[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update May 2016

Dear colleagues,

To consolidate the information we send to members and reduce the number
of individual mails you receive from us, the RIPE NCC Member Update will
be published from now on in a monthly email format. The update will
focus on timely and operationally useful information.

If you have feedback about the contents of this mail or the new format
of the Member Update, 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.


RIPE NCC Member Update: May 2016

Number of LIRs: 13,553
LIRs with IPv6: 10,279
IPv4 addresses transferred in April: 259,584
https://labs.ripe.net/statistics

RESOURCE REGISTRATION
The RIPE NCC Executive Board has asked the RIPE NCC to broaden the
definition of policy transfers by including network acquisitions in the
scope of the transfer policy. All network acquisitions now fall under
the RIPE transfer policy unless they are part of an organisation merger,
organisation acquisition, bankruptcy or liquidation.

The Board has also instructed the RIPE NCC to strengthen its due
diligence procedures to clarify that transfer agreements are signed by a
party that is officially authorised to do so according to national
authority registration. The RIPE NCC is proactively checking that all
signatures meet the criteria.

Further details are available in the original mail from the Chairman of
the Executive Board:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2016-April/001031.html

RIPE DATABASE
We have been working to improve the usability of the RIPE Database over
the last year and the latest change will address an area that has caused
much confusion for members in the past. Our Product Manager Alex Band
explains how we are improving the management of RIPE Database objects
that have joint responsibility:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/AlexBand/improving-the-management-of-ripe-database-objects-with-joint-responsibility

We've also worked on improving "Syncupdates", which allows users to
create or update multiple objects in a single text area and get an
immediate response from the RIPE Database server on the result. There is
a beta version of the new Syncupdates available, and you can find out
all about it at:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/AlexBand/improving-syncupdates-in-the-ripe-database

TRAINING SERVICES
Is there a RIPE NCC Training Course coming to your country? In June,
courses will be held in Estonia, Russia, Austria, Malta and Iceland.

There will also be online training for new LIRs and an advanced RIPE
Atlas webinar. Register to secure your place at:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/

And in June, we will add the online LIR Training Course to the suite of
certified training courses available through the RIPE NCC Academy:
https://academy.ripe.net/

RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING (GM)
Are you registered for the GM yet? The meeting takes place this week
from 25-27 May in Copenhagen with full remote participation options for
all members. There are four resolutions to be voted on and an election
to fill two seats on the RIPE NCC Executive Board. Currently, there are
over 900 members across the service region registered to vote, and we
hope to see this number increase before the meeting takes place.

All information on the GM, including how to register, is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2016

RIPE ATLAS
We’ve updated the RIPE Atlas APIs and created a comprehensive user
manual that explains everything you need to know about how to use them:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/new-ripe-atlas-apis

The latest RIPE Atlas updates include making the DNSMON code available
on GitHub for personal use, displaying IPv4 vs IPv6 comparisons in
LatencyMON, new credit sharing options, and new limits on probes per
measurement and results per day:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-altas-update-dnsmon-on-github-latencymon-comparisons-new-credit-sharing-and-more

MEETINGS
The RIPE 72 Meeting takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark this week from
Monday to Friday. You can check out the full meeting plan at:
https://ripe72.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/

Can’t make it to Copenhagen? You can view all the sessions and join the
discussion no matter where you are:
https://ripe72.ripe.net/live/main/

The SEE 5 Meeting took place in Tirana, Albania in April. Videos of all
sessions are now available on the South East Europe Regional Meetings
YouTube channel:
http://bit.ly/1GOnWIU

ENOG 11 takes place in Moscow from 7-8 June:
https://www.enog.org/meetings/enog-11/

RECENT ON RIPE LABS
Rene Wilhelm published an article on RIPE Labs last week giving details
on RIPE NCC membership growth and available IPv4 statistics:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/wilhelm/ripe-ncc-membership-and-available-ipv4-statistics-an-update

There are also two articles by Romain Fontugne and Stéphane Bortzmeyer
about detecting and debugging network problems using RIPE Atlas. All the
RIPE Atlas-related articles are available at:
https://labs.ripe.net/atlas

INTERNET GOVERNANCE
The RIPE NCC will be contributing to the 2016 European Dialogue on
Internet Governance (EuroDIG), which is being held in Brussels from 9-10
June:
http://www.eurodig.org/eurodig-2016/

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

RIPE NCC SURVEY 2016
Every three years, we conduct a large-scale anonymous survey of our
members and other stakeholders to see how we can improve our services.

The 2016 survey launches on 27 May and will run until the end of June.
We've made this year's survey much shorter than in previous years and
the questions are more focused on practical improvements.

We'll also be giving away five iPads during the course of the survey, so
watch out for the announcement this week.

REMEMBER: The earlier you take part, the better your chance of winning a
prize!

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[service] and [training].

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Best regards,

Fergal Cunningham
Membership Communications Officer
RIPE NCC