News and Announcements

The call for nominations to fill two seats on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) is open. A single list of nominees will be used to fill both seats.

Dear RIPE NCC members, For the first time, the Member Update is being posted here on our website as a news item. Going forward, we plan to place more emphasis on our website homepage as our main news centre for members.  So, read on to see everything the RIPE NCC and the RIPE community have been do

In celebration of those making a substantial and sustained contribution to developing the Internet in the RIPE NCC service region, the Rob Blokzijl Foundation is pleased to invite nominations for the Rob Blokzijl Award.

After an extensive search, we are pleased to announce the appointment of James Kennedy as the RIPE NCC’s new Chief Registry Officer. James will begin his new role in September. James has been in our industry for over 15 years. Many of you will know James from his extensive involvement in the RIPE co

Updated process for RIPE NCC members to receive free tickets to RIPE Meetings

The RIPE Programme Committee (PC) is now seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for the plenary sessions, lightning talks and BoFs taking place at the next RIPE Meeting.

ENOG (Eurasian Network Operators' Group) was established in June 2011 as a means to bring RIPE and the RIPE NCC closer to the local communities in Eurasia and to support Internet development in the region. Last year, we indefinitely postponed what would have been the 19th ENOG Meeting, slated to be

Today, the ability to submit IPv4 waiting list applications has now been re-enabled in the LIR Portal. If you are eligible, you can do this by going to the "Request" section in the LIR portal, selecting “Request Resources” and then filling out the “IPv4 Allocation” form. We have sent reminders with

At its meeting yesterday on 28 June, the RIPE NCC Executive Board approved a resolution instructing the RIPE NCC to begin accepting IPv4 waiting list applications again. Applications had earlier been suspended ahead of the vote on charging scheme models at the General Meeting in May. The ability to

After having been such a big part of our organisation and the RIR system for many years, Chris Buckridge will be leaving the RIPE NCC on 30 June.