[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: June 2016

RIPE NCC Member Update: June 2016

Contents:
- Creating Additional LIR Accounts
- Registration Services
- RIPE Database
- LIR Portal
- RIPE Forum
- RIPE NCC Survey 2016
- Training Services
- Update from the Dubai Office
- ENOG 11
- RIPE Atlas
- Internet Governance
- IETF Endowment Fund
- General Meeting May 2016
- Social Media

Number of LIRs: 13,672
LIRs with IPv6: 10,385
IPv4 addresses transferred in May: 592,640
https://labs.ripe.net/statistics

CREATING ADDITIONAL LIR ACCOUNTS
At the RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM) from 25-27 May, members approved a
resolution that allows the opening of additional LIR accounts per member.

Members had always been able to open additional LIR accounts until the
RIPE NCC Executive Board suspended this ability in November 2015. The
resolution approved by members at the GM reinstates the ability to open
additional accounts. Now the RIPE NCC is working on improved procedures
to accept new applications for additional LIR accounts and will inform
the membership when these are in place.

REGISTRATION SERVICES
At the RIPE 72 Meeting, Andrea Cima presented Feedback from RIPE NCC
Registration Services, and it was one of the highest-rated presentations
at the meeting. In this presentation, Andrea lets you know what feedback
we have received from members about the policies that have been
implemented by the RIPE NCC. You can see the video of the presentation at:
https://ripe72.ripe.net/archives/video/155/

Rene Wilhelm also published an article on RIPE Labs about developments
we have seen with IPv4 transfers over the past year:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/developments-in-ipv4-transfers

RIPE DATABASE
Many usability improvements in the RIPE Database web interface have been
rolled out in the last few months. The latest addition helps users
choose a compatible status when creating inet(6)num objects:
https://twitter.com/alexander_band/status/738644198493020161

LIR PORTAL
RIPE Database objects that have a joint responsibility, such as
allocations for IP resources and the organisation object, can now be
updated using any update method you like, e.g. webupdates, syncupdates
or email updates. The LIR Portal Object Editors are no longer needed and
have been deprecated. To get started, choose your LIR's preferred
default maintainer on the LIR Portal account details page:
https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/support/security/maintainers#default-mnt

RIPE FORUM
We introduced a new web-based interface to encourage participation in
RIPE community discussions such as Address Policy, Anti-Abuse or IPv6.
Subscription, reading and posting are handled on your browser without
the need to get more emails in your inbox.

Why not try it out?
https://www.ripe.net/participate/mail/forum/

RIPE NCC SURVEY 2016
The RIPE NCC Survey 2016 has been running for three weeks and we've
already seen over 2,000 people participate. This will give us excellent
insight into what our members and the community want to see from the
RIPE NCC in the years to come.

Three people have also won an iPad Air 2
- Piet Honkoop
- Roman Sokolov
- Jorge García de la Nava

We still have two more prizes to give away. So take part in the survey
to help the RIPE NCC improve - you might receive a nice prize for taking
10 minutes to help us out.
https://www.ripe.net/survey2016

TRAINING SERVICES
Is there a RIPE NCC Training Course coming to your country? In July
there will be courses in Iceland, Russia, Bulgaria and the Netherlands.
There are still places available at all these courses.
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses

UPDATE FROM THE DUBAI OFFICE
It's been two years since we opened the RIPE NCC Dubai office, and our
staff have done much to engage with our members and community in the
region. Hisham Ibrahim gives a good overview of the Dubai office's
second year of operations:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/hisham_ibrahim/update-on-activities-in-the-menog-region/

ENOG 11
The ENOG 11/RIPE NCC Regional Meeting took place in Moscow from 7-8
June. You can see the full presentation archive at:
https://www.enog.org/meetings/enog-11/presentations/

RIPE ATLAS
The third RIPE Atlas Hackathon took place on the weekend before the RIPE
72 Meeting. This RIPE Labs article contains a review of the event, links
to all the code produced and a preview of the next hackathon:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/becha/ripe-atlas-interface-hackathon-results

The RIPE NCC's Philip Homburg published a RIPE Labs article that
provides a visual impression of the lifetime of RIPE Atlas probes. He
finds out that probes not connecting at all is a much larger problem
than probes failing over time due to hardware issue:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/philip_homburg/a-visual-impression-of-probe-lifetimes

INTERNET GOVERNANCE
Last week saw a milestone in the IANA stewardship transition process as
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
issued its assessment report.

After thorough review, the NTIA reports that it finds that "the IANA
Stewardship Transition Proposal meets the criteria necessary to complete
the long-promised privatization of the IANA functions."

https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/ntia-issues-iana-stewardship-transition-proposal-report

The RIPE NCC will also participate at the ICANN 56 Meeting in Helsinki
from 27-30 June:
https://meetings.icann.org/en/helsinki56

IPv6 DEPLOYMENT
The RIPE NCC is awarding five-star IPv6 RIPEness to LIRs that are
deploying IPv6 at the edge. Our five-star IPv6 RIPEness page lists LIRs
per country who have met the criteria for achieving this status:
http://ipv6ripeness.ripe.net/5star/

If you are listed as a five-star LIR, you can email <ncc at ripe.net> to
claim a five-star IPv6 RIPEness t-shirt!

We also provide information for various audiences that can help with
IPv6 deployment. Check out the IPv6 Info Centre:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/ipv6-info-centre

IETF ENDOWMENT FUND
Following the RIPE NCC Services Working Group session and the General
Meeting, the RIPE NCC Executive Board asked for feedback on the proposal
for the RIPE NCC to contribute to the IETF Endowment Fund. The Board
will discuss the feedback received from members at its upcoming meeting
in July.

You can see the discussion that took place in the members-discuss archives:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/

GENERAL MEETING MAY 2016
At the RIPE NCC General Meeting in May, the membership elected Nigel
Titley and Remco van Mook to the two available seats on the RIPE NCC
Executive Board. Members also approved the RIPE NCC Charging Scheme
2017, which keeps the membership fee at the current level of EUR 1,400.
All information on the GM is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016/general-meeting-may-2016

SOCIAL MEDIA
Why not follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn?
https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking

If you have feedback about the contents of this mail, please reply and
let me know. If there is information about particular services or
activities you would like to see included, we can add it to future issues.

Best regards,

Fergal Cunningham
Membership Communications Officer
RIPE NCC