting Code of Conduct --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- To ensure that RIPE Meeting values are upheld and that attendees experience a professional, respectful and safe meeting is a priority, please read the RIPE Meeting Code of Conduct: https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/ri [Open URL] pe-meeting-code-of-conduct If you have any questions or requests concerning content submissions, please email pc(a)ripe.net .

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Register for RIPE 80 – The First Virtual RIPE Meeting
by RIPE NCC Event Team 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

Dear colleagues, For the first time, the RIPE Meeting will be 100% virtual, and you cannot miss it! You can now register for free at: https://ripe80.ripe.net/register/ RIPE 80 will take place from 12 - 14 May 2020 and will feature a shorter programme and a new schedule. More information about the programme will follow in the coming weeks. Learn more about the meeting at: https://ripe80.ripe.net/ For the latest updates, you can follow us on Twitter at @ripemeeting and by using the hashtag #RIPE80. Kind regards, RIPE Meetings Organisation Team

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RIPE Chair transition
by Hans Petter Holen 07 Apr '20

07 Apr '20

I am starting as Managing Director of the RIPE NCC at 1. May 2020. I have already informed the NomCom that I have withdrawn my nomination for the role of RIPE Chair, but this still puts me in a situation where I hold both the positions as RIPE NCC MD and as RIPE Chair until the NomCom has made its appointment. Serving both positions may be seen as a conflict of interest. To resolve this I have informed the Working Group Chairs collective that I will resign as RIPE Chair as of 30 April. When the RIPE Chairs resigns, then according to RIPE 727 the working group chairs will have to appoint a “chair ad interim” to serve until the NomCom has selected a permanent chair and the RIPE NCC Executive Board has confirmed the selection. See: the “Continuity” section in RIPE 727 https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-727 The NomCom expects to have confirmed candidates in July. It is reasonable to expect that the confirmed candidates would be able and willing to assume their roles well before RIPE 81. The matter was discussed on the wg-chair list and in a call on 30 March 2020 made the following decision: "The WG chairs have taken notice of Hans Petter’s intention to step down as RIPE Chair; we respect the reasons behind it. The NomCom process is already under way and the NomCom expects to have confirmed candidates by the end of July. Therefore, we have asked Hans Petter, and he has agreed, to take the role of RIPE Chair ad interim after his resignation and to help with a speedier-than-foreseen transition once the selection process for a new Chair and Vice Chair concludes." https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/summaries/minutes-of-second-rem… Hans Petter Holen RIPE Chair

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RIPE 80 planning update
by Hans Petter Holen 03 Apr '20

03 Apr '20

Hi, I just want to share a quick update of the planning of the upcoming RIPE meeting. The programme committee and working group chairs are busy thinking about how to organize the agendas in the virtual format, and we are making great progress. The RIPE NCC Executive Board has decided to keep the General Meeting at the announced time, so we will plan the meeting around this. We aim to conclude on the meeting schedule next week and get the agendas in order thereafter. The meeting team is supporting us in this work, and making preparations for the technical support for the meeting. We have had two calls to plan, and will probably have a couple more to agree on the details. The minutes from the meetings has been posted at the regular place: https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/wg/cc/summaries A special thank you for the extra effort spent by the programme committee and working group chairs for making this happen. But especially the tremendous effort by our colleagues at the RIPE NCC, without them this would not be possible. Thank you! Enjoy your weekend as much as possible under the current conditions. Hans Petter RIPE Chair -- Sincerely, Hans Petter Holen - hph(a)oslo.net - +47 45066054

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