[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: November 2022

Dear RIPE NCC members,

Read on to see everything that’s been happening at the RIPE NCC and in the RIPE community this month:
 
1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats

2. Information Services
-- IPv6 Allocation to the RIPE NCC

3. Community and Engagement
-- Community Projects Fund 2022 Recipients Announced
-- NRO NC Election October 2022 Result 
-- Measures to Protect Ukrainian Networks
-- The RIPE Chair Team Reports
-- RIPE Labs
-- RIPE Labs Podcast Episode 8
-- Quantum Internet Hackathon 2022
-- RIPE NCC Open Houses in November
-- Training Courses in December

4. Organisational Update
-- Publication of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023
-- RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2022 Results
-- 161st-162nd RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting Minutes
-- Vacancies


1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats
Number of LIRs: 23,625 (-59)
Number of members: 20,402 (+33)
LIRs with IPv6: 16,868 (-9)
IPv4 addresses transferred in October: 921,780 (+169,652)


2. Information Services
-- IPv6 Allocation to the RIPE NCC
The RIPE NCC has requested an IPv6 allocation to use for its own infrastructure. The RIPE NCC pool of arbiters has decided, based on RIPE Policy Documents, that the request met the criteria for a /29 IPv6 allocation. You can find more information in the announcement at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/ipv6-allocation-to-the-ripe-ncc


3. Community and Engagement
-- Community Projects Fund 2022 Recipients Announced
The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee has reviewed the 39 applications it received and has announced the eight projects that have been selected as the 2022 recipients:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-community-projects-fund-2022-recipients-announced

-- NRO NC Election October 2022 Result
James Kennedy was re-elected to the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) during RIPE 85, held from 24-28 October 2022. James will serve a three-year term from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2025:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/nro-nc-election-october-2022-result

-- Measures to Protect Ukrainian Networks
At RIPE 85, the RIPE community discussed ways to further protect the resources of Ukrainian networks. A number of proposals were put forth. At the moment, all transfer requests from Ukrainian networks will be escalated to RIPE NCC Managing Director Hans Petter Holen, and the RIPE NCC Executive Board will review the suggested proposals to determine next steps:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2022-November/001606.html
 
-- The RIPE Chair Team Reports
-- Highlights from RIPE 85
The RIPE Chair Team’s October report is out, featuring highlights from RIPE 85 such as a new RIPE Task Force, new RIPE Working Group Chairs, discussions on IPv4 PA assignment registrations in the RIPE Database, if legacy address holders should be able to use the RIR RPKI services, and more:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-highlights-from-ripe-85/

-- November 2022
The RIPE Chair Team’s latest report covers important updates from November 2022, including events such as IETF 115, an ISOC members meeting, an ICANN webinar on Internet legislation, a CITI seminar on Internet fragmentation, and NL-IGF:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-november-2022/

-- RIPE Labs
In November, RIPE Labs featured articles from community members on topics including Log4Shell, ISACs, CAPIF 1, the proposed Cyber Resilience Act and more:
https://labs.ripe.net/

-- RIPE Labs Podcast Episode 8
In this episode of the RIPE Labs Podcast, Shavkat Sabirov talks about digitalisation in Central Asia and the need to form a Central Asian Internet community:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/anastasiya-pak/the-internet-in-central-asia/

-- Quantum Internet Hackathon 2022
The RIPE NCC is co-organising a Quantum Internet Hackathon simultaneously in five nodes on 1-2 December 2022. You can join in from Amsterdam, Dublin, Padua, Poznan, Sarajevo, or online. Learn more at:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/karla-white/take-part-in-the-quantum-internet-hackathon-2022/

-- RIPE NCC Open Houses in November
-- Organising Network Operator Groups
Join us for this Open House on Organising Network Operator Groups on Wednesday, 30 November from 11:00-12:30 (UTC):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-organising-network-operator-groups-4

-- Training Courses in December
Our courses for the month of December are open for registration. We will have webinars on BGP Security: IRR and Filtering and on IPv6 Addressing Plans. We will also hold in-person training courses on IPv6 Security and BGP 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
-- Publication of the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023
The final RIPE NCC Charging Scheme 2023 has been published. You can read the document at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/docs/ripe-785/

-- RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2022 Results
Members voted on four resolutions during the RIPE NCC General Meeting, which took place from 26-28 October 2022. All four resolutions were approved. Find the full voting report at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ripe-ncc-general-meeting-october-2022

-- 161st-162nd RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting Minutes
The RIPE NCC Executive Board held its 161st meeting on 23 October 2022 and its 162nd meeting on 26 October 2022. The minutes from these meetings are now available:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2022-November/001607.html

-- 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