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

Dear RIPE NCC members,

We hope the new year is treating you well. As you’ll see below, we’re already very busy in 2023 on a wide range of projects and activities to support our members and the RIPE community. Read on to see what’s been happening this month:
 
1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats
-- Voluntary Registry Lock Implemented

2. Information Services
-- RIPE NCC Quarterly Planning Q1 2023
-- Five Proposals for a Better RIPE Atlas

3. Community and Engagement
-- New RIPE Policy Proposal
-- New ASO AC Chair Appointed
-- RACI Call for Applications
-- RIPE Fellowship Call for Applications
-- SEE Meetings
-- RIPE Labs
-- RIPE NCC Open Houses in February
-- RIPE NCC Member Lunches in February
-- Training Courses in February
-- Call for Hosts for RIPE NCC Training Courses
-- New RIPE NCC Academy e-Learning Courses
-- Hot on the RIPE NCC Forum

4. Organisational Update
-- 163rd RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting Minutes
-- RIPE NCC Invoices and Redistribution for 2023
-- RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2023 Published
-- RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2023 Published
-- Vacancies


1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats
Number of LIRs: 23,383 (-293)
Number of members: 20,231 (-158)
LIRs with IPv6: 16,735 (-88)
IPv4 addresses transferred in December: 1,301,760 (-1,499,392)

-- Voluntary Registry Lock Implemented 
We have completed implementation of a new 'voluntary registry lock' feature in the LIR Portal. This feature is intended for any members or End Users who are concerned that they might be forced to transfer their IP addresses to another party due to threats or coercion. Learn more about how this feature works at:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/felipe_victolla_silveira/more-details-on-the-voluntary-registry-lock/


2. Information Services
-- RIPE NCC Quarterly Planning Q1 2023
We have published our Q1 2023 plans for our development teams. These plans include the work we will undertake for a number of services, including RPKI, the RIPE Database, RIPE Atlas, RIPEstat, the LIR Portal and more:
https://www.ripe.net/support/documentation/quarterly-planning

-- Five Proposals for a Better RIPE Atlas
The team behind RIPE Atlas has shared five proposals for improving RIPE Atlas based on community discussions. These proposals are to remove per-hop “late” packets from traceroute, to
measure well-known CDNs, to have generic HTTP measurements, to add support for STARTTLS measurements and to remove support for non-public measurements. We encourage the community to share their feedback on these proposals on the RIPE Atlas mailing list or in the RIPE NCC Forum:

Read the RIPE Labs article about the five proposals at:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/kistel/five-proposals-for-a-better-ripe-atlas/

Join the RIPE NCC Forum discussion at:
https://forum.ripe.net/t/five-proposals-for-ripe-atlas/303


3. Community and Engagement
-- New RIPE Policy Proposal
RIPE Policy proposal 2023-01 “Reducing IXP IPv4 assignment default size to a /26” has been submitted for discussion in the Address Policy Working Group. The goal of this proposal is to extend the lifetime of the IXP IPv4 address pool and to motivate IXPs to implement the exchange of IPv4 routing information over IPv6. If you have comments, send them to <address-policy-wg at ripe.net> by 7 February:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/policy-announce/2023-January/000581.html

-- New ASO AC Chair Appointed
Hervé Clément, RIPE NCC regional representative, has been appointed the new Chair of the Address Supporting Organization’s Address Council (ASO AC). Congratulations, Hervé!
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2023-January/002755.html

-- RACI Call for Applications
The call for applications is open for RACI, the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative. Academics in the field of Internet technology are encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will receive free tickets, travel and accommodation to meetings and an opportunity to present their research. Apply by 29 January for SEE 11, and by 9 March for RIPE 86:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/raci

-- RIPE Fellowship Call for Applications
The RIPE Fellowship is back. The programme provides assistance for successful candidates to attend RIPE Meetings. Apply by 9 March 2023 to attend RIPE 86:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/ripe-fellowship/ripe-fellowship

-- SEE Meetings
-- SEE 11 Call for Applications
The call for applications is open for SEE 11, which will be held in Split, Croatia from 4-5 April 2023. Proposals for plenary presentations, panels, lightning talks and workshops must be submitted by 5 February 2023:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-11/cfp

-- SEE 12 Call for Host
Are you interested in hosting SEE 12 from 23-24 April 2024? If so, apply before 30 January 2023. Hosts receive a number of benefits, including promotion and time to present at the meeting:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/see/see-12/call-for-host

-- RIPE Labs
In January, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on topics including PeeringDB’s 2022 product report, NTT’s RPKI deployment, Network Operator Groups in the RIPE NCC service region and more:
https://labs.ripe.net/

-- RIPE NCC Open Houses in February
-- Internet in Sweden
Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Sweden on Tuesday, 14 February from 12:30-14:00 (UTC), 13:30-15:00 (UTC+1):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-in-sweden

-- Internet in Finland
Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Finland on Wednesday, 15 February from 11:00-12:30 (UTC), 13:00-14:30 (UTC+2):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-in-finland

-- RIPE NCC Member Lunches in February
-- Dubrovnik, Croatia
Join us for a member lunch in Dubrovnik on Monday, 6 February from 12:30-13:30 (UTC+1):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches/ripe-ncc-member-lunch-dubrovnik-croatia

-- Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Join us for a member lunch in Mostar on Tuesday, 7 February from 11:30-13:30 (UTC+1):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches/ripe-ncc-member-lunch-mostar-bosnia-and-herzegovina

-- Podgorica, Montenegro
Join us for a member lunch in Podgorica on Wednesday, 8 February from 11:30-12:30 (UTC+1):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches/ripe-ncc-member-lunch-podgorica-montenegro

-- Training Courses in February
Our courses for the month of February are open for registration. We will have webinars on an Introduction to IPv6, RIPE Database Basics, an Introduction to RPKI, Basic IPv6 Protocol Security and Deploying RPKI. We will also hold in-person training courses on BGP Operations and Security, Advanced IPv6 and IPv6 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

-- Call for Hosts for RIPE NCC Training Courses
We are looking for hosts for RIPE NCC training courses from May 2023 onwards. Hosts must be organisations from within our service region. Learn more about the requirements and benefits of hosting at:
https://www.ripe.net/support/training/host-a-training-course/call-for-ripe-ncc-training-courses-hosts

-- New RIPE NCC Academy e-Learning Courses
We recently added two new courses to the RIPE NCC Academy. Try out our Internet Governance e-learning course, or our BGP Security e-learning course, which prepares you for the BGP Security Associate Certified Professionals exam.

Access the Internet Governance e-learning course here:
https://academy.ripe.net/enrol/index.php?id=14

Access the BGP Security e-learning course here:
https://academy.ripe.net/enrol/index.php?id=15

-- Hot on the RIPE NCC Forum
Over the past month, people have been submitting topics and joining discussions on the new RIPE NCC Forum on RIPE Atlas, Mastodon, RIPE NCC invoicing, ideas for a measurements training course and interesting dataviz. If you haven’t signed up yet, do it today and come join the chat:
https://forum.ripe.net/


4. Organisational Update
-- 163rd RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting Minutes
The minutes for the 163rd RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting Minutes have been published. You can read the summary and access the minutes at:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2023-January/001618.html

-- RIPE NCC Invoices and Redistribution for 2023
We are in the process of issuing our invoices for 2023. This year, we will not be issuing paper invoices. They will instead be available only online in the LIR Portal. Additionally, there is no 2022 surplus to redistribute to members. Members who paid fees in 2021 however will receive a small redistribution. Find more information at:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2023-January/001619.html

-- RIPE NCC Billing Procedure 2023 Published
We are issuing our invoices for 2023. To learn about payment or about how your contribution has been calculated, please refer to our Billing Procedure for this year:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/payment/ripe-ncc-billing-procedure-2023

-- RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2023 Published
We have published our 2023 Activity Plan and Budget 2023. This document outlines our plans for the coming year along with their associated costs. You can read the text at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-786/

-- 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