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The RIPE Chair Team Reports - April 2024
by Mirjam Kuehne 24 Jun '24

24 Jun '24

Dear colleagues, With the RIPE 88 Meeting approaching fast, and plenty of developments in our community, we report on some of the developments in this new article on RIPE Labs: https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-april… Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair

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Updated RIPE Programme Committee Charter (Call for feedback)
by Mirjam Kuehne 14 Jun '24

14 Jun '24

Dear colleagues, The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) worked on an updated version of its charter and appointment document. You can find the new draft document here [*]: https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-documents/other-documents/draft… The main changes are: - an introduction and scope - an update of the list of appointments from regional communities - an option for financial support for PC members (similar to the option for WG chairs) If you have any comments, questions, suggestions, please send them to this list or to me directly before 10 June 2024, 7:00 UTC. Kind regards, Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair [*] This new document will replace the following two documents: The RIPE PC Charter https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-600/ The RIPE PC: Appointment, Roles and Responsibilities https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-763/

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In Remembrance - Erik Bais
by Mirjam Kuehne 06 Jun '24

06 Jun '24

Dear all, We are deeply saddened by the passing of one of the pillars of the RIPE community, Erik Bais. Erik was a RIPE NCC member, the Address Policy Working Group Chair, and, above all, a friend to RIPE NCC staff and the RIPE community. Erik first got involved in the RIPE community in 2002, and he served as the Chair of the Address Policy Working Group from 2018 onwards. He contributed to and authored several important RIPE policies. Never afraid to voice his thoughts, Erik has been a powerful presence in the RIPE community, and he has provided considerable guidance to the RIPE NCC over the years. A regular at RIPE Meetings, Erik was incredibly generous with his time, mentoring many community members, both formally through RIPE programmes and via the friendships and relationships he built through his wisdom and humour. The mental health of people in the community was of particular concern to him, and we saw this clearly with the advocacy work he carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. His participation helped shape the RIPE community as we know it today. We will miss his energy, his clarity of thought and above all his warm friendship. On behalf of the RIPE NCC and the RIPE Chair Team, we extend our condolences to Erik’s family and friends. Mirjam Kühne RIPE Chair Hans Petter Holen Managing Director RIPE NCC

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DNS Energy Consumption, Carbon-Aware Routing & Sustainable ICT events
by Vesna Manojlovic ＠ RIPE.net 31 May '24

31 May '24

Dear colleagues, here are two sustainability-focused talks from RIPE88, and several events announcements. * Studying DNS Energy Consumption (Sandoche Balakrichenan, AFNIC) https://ripe88.ripe.net/archives/video/1321/ https://ripe88.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/77-RIPE88_22May202… * Exploring the Benefits of Carbon-Aware Routing (Sawsan El Zahr, University of Oxford) https://ripe88.ripe.net/archives/video/1292/ https://ripe88.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/27-RIPE_SawsanElZa… Regards, Vesna Manojlovic Senior Community Builder RIPE NCC Events ===== * EuroDIG: Emerging Technologies and Sustainability Impacts 19 June 2024 | 12:15 - 13:15 EEST (online) & in Vilnius, Lithuania https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Challenges_and_Opportunities:_Emerging_Technol… * ICT for Sustainability conference 24-28. June KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, https://conf.researchr.org/home/ict4s-2024 Brings together leading researchers in ICT4S with government and industry representatives with an interest in using, analysing, designing and deploying ICT for environmental and social sustainability. The conference aims to create discussion and movement towards fundamental change in ICT systems * 5th Summer School on Sustainable ICT 9-13th September 2024, Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium. “Utopia or Dystopia: Perspectives & Choices in ICT” https://www.sictdoctoralschool.com/ five-days, in-person workshop in English; Voices from academia, politics, artists, activists and organisations will come together to discuss and analyse the sustainability challenges facing the ICT sector.

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Upcoming Training Courses and Call for RIPE NCC Training, Course Hosts: Q3 2024
by Training 30 May '24

30 May '24

Dear colleagues, Here's a short overview of our upcoming training courses. As always, we have webinars lined up. These online sessions are between 1-2 hours long and are open to all and free. You can join us for: 11 June: Webinar for New LIRs 12 June: IPv6 Associated Protocols Webinar You can find more details and register at: https://learning.ripe.net/w/ We would like to thank our training course hosts - the Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC), Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Netherlands - for helping us offer in-person training courses in Barcelona (Spain), Limassol (Cyprus) and The Hague (The Netherlands). We invite RIPE NCC members in the region to register for these courses using the link above. ------------------------- Call for Training Course Hosts ------------------------- We are currently seeking hosts for our upcoming training courses taking place in July and September 2024. By hosting a training course, your organisation can register additional attendees and contribute towards capacity building efforts in your area. Our courses are planned to take place in: - Oslo, Norway - Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Vilnius, Lithuania - Valletta or St. Julian's, Malta You can read more about the requirements to host a training course here: https://www.ripe.net/support/training/host-a-training-course/call-for-ripe-… If you are interested in hosting a training course, please get in touch with us at training(a)ripe.net, preferably before 10 June 2024. Kind regards, Olivia Mijnals-Ruimwijk Training Coordinator RIPE NCC

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Alan Barrett Re-Elected to Seat 9 of the ICANN Board
by Ulka Athale 30 May '24

30 May '24

This message is sent on behalf of the Number Resource Organization -------------------------- The announcement is available at: https://aso.icann.org/aso-ac-selects-alan-barrett-to-serve-in-seat-9-of-the… -------------------------- ASO AC Selects Alan Barrett to Serve in Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors -------------------------- The ASO AC is pleased to announce that it has selected Alan Barrett to serve for a three-year term in Seat 9 of the ICANN Board of Directors. Mr. Barrett is the ASO AC’s current appointee to Seat 9. His current term will end in November 2024 and his new term will begin at the conclusion of ICANN 81, which will take place from 9-14 November 2024, in Istanbul, Türkiye. More information about Mr. Barrett is available at: https://www.icann.org/en/board/directors -------------------------- Acknowledgements -------------------------- The ASO AC would like to thank Mr. Barret for his three years of service on the ICANN Board and for his dedication to representing the interests of the global Internet numbers community. It would also like to thank all candidates for the significant amount of time they devoted to the selection process and for their willingness to serve on the ICANN Board. -------------------------- Selection Process -------------------------- Mr. Barrett’s appointment is the result of a lengthy selection process, which included a public call for nominations, a public comment period, written and video interviews for the candidates, as well as a voting session in which all eligible ASO AC members were given the opportunity to vote. Full details of the election process, including election results and information on all candidates, can be found on the 2024 ASO AC ICANN Board Seat 9 Elections page at: https://aso.icann.org/icann-board/icann-board-elections/2024-icann-board-of… Regards, The ASO Secretariat -------------------------- Kind regards, Ulka Athale Senior Communications Officer RIPE NCC

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RIPE 88 Highlights and Thank You!
by Mirjam Kühne 24 May '24

24 May '24

Dear colleagues, RIPE 88 ended with a total of 546 attendees checked in onsite in Krakow and 175 checked in online across the meeting week, with more following the talks via the livestream and YouTube. Thank you all for making this RIPE Meeting such a success! We had some memorable moments, including celebrating 35 years of RIPE together. We were happy to see active participation at this meeting from both online and onsite participants. We would like to thank all the speakers, Working Group Chairs, the Programme Committee, sponsors and RIPE NCC staff for their support and contributions. You can find some highlights from the day in the Daily Meeting Blog at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/programme/blog/ All presentations from the meeting are archived: https://ripe88.ripe.net/archives/ Save the date for RIPE 89, taking place in Prague, Czech Republic, 28 October till 1 November 2024 You can get updates via the RIPE Discussion list, social media and the RIPE 89 website: https://ripe89.ripe.net Best regards, Mirjam Kühne, RIPE Chair, and Niall O’Reilly, RIPE Vice-Chair

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RIPE Labs article: The RIPE Code of Conduct Team Update 2024
by Samaneh Tajali 21 May '24

21 May '24

Dear all, The RIPE community has always aimed to foster an open, supportive atmosphere across its events and communication fora. The RIPE Code of Conduct <https://www.ripe.net/community/code-of-conduct/> helps make clear which behaviours cultivate that, and which don't. In this RIPE Labs article, as the RIPE Code of Conduct Team <https://www.ripe.net/community/code-of-conduct/ripe-code-of-conduct-team/#:….>, we provide updates on the work we do to help uphold RIPE community values. https://labs.ripe.net/author/franziska_lichtblau/the-ripe-code-of-conduct-t… Cheers, Samaneh

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RIPE 88 Starts Today
by RIPE Meeting 20 May '24

20 May '24

Dear colleagues, RIPE Chair Mirjam Kühne will open the RIPE 88 Meeting in Kraków today at 14:00 local time (UTC+2). You can follow the meeting online via the live webcast: https://ripe88.ripe.net/live/ <https://ripe88.ripe.net/live/main/> If you would like to chat with other RIPE community members and ask questions, you need to register as an online participant. Registration for online participation is free, and you will receive a link to Meetecho, our online platform. Register at: https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/register/ <https://ripe88.ripe.net/attend/register/> Track #RIPE88 on X(Twitter), Mastodon, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay up-to-date with all RIPE Meeting updates. Best regards, RIPE Meeting Team

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Three Appeals
by Daniel Karrenberg 20 May '24

20 May '24

Web version: https://web.karrenberg.net/krakowappeal.html # Three Appeals I have observed the recent discussions in the community and the RIPE NCC membership. Here are three personal appeals for these discussion as we meet in Krakow and on the Net. ## === Modern Version === ### 1. Be Proud of RIPE Let us be proud! Together we have built a strong community and an exemplary way of self governance. Let us cherish what we have and develop it further by consensus. ### 2. For a Strong RIPE NCC Let us support the RIPE NCC. A strong RIPE NCC is more than just a registry: it is a neutral place where the community does things together. Let us avoid weakening it by exaggerating its shortcomings but rather evolve it in deliberate steps by consensus. A strong RIPE NCC benefits everyone. ### 3. No Fake Solutions Let us not fall for divisive rhetoric and seemingly easy and convenient solutions. Most everyone wants to pay less for the same benefit. More often than not, after deciding to pay less one discovers that the benefit is not quite the same. Let us not focus on the cost first but constructively build consensus to evolve the RIPE NCC in the direction we want and only then decide how we split the costs. ## === Classic Version === ## Who is talking? For those who do not know me well, here is my background so you know where I come from when I speak up: My name is [Daniel Karrenberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Karrenberg). I have been involved with RIPE and the RIPE NCC from the very beginning. I have [helped to create RIPE in 1989](https://www.ripe.net/membership/meetings/ripe-meetings/ripe-1/) while I was busy bringing the Internet to the region. I helped to create the [proposal for a RIPE NCC](https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-019/). In 1992 I took responsibility for [implementing that proposal](https://labs.ripe.net/author/dfk/25-years-of-the-ripe-ncc-the-fir… and became the first employee of the RIPE NCC and its first CEO. I helped to create [the initial versions of many RIPE NCC services](https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-062/) including the first two versions of the RIPE Database software. During the first year of the RIPE NCC the first Internet boom hit and the RIPE NCC needed to meet entirely unforeseen demands. I resisted the temptations of the boom and decided to stick with the NCC during this challenging time. At the start of this century I stepped down as CEO and went on to help build new RIPE NCC sevices, such as [RIPE RIS](https://www.ripe.net/analyse/internet-measurements/routing-information…, [RIPE Atlas](https://atlas.ripe.net/) and [RIPEStat](https://stat.ripe.net/). During the following decade I stepped back from operational resposibilities and became an advisor to the RIPE NCC CEO; I still advise him on a part-time basis which makes me the [longest serving RIPE NCC employee](https://www.ripe.net/media/documents/Daniel_Karrenberg_30_Years_a…. Recently I have helped to build consensus about RIPE self governance by authoring documents describing [the role of the RIPE Chair](https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-714/) and [the RIPE Chair selection process](https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-787/). I have subsequently led the first round of that process as chair of the [2020 RIPE Nominating Committee](https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-762/). Currently, on request of the RIPE Chair, I am drafting a document on the community consensus about the current state of the relationship between RIPE and the RIPE NCC. I am also looking forward to advise the next RIPE Nominating Committee in my role as the *previous chair*. So far my history with this community. This should let you draw your own colclusions about my biases and the merit of what I have to say. Now for the longer version of my appeals: ## 1. Be Proud of RIPE Let us be proud! Together we have built a strong community and an exemplary way of self governance. Let us cherish what we have and develop it further by consensus. We are currently facing many challenges such as - renewing our community and bringing in young people, - improving our leadership, f.i. working group chairs, - operating in a climate of raising geopolitical tensions and sanctions, - IPv4 addresses becoming a commodity, - defending against attacks on the RIR system such as the one on AFRINIC, - evolving the relationship between RIPE and RIPE NCC - BoF in Krakow on Tuesday evening -, - . . . At the same time the climate of public discourse in general has become more hostile and divisive. Whole countries are facing a divided population, sometimes close to 50/50. People concentrate more on what divides them rather than on what unites them. Ironically some believe that our very Internet has been a major instrument for this to happen. We should not follow this trend! I fear that significant divisions in our community and a hostile discourse will damage our standing and our credibility as a self governing community. We should be proud of the unique community we have built and the exemplary self governance we have created, especially in the area of Internet Number Resources or as we like to call it *Address Policy* and the *RIPE Registry*. Our community has been leading the world in this and we should be proud of it and build on that success. I do not mean to say that we do not need to evolve. To the contrary! We should do this in our successful tradition of constructive discourse leading to rough consensus. ## 2. For a Strong RIPE NCC Let us support the RIPE NCC. A strong RIPE NCC is more than just a registry: it is a neutral place where the community does things together. Let us avoid weakening it by exaggerating its shortcomings but rather evolve it in deliberate steps by consensus. A strong RIPE NCC benefits everyone. Some argue that the RIPE NCC should be reduced to *just the registry* or that they do not benefit from *all the extra activities*. This is a dangerous view to take. The RIPE NCC is strong and stable just because it is more than a registry. The RIPE NCC was established from the start as a neutral and trustworthy place where the community organises common activities while being fiercely competitive elsewhere. Such a place is worth preserving all by its own. The RIPE NCC is uniquely placed for some of these activities such as neutral Internet measurements and promoting our self governance. It is stronger and less prone to hostile takeovers than just a bookkeeping function. I do not propose that everything the RIPE NCC does should be done forever, including the activities I helped to create. The RIPE NCC does what the community and the membership want. We have always reviewed and updated the RIPE NCC Activity Plan. I fear that weakening the RIPE NCC may destroy the unique resource that we have created and, once weakened, it will be difficult or even impossible to re-build its strength when we need it. We all benefit from a strong and well recognised RIPE NCC whether we individually benefit from all its activities or not. ## 3. No Fake Solutions Let us not fall for divisive rhetoric and seemingly easy and convenient solutions. Most everyone wants to pay less for the same benefit. More often than not, after deciding to pay less one discovers that the benefit is not quite the same. Let us not focus on the cost first but constructively build consensus to evolve the RIPE NCC in the direction we want and only then decide how we split the costs. Of course the RIPE NCC and its activities need to evolve with the changing environment and the changing needs of both the membership and the RIPE community at large. Starting this process by proposing to reduce the costs for individual members however is the completely wrong way around. We should first achieve consensus on what we want from the RIPE NCC and then talk about how we split the cost. Our governance is designed such that RIPE and the RIPE NCC association cooperate. In short it works like this: - RIPE provides guidance to the RIPE NCC, - the RIPE NCC board elected by the paying membership decides on the activities, and - hires the management to get them done. - The management proposes a budget, and - the board decides the budget. - The board proposes a charging scheme to divide the cost, and - the membership votes on that. Evolving the RIPE NCC starts with the RIPE community and with the RIPE NCC membership. We give guidance to the board. The membership elects that board. So we should provide this guidance and elect those people. We should be prudent in this and avoid falling for divisive polemics and seemingly easy solutions. If we screw this up we may very well lose what we have built up over a long time with considerable effort. Let us continue our tradition of constructive discussions leading to rough consensus and the selection of good people. We have shown that we can do that and we will continue to be successful and, importantly, continue to have some fun together.

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