[ncc-announce] [news] RIPE NCC Member Update: July 2023

Dear RIPE NCC members,

Read on to see everything the RIPE NCC and the RIPE community have been doing this month:

 1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats
-- IPv4 Waiting List Applications Re-Enabled in the LIR Portal

2. Information Services
-- RIS Beaconing: Shining a Light on BGP Dynamics
-- New on the RIPE NCC Forum

3. Community and Engagement
-- RIPE 87 Call for Presentations
-- RIPE Fellowship and RACI
-- CAPIF 2 Call for Presentations
-- MENOG 23 Call for Presentations
-- Sunsetting ENOG
-- Community Engagement Quarterly Report
-- RIPE Policy Proposals
-- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: Highlights from RIPE 86
-- Open Houses in August
-- Training Courses and Webinars in August

4. Organisational Update
-- RIPE Meeting Tickets
-- Transparency Report from the Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team
-- 167th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting Minutes
-- Vacancies


1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats
Number of LIRs: 20,377 (-3,063)
Number of members: 20,274 (-37)
LIRs with IPv6: 16,661 (-12)
IPv4 addresses transferred in June: 1,677,056 (+579,328)

-- IPv4 Waiting List Applications Re-Enabled in the LIR Portal
It is once again possible for new members to submit IPv4 waiting list applications in the LIR Portal:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2023-July/001667.html


2. Information Services
-- RIS Beaconing: Shining a Light on BGP Dynamics
On RIPE Labs, Emile Aben looks at the RIS beaconing process and how to make space for more beacons following the IPv4 runout:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/ris-beaconing-shining-a-light-on-bgp-dynamics/

-- New on the RIPE NCC Forum
Over the past month, people have been submitting topics and joining discussions on RIPE Atlas network coverage, building WHOIS in Windows, collecting data on pairwise latencies from RIPE Atlas probes and more. If you haven’t signed up yet, do it today and come join the chat:
https://forum.ripe.net/


3. Community and Engagement
-- RIPE 87 Call for Presentations
The RIPE Programme Committee is seeking content proposals for plenary sessions, lightning talks and BoFs for RIPE 87. The meeting will be hybrid, so proposals for both in-person and virtual presentations are acceptable. Proposals are due by Monday, 18 September:
https://ripe87.ripe.net/submit-topic/cfp/

-- RIPE Fellowship and RACI
Applications are open for the RIPE Fellowship and for RACI. Both programmes cover the cost of RIPE Meeting tickets, travel and accommodation. Apply for RIPE 87 by Monday, 11 September.

Learn more about the RIPE Fellowship and apply at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/ripe-fellowship

Learn more about RACI and apply at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/ripe/raci

-- CAPIF 2 Call for Presentations
The second Central Asia Peering and Interconnection Forum (CAPIF 2) will take place on 19-20 September 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The call for presentations is open for this meeting. Send in your content proposals by 20 August 2023:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/regional-meetings/capif/capif-2/call-for-presentations

-- MENOG 23 Call for Presentations
MENOG 23 will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on 11-12 October 2023. The call for presentations for this meeting is open until 1 September 2023:
https://www.menog.org/meetings/menog-23/cfp/

-- Sunsetting ENOG
Following input from the ENOG community, we have decided to dissolve ENOG as a RIPE NCC regional platform. We will continue to support the Central Asia Peering and Interconnection Forum (CAPIF) and smaller events such as RIPE NCC Days and Internet Measurement Days in the region formerly covered by ENOG. You can read more about this decision at:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2023-July/002948.html

-- Community Engagement Quarterly Report
RIPE NCC Chief Community Officer Hisham Ibrahim shared an update on the work of the Community Engagement department in areas such as diversity and inclusion, feedback and satisfaction and the quality of our data services:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/quantifying-quality-a-community-engagement-quarterly-report/

-- RIPE Policy Proposals
-- 2023-02 Proposal Accepted (Minimum Size for IPv4 Temporary Assignments)
Policy proposal 2023-02, "Minimum Size for IPv4 Temporary Assignments," has reached consensus. Work on implementing the new policy has begun:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/policy-announce/2023-July/000591.html

-- Last Call for Draft Document: RIPE NCC Staff Participation in the RIPE Community
This draft document was revised and has re-entered Last Call. The document outlines how RIPE NCC staff can and should participate in the RIPE community and how the RIPE community welcomes participation by RIPE NCC staff. The deadline for comments is 04:00 UTC on Monday, 4 September 2023:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ripe-list/2023-July/002967.html

 -- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: July 2023
The RIPE Chair Team’s monthly report is out, featuring updates on RIPE governance, RIPE Policy discussions, the DNS BCP Task Force and industry events such as EuroDIG 2023:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-july-2023/

-- A Report from the DNS Hackathon 2023
The DNS Hackathon “Connected to Port 53” took place the weekend before RIPE 86 in Rotterdam. 46 hackers worked on six different projects. Read about their results at:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/connected-to-port-53-a-report-from-the-dns-hackathon-2023/

-- Open Houses in August
-- Internet in Czechia
Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Czechia on Wednesday, 23 August from 10:00-11:30 UTC (12:00-13:30 CEST):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-in-czechia-republic

-- Training Courses and Webinars in August
Our courses for the month of August are open for RIPE NCC members to register. We will hold webinars on IP Blocklisting Basics, IPv6 Security Myths, Filtering and Tips and an Introduction to IPv6:
https://learning.ripe.net/w/upcoming/

Interested in a topic that you can't find on our upcoming courses page? Let us know what material you would like to see covered in future webinars:
https://forms.gle/rhyExMhb7BTCCXyU8

 4. Organisational Update
-- RIPE Meeting Tickets
We have updated our process for issuing free RIPE Meeting tickets. Going forward, two free RIPE Meeting tickets will be issued per new member rather than per LIR account. We will honour any previous commitments to those eligible for free tickets:
https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/announcements/updated-process-for-free-ripe-meeting-tickets

-- Transparency Report from the Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team
The Executive Board Election Code of Conduct Team has released a transparency report about the May 2023 Executive Board election:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2023/executive-board-election/transparency-report-from-the-executive-board-election-code-of-conduct-team

-- 167th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting Minutes
The minutes from the 167th RIPE NCC Executive Board Meeting are now available. Read the summary and access the full minutes at:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2023-July/001668.html

-- Vacancies
We currently have a number of vacancies at the RIPE NCC. If you would like to join us in working at the heart of the Internet, have a look at our openings:
https://www.ripe.net/about-us/staff/careers-at-the-ripe-ncc


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

Best regards,

Kjerstin Burdiek
Communications Officer
RIPE NCC