[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: August 2018

RIPE NCC Member Update: August 2018

LIR Statistics
Regular Abuse-c Validation
NWI-5 - Out-of-Region ROUTE(6)/AUT-NUM Objects
RIPE NCC General Meeting (GM)
NRO NC – Call for Nominations
RIPE 77 Updates
RIPE NCC Regional Meeting Almaty
RIPE NCC Member Lunches
RIPEstat Looking Glass – More Recent Data
RIPE NCC Training Courses
Join a RIPE NCC Webinar
BGP Articles on RIPE Labs
Social Media

LIR STATISTICS (change since last update)
Number of LIRs: 19,619 (+205)
LIRs with IPv6: 13,725 (+69)
Policy transfers in July: 2,206,592 IPv4 addresses (+940,160)

REGULAR ABUSE-C VALIDATION
We are working to implement a RIPE Policy Proposal that gives us a
mandate to validate "abuse-mailbox:" information in the RIPE Database
and to follow up when this is incorrect or out of date:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/policies/proposals/2017-02

To avoid us having to contact you in the future, please take a moment
now to review the email address for the abuse-c role object referenced
in any ORGANISATION objects you are responsible for. No action is
required if your "abuse-mailbox:" attribute is configured correctly. We
will share more details later in the year as we proceed with our
implementation.

NWI-5 - OUT-OF-REGION ROUTE(6)/AUT-NUM OBJECTS
We have deployed the changes for NWI-5 in the Release Candidate
environment so users can test their scripts and tools in order to
prepare for the production release on 4 September. You can find all the
information at:
https://www.ripe.net/manage-ips-and-asns/db/release-notes/ripe-database-release-1.92

RIPE NCC GENERAL MEETING (GM)
The GM will take place from 17-19 October in Amsterdam. The GM will
include discussion on the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan and Budget 2019
and voting on resolutions. We ask all RIPE NCC members to register to
vote electronically. All the details are available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2018

NRO NC – CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
There is a call from the RIPE NCC service region to fill one vacant seat
on the Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC). The closing
date for nominations is 21 September 2018. There are currently two
candidates and the election will take place during the RIPE 77 Meeting
in Amsterdam from 15-19 October. Details on how to nominate a candidate
or express your support for a candidate are available at:
https://www.ripe.net/s/nroncelection2018

RIPE 77 UPDATES
RIPE 77 will take place in Amsterdam from 15-19 October, and we want to
see as many of you there are possible.

Register: https://ripe77.ripe.net/attend/register/
Call for Presentations: https://ripe77.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/
Draft Meeting Plan: https://ripe77.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/
Social Events: https://ripe77.ripe.net/programme/social-events/

RIPE Fellowship at RIPE 77 - Apply by 29 August!
The RIPE Fellowship removes the financial barrier to attend a RIPE
Meeting. Fellows receive funding for travel, accommodation and a
full-week RIPE Meeting ticket. You must be in the RIPE NCC service
region to apply. Get your application in before 29 August for
consideration! Apply now at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/ripe-fellowship

RIPE Meeting Mentors
We are about to launch a mentor programme for RIPE Meetings. It's a
great way for long-standing meeting attendees to pay it forward and
share their knowledge/expertise with newcomers. Keep an eye on Twitter
(@RIPE_NCC) and your inboxes for the imminent launch!

And to make the most of the networking opportunities available at RIPE
Meetings, you can download the RIPE Networking App:
https://ripe77.ripe.net/on-site/ripe-networking-app/

RIPE NCC REGIONAL MEETING ALMATY
The RIPE NCC is coming to Kazakhstan! On 25 September, the RIPE NCC
Regional Meeting will take place in Almaty. We hope to see many of you
join from the local community and beyond. The meeting details are
available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/ripe-ncc-regional-meeting-almaty

RIPE NCC MEMBER LUNCHES
>From August to November, we will be holding member lunches in nine
cities throughout our service region so we can talk to our members and
discuss how we can best help you with your operations. The lunches are
also a great opportunity to meet peers in your local community. We will
be in Ukraine, Norway, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Spain, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, UAE and Belgium. The lunches are free to attend, and you
can sign up at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/member-lunches

RIPEstat Looking Glass – MORE RECENT DATA
We are currently testing a new Looking Glass with more recent meta data
and a new backend API.
https://stat.ripe.net/widget/looking-glass-beta#w.resource=2001:67c:2e8::/48
(new)
https://stat.ripe.net/widget/looking-glass#w.resource=2001:67c:2e8::/48
(existing)
The new version will soon be available as the standard!

RIPE NCC TRAINING COURSES
Over the coming month, the RIPE NCC will give face-to-face training
courses in Munich, Kiev, Paris, Dublin, Schiphol, Doha, Porto and
Tashkent. Please check the dates and register to take part:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses

JOIN A RIPE NCC WEBINAR
Our webinars are the best way to get RIPE NCC training from your own
location. We have upcoming webinars for new RIPE NCC members and on RIPE
Atlas usage, Internet Governance and the RIPE Database. You need to
register to take part and spaces are limited:
https://lirportal.ripe.net/training/courses

BGP ARTICLES ON RIPE LABS
We’ve had three contributions from the community on RIPE Labs in the
past month and all of them are BGP-related.

Martin Winter looks at monitoring BGP anomalies on the Internet:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/martin_winter/monitoring-bgp-anomalies-on-the-internet

Geoff Huston gives and update on securing BGP:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gih/an-update-on-securing-bgp

And Vasileios Giotsas talks about detection of peering infrastructure
outages based on BGP communities:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/vgiotsas/detection-of-peering-infrastructure-outages-based-on-bgp-communities-monitoring

SOCIAL MEDIA
Get updates, see the latest RIPE Labs articles and start conversations
with us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn:
https://www.ripe.net/support/contact/social-networking

You can find all the previous Member Updates containing an overview of
what the RIPE NCC is doing at:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/member-update

If you have any questions or comments on the material in the Member
Update, please let me know.

Best regards,

Fergal Cunningham
Membership Communications Officer
RIPE NCC