[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: October 2020

Hello RIPE NCC member,

RIPE 81 is kicking off tomorrow and we’re just in time for another Member Update! Here’s what you need to know this month about the RIPE NCC and the RIPE community:

1. What We're Doing For You
-- Your LIR Stats
-- RIPE NCC Survey 2019 - Key Findings and Proposed Actions
-- Register for the RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2020
-- A First for the RIPE NCC: Seizure of the “Right to Registration of IPv4 Addresses” for the Recovery of Money

2. Your Technical Update
-- Lifecycle of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator
-- Route Collection at the RIPE NCC - Where are we and where should we go?
-- Our Plan to Fix Country Codes
-- Service Announcements

3. What's Happening in Our Community?
-- Interviews with the RIPE Chairs
-- RIPE Chair Team One Month In
-- RIPE 81 BoFs and Parallel Events
-- Looking Forward to RIPE 81
-- RIPE 81 New Conference Platform: Meetecho
-- RIPE Programme Committee Elections
-- RIPE WG Chair Collective - Definition and Tasks

4. Join Us for These Virtual Events
-- RIPE 81
-- RIPE NCC General Meeting
-- ENOG 17
-- RIPE Atlas Software Probes Deployathon
-- RIPE NCC Open House: 10 Years of RIPE Atlas



1. What We're Doing For You
-- Your LIR Stats
Number of LIRS: 24,865 (-307)
LIRs with IPv6: 16,451 (-161)
IPv4 Addresses Transferred in September: 596,736 (-48,384)


-- RIPE NCC Survey 2019 - Key Findings and Proposed Actions
We developed 36 findings based on our 2019 survey and we are tracking our actions to address them:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/surveys/ripe-ncc-survey-2019/key-findings-and-proposed-actions


-- A First for the RIPE NCC: Seizure of the “Right to Registration of IPv4 Addresses” for the Recovery of Money
We recently processed our first IPv4 transfer on the basis of a Dutch court order. In this article, we provide an overview of this case and briefly explain how things will work moving forwards:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ciaran_byrne/seizure-of-the-right-to-registration-of-ipv4-addresses



2. Your Technical Update
-- Lifecycle of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator
Nathalie Trenaman looks at the past, the present and (most importantly) the future of the RIPE NCC RPKI Validator on RIPE Labs:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nathalie_nathalie/life-cycle-of-the-ripe-ncc-rpki-validator-1


-- Route Collection at the RIPE NCC - Where are we and where should we go?
Emile Aben takes stock on our Routing Information Service (RIS) and shares some thoughts on our strategy:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/emileaben/route-collection-at-the-ripe-ncc-where-are-we-and-where-should-we-go


-- Our Plan to Fix Country Codes
We are busy with the implementation of NWI-10, which deals with clarifying the meaning of the “country:” attribute in the RIPE Database and the Extended Delegated Statistics:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stefania_fokaeos/our-plan-to-fix-country-codes


-- Service Announcements
--- Recent
Ticket System Outage (8 October 2020):
https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/ticketing-system-unavailable

LIR Portal Outage (9 October 2020):
https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/lir-portal-temporarily-unavailable

RIPE Database Website Unavailable (1 October 2020):
https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/ripe-database-website-unavailable

Delay in RIPEstat Routing Data (29 September 2020):
https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/delay-in-ripestat-routing-data



3. What's Happening in Our Community?
-- Interviews with the RIPE Chairs
We recently asked Mirjam Kühne and Niall O’Reilly, the new RIPE Chair and RIPE Vice Chair, about their backgrounds and their vision for the RIPE community.

Mirjam’s interview:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ulka_athale_1/meet-the-new-ripe-chair-an-interview-with-mirjam-kuhne

Niall’s interview:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/ulka_athale_1/catching-up-with-the-ripe-vice-chair-an-interview-with-niall-oreilly


-- RIPE Chair Team One Month In
Mirjam and Niall also gave an update on their first month in their new roles:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam_kuhne/ripe-chair-one-month-in


-- Looking Forward to RIPE 81
In this article, Mirjam gives an overview of what’s happening and what’s new at RIPE 81:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam_kuhne/looking-forward-to-ripe-81


-- RIPE 81 New Conference Platform: Meetecho
We are using a new conference platform for the RIPE meeting: Meetecho. Learn more about Meetecho and the reasons behind our choice at:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/martina_de_mas/ripe-81-new-conference-platform-meetecho


-- RIPE 81 BoFs and Parallel Events
There are three BoFs organised prior to RIPE 81 on Monday, 26 October 2020.

Learn more about the BoFs at:
https://ripe81.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/bof/#mon11

In addition to the BoFs, there are also parallel events organised before and during RIPE 81:
https://ripe81.ripe.net/programme/parallel-events/


-- RIPE Programme Committee Elections
There are currently two seats up for election to the RIPE Programme Committee. If you’re interested, send your nominations, with a biography, statement of interest and photograph, to <pc at ripe.net> before Tuesday, 27 October 2020, 15:30 (UTC+1).

More information is available at:
https://ripe81.ripe.net/programme/ripe-pc/become-a-member/


-- RIPE WG Chair Collective - Definition and Tasks
The RIPE Chair asked for feedback on a draft document that describes their tasks and responsibilities of the RIPE Working Group Chair Collective. There will be an opportunity to discuss the document during the RIPE 81 Community Plenary.
You can view the document at:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2020-October/001966.html



4. Join Us for These Virtual Events
-- RIPE 81, 27-30 October 2020
If you haven’t done it yet, you can still register for the RIPE Meeting at:
https://ripe81.ripe.net/attend/register/

The meeting plan is available at:
https://ripe81.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/


-- RIPE NCC General Meeting, 28-30 October 2020
The next General Meeting (GM) will take place this week from 28-30 October 2020 online. You can register to vote online until 16:00 (UTC+1) on the day of the GM (28 October 2020):
https://www.ripe.net/s/gm-registration-oct-2020

The GM agenda can be viewed here:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2020/agenda

Supporting documents are available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2020/supporting-documents


-- ENOG 17, 9-13 November 2020
You can register for ENOG 17 at:
https://www.enog.org/enog-17/

ENOG 17 will take place virtually from 9-13 November. Registration is free of charge and open to everyone.


-- RIPE NCC Open House: 10 Years of RIPE Atlas, 18 November 2020
In this Open House session, we're celebrating 10 years of RIPE Atlas! The team behind RIPE Atlas and members from the community come together to discuss RIPE Atlas in this Open House session.

You can register at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-10-years-of-ripe-atlas


-- RIPE Atlas Software Probes Deployathon, 25 November 2020.
Join us on 25 November 2020 to help us celebrate 10 years of RIPE Atlas again by adding 10x10 software probes over 10 hours. More information is available at:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/lets-deploy-together-ripe-atlas-software-probes-deployathon



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

Best regards,
Boris

Boris Duval
Communications Officer
RIPE NCC

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