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

Hello RIPE NCC members,

Today, we’re organising an all-day Deployathon to celebrate ten years of RIPE Atlas and you can still join the fun! You’ll find more on the event at the end of this update.

In the meantime, here’s everything you need to know about our services and what’s happening in the RIPE community this month.

1. What We're Doing For You
-- Your LIR Stats
-- End of Year LIR Account Closures
-- RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2020
-- Voting Issue at RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2020

2. Your Technical Update
-- RIPE Atlas
-- Where We're at with RPKI Resiliency
-- Service Announcements

3. What's Happening in Our Community?
-- Good Vibes at RIPE 81
-- A New Look at RIPE Labs
-- Changing the Internet
-- Update on WTSA-20 Preparations and New IP
-- IGF 2020 Liveblog
-- Regulatory Updates

4. Join Us for These Virtual Events
-- RIPE Atlas Software Probes Deployathon



1. What We're Doing For You
-- Your LIR Stats
Number of LIRs: 24,379 (-486)
LIRs with IPv6: 16,235 (-216)
IPv4 Addresses Transferred in October: 664,192 (+67,456)


-- End of Year LIR Account Closures
We kindly ask you to complete your LIR account closure requests before the end of 2020 to avoid being charged for 2021. This also includes closure requests due to policy transfers and changes in business structure:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2020-November/001460.html


-- RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund 2020
The RIPE NCC Community Projects Fund Selection Committee is happy to announce that eight projects have been selected as the 2020 funding recipients:
https://www.ripe.net/support/cpf/funding-recipients-2020


-- Voting Issue at RIPE NCC General Meeting October 2020
We’ve recently discovered that three extra votes were wrongly allocated to members at the last GM. We take this issue very seriously and will amend our voting process ahead of the next General Meeting:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2020-November/001458.html



2. Your Technical Update
-- RIPE Atlas
--- Reviewing RIPE Atlas Software Probes
RIPE Atlas software probes were launched in February 2020. Stephen Strowes analyses their performance and how they fare compared with hardware probes:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/stephen_strowes/reviewing-ripe-atlas-software-probes

--- 10 Years of RIPE Atlas - Tales From The Dev Team
To celebrate 10 years of RIPE Atlas, the Dev Team shares behind-the-scenes stories surrounding the development of the platform:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/kistel/10-years-of-ripe-atlas-tales-from-the-dev-team

--- Rolling Out the RIPE Atlas Redesign
RIPE Atlas has a new style! Michela Galante gives you a quick tour of the updated design:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/michela_galante/rolling-out-the-ripe-atlas-redesign

--- Language Support for RIPE Atlas Software Probes
We’re looking for volunteers to help us translate instruction materials for RIPE Atlas software probes:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/lia_hestina/language-support-for-ripe-atlas-software-probes


-- Where We're at with RPKI Resiliency
Nathalie Künneke-Trenaman gives an update on the RPKI Resiliency project that kicked off last May:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/nathalie_nathalie/where-were-at-with-rpki-resiliency


-- Service Announcements
--- Upcoming
RPKI Planned Downtime (30 November 2020):
https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/rpki-planned-downtime-2

--- Recent
RIPE NCC Access Planned Downtime (24 November 2020):
https://www.ripe.net/support/service-announcements/ripe-ncc-access-planned-downtime



3. What's Happening in Our Community?
-- Good Vibes at RIPE 81
The RIPE Chair Team, Mirjam and Niall, share some thoughts and highlights from our second virtual RIPE Meeting:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/mirjam_kuhne/good-vibes-at-ripe-81


-- A New Look at RIPE Labs
Following RIPEstat and RIPE Atlas, RIPE Labs is also getting an upgrade! Our new RIPE Labs Editor, Alun Davies, walks you through the changes:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/alun_davies/a-new-look-at-ripe-labs


-- Changing the Internet
Marco Hogewoning shares some thoughts on how the Internet has changed and how to tackle upcoming challenges:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_hogewoning/changing-the-internet


-- Update on WTSA-20 Preparations and New IP
In another article, Marco gives an update on the preparations for the next World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-20) and the New IP proposal:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/marco_hogewoning/update-on-wtsa-20-preparations-and-new-ip


-- IGF 2020 Liveblog
Our colleagues share key moments and highlights from the last Internet Governance Forum (IGF) that took place from 9-17 November 2020:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gergana_petrova/igf-2020-liveblog


-- Regulatory Updates
This month, we have two regulatory updates to share with you.

--- Your EU Regulation Update: October 2020 Edition
The fifth in an ongoing series in which we give a brief overview of the most pertinent digital policies currently being proposed, debated and implemented in the European Union:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/your-eu-regulation-update-october-2020-edition

--- Russia Regulatory Update
This is the first in a series of updates on Russian Internet regulation where we’ll give you an overview of relevant policies currently being proposed, debated and implemented in Russia:
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/maxim_burtikov/russia-regulatory-update



4. Join Us for These Virtual Events
-- 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.

Register at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/apply/atlas-deployathon/

More information about the Deployathon 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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