[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: February 2023

Dear RIPE NCC members,

We at the RIPE NCC wish to express our sympathy and solidarity with our Turkish and Syrian members and community. We are conscious of the many members in this region providing Internet services that are vital to the work of first responders. Our thoughts are with all of those affected. 

As we have shared previously, we will work with members in the region who may need an extension on their invoices. Please reach out to us if this is the case:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2023-February/001624.html

Our focus is on providing undisrupted service to our members, so we have continued our usual work. Read on to see everything the RIPE NCC and the RIPE community have been doing this month:

 1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats
-- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report Published

2. Information and Services
-- RIPE Atlas Probe Firmware Release
-- RIPE Labs
-- RIPE Labs Article Competition
-- Hot on the RIPE NCC Forum

3. Community and Engagement
-- RIPE 86 Call for Presentations
-- SEE 11 Call for Presentations
-- Apply for RACI and the RIPE Fellowship for RIPE 86
-- RIPE Policy Proposals
-- Updated RIPE Code of Conduct Process Document Published
-- Updated RIPE Nominating Committee Documents Published
-- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: February 2023
-- RIPE NCC Signs MoU with Ministry of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan
-- RIPE NCC Open Houses in March
-- Training Courses in March

4. Organisational Update
-- Vacancies


1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats
Number of LIRs: 23,397 (+14)
Number of members: 20,244 (+13)
LIRs with IPv6: 16,756 (+21)
IPv4 addresses transferred in January: 383,488 (-918,272)

-- Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report Published
We have published our latest Quarterly Sanctions Transparency Report for Q1 2023. The report documents the number of potential sanctions cases that require investigation by our staff and the outcome of these investigations:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-789


2. Information and Services
-- RIPE Atlas Probe Firmware Release
We are currently working to update the RIPE Atlas probe firmware release so that we can properly include it in distributions like RHEL. 

-- RIPE Labs
In February, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on topics including assessing the risk of .nl registrations, PeeringDB’s 2023 product roadmap, reusable visualisations for AS hegemony and more:
https://labs.ripe.net/

-- RIPE Labs Article Competition
The RIPE Labs article competition is back. Enter by 31 March at 23:00 (UTC+2) for the chance to win a free trip to RIPE 86 in Rotterdam this May. Find all the information you’ll need on RIPE Labs: 
https://labs.ripe.net/author/alun_davies/the-ripe-labs-article-competition-is-open/

-- Hot on the RIPE NCC Forum
Over the past month, people have been submitting topics and joining discussions on the new RIPE NCC Forum about RIPE Atlas probes, mapping the RIPE NCC service region, finding company names using RIPE DB API, and interesting dataviz on country indicators and IPv6 capability in Greece. If you haven’t signed up yet, do it today and come join the chat:
https://forum.ripe.net/


3. Community and Engagement
-- RIPE 86 Call for Presentations
The RIPE Programme Committee is seeking content proposals from the RIPE community for plenary sessions, lightning talks and BoFs. RIPE 86 will be a hybrid meeting, so both in-person and virtual presentations are acceptable. The deadline to submit a presentation proposal is Sunday, 12 March:
https://ripe86.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/

-- SEE 11 Call for Presentations
The call for presentations for SEE 11 is open until 5 March. The SEE Programme Committee is especially interested in presentation proposals about sustainability and green tech:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-11/cfp

-- Apply for RACI and the RIPE Fellowship for RIPE 86
The RIPE NCC is accepting applications for RIPE Fellowship and RACI candidates to attend RIPE 86, taking place in Rotterdam from 22-26 May 2023. Both options cover the costs of the meeting ticket, travel and accommodation for successful candidates. The application deadline is Thursday, 9 March. Read more about the requirements and how to apply at:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2023-January/001620.html

-- RIPE Policy Proposals
-- New RIPE Policy Proposal 2023-02
RIPE Policy proposal 2023-02 “Minimum Size for IPv4 Temporary Assignments” has been submitted for discussion in the Address Policy Working Group. This proposal recommends setting the minimum assignment size for temporary assignments to a /24 while allowing for a smaller assignment if requested by the End User. This would also allow routing requirements to justify the request for more than a /24 for research purposes. If you have comments, send them to <address-policy-wg at ripe.net> by 10 March:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/policy-announce/2023-February/000582.html

-- End of Discussion Phase for RIPE Policy Proposal 2023-01
The Discussion Phase for RIPE Policy proposal 2023-01 “Reducing IXP IPv4 assignment default size to a /26” ended on 7 February. The goal of this proposal is to extend the lifetime of the IXP IPv4 address pool. Taking community feedback into consideration, the proposers are drafting a new version of the proposal that will be submitted for discussion in the Address Policy Working Group:  
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/address-policy-wg/2023-February/013702.html

-- Updated Draft RIPE Code of Conduct Process Document Published
Following community feedback after the last version of the draft RIPE Code of Conduct Process document was published in September 2022, the Code of Conduct Task Force has revised the text and published an updated version. Please share your thoughts on the new draft by 28 February. You can read a summary of the changes and access the document at:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/leo_vegoda/updated-ripe-code-of-conduct-process-document/

-- Updated RIPE Nominating Committee Documents Published
After sending proposed updates to The RIPE Chair Selection Process and The RIPE Nominating Committee to the RIPE List in December, new versions of these documents have now been published. 

The RIPE Chair Selection Process is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-787

The RIPE Nominating Committee is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-788

-- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: February 2023
The RIPE Chair Team’s February report is out, featuring updates on the new RIPE DNS Resolver BCP Task Force, IP address policy developments and industry events such as ICANN’s webinar on the Swedish cyber agenda:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-february-2023/

-- RIPE NCC Signs MoU with Ministry of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan
The RIPE NCC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan and Uzbektelecom. The MoU aims to promote Internet coordination activities to support the development of the Internet in Uzbekistan:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-and-ministry-of-digital-technologies-of-uzbekistan-sign-mou

-- RIPE NCC Open Houses in March
-- Internet in Denmark
Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Denmark on Wednesday, 1 March from 11:00-12:30 (UTC), 12:00-13:30 (UTC+1):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-in-denmark

-- Internet in Ukraine
Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Ukraine on Thursday, 2 March from 12:00-14:00 (UTC), 14:00-16:00 (UTC+2):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-in-ukraine

-- Community Projects Fund Recipients 2022
Join us for an Open House about the selected projects from last year’s Community Projects Fund on Tuesday, 7 March from 12:00-13:30 (UTC), 13:00-14:30 (UTC+1):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-community-projects-fund-recipients-2022

-- Training Courses in March
Our courses for the month of March are open for registration. We will have webinars on IPv6 in the RIPE Database, the Internet Routing Registry, Using RIPE Atlas, and IPv6 Security Myths, Filtering and Tips. We will also hold in-person training courses on Basic IPv6, Advanced IPv6, IPv6 Security, and BGP Operations and Security:
https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/

Interested in a topic that you can't find on our upcoming courses page? Let us know what material you would like to see covered in future webinars:
https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8


4. Organisational Update
-- Vacancies
We currently have a number of vacancies at the RIPE NCC. If you would like to join us in working at the heart of the Internet, have a look at our openings:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/careers-at-the-ripe-ncc


Thank you for reading to the end. We'll be back next month with more news!

Best regards,

Kjerstin Burdiek
Communications Officer
RIPE NCC