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

Dear RIPE NCC members,

The RIPE NCC Survey 2023 is open for just three more days! 3,640 people have completed it, and with your help we can hopefully push past 4,000 responses. This will give us the insight we need to deliver great services to our members and shape our plans for the coming years. And there are still some great prizes to be won, including Samsung earphones, an Apple Watch and a trip to Rome for the RIPE 87 Meeting:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/surveys/ripe-ncc-survey-2023

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

1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats
-- Implementing EU Sanctions Exemption

2. Information Services
-- RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Central Europe
-- Unknown Attribute 28 - A Source Of Entropy in Interdomain Routing?
-- Usage Patterns of RIS Live at Code BGP
-- New on the RIPE NCC Forum

3. Community and Engagement
-- RIPE NCC Survey 2023
-- RIPE Policy Proposals
-- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: Highlights from RIPE 86
-- Measuring and Maintaining the Quality of Our E-learning
-- Open Houses in June and July
-- New RIPE NCC Academy Microlearning: What is RPKI? 
-- Training Courses and Webinars in June

4. Organisational Update
-- Outcomes from the RIPE NCC General Meeting
-- Podcast - Serving on the Executive Board
-- Vacancies


1. Registry 
-- LIR Stats
Number of LIRs: 23,440 (+8)
Number of members: 20,311 (+19)
LIRs with IPv6: 16,673 (-118)
IPv4 addresses transferred in May: 1,097,728 (-1,261,312)

-- Implementing EU Sanctions Exemption
As we have previously shared, Internet number resources fall under an exemption in the EU sanctions regulation. We have now shared an update on how we will implement this exemption:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2023-June/001663.html


2. Information Services
-- RIPE NCC Internet Country Report: Central Europe
We have published a new Internet Country Report, this time looking at four countries in Central Europe: Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The report looks at the region’s major market players and level of competition, Internet number resource holdings, IPv4 transfers and IPv6 readiness. Read the summary and access the full report at:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/suzanne_taylor_muzzin/ripe-ncc-internet-country-report-central-europe/

-- Unknown Attribute 28 - A Source Of Entropy in Interdomain Routing?
On RIPE Labs, Emile Aben looks into BGP attribute 28 after malformed packets with this attribute caused a disruption in Internet interdomain routing:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/unknown-attribute-28-a-source-of-entropy-in-interdomain-routing/

-- Usage Patterns of RIS Live at Code BGP
On RIPE Labs, Ioannis Sermetziadis shares how the Code BGP team used RIS Live features to help them build a platform capable of detecting and resolving BGP issues in seconds:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/ioannis-sermetziadis/usage-patterns-of-ris-live-at-code-bgp/

-- New on the RIPE NCC Forum
Over the past month, people have been submitting topics and joining discussions on the new RIPE NCC Forum about WHOIS integration tests, Wikipedia enthusiasts, sustainability, JMX with Java 17 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 NCC Survey 2023
The RIPE NCC Survey 2023 is open. Please fill it out to share your feedback about our services and activities so that we can better meet your needs and plan for the coming years. The survey is anonymous and available in 10 languages. The deadline to complete the survey is 30 June (23:59 UTC):
https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/surveys/ripe-ncc-survey-2023

-- Call for Hosts for RIPE 89, 90 and 91
The call for hosts is open for RIPE 89 (28 October-1 November 2024), RIPE 90 (19-23 May 2025) and RIPE 91 (20-24 October 2025). Submit your proposal to host by 30 June:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/ripe-meetings/call-for-host

-- RIPE Policy Proposals
-- Last Call for Comments on 2023-02 (Minimum Size for IPv4 Temporary Assignments)
Policy proposal 2023-02, "Minimum Size for IPv4 Temporary Assignments," has entered Last Call. This proposal recommends setting the minimum assignment size to a /24 while still allowing for a smaller assignment if requested by the End User. It also allows routing requirements to justify the request for more than a /24 for research purposes. If you have any objections, submit them by 13 July:
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/policy-announce/2023-June/000589.html

-- The RIPE Chair Team Reports: Highlights from RIPE 86
The RIPE Chair Team’s monthly report is out, featuring an overview of the major events at RIPE 86, including BoFs on AI and the IETF, the BCOP TF session, a Diversity in Tech session focused on youth participation in the RIPE community, and the introduction of the first Code of Conduct Team:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/mirjam_kuhne/the-ripe-chair-team-reports-highlights-from-ripe-86/

-- Measuring and Maintaining the Quality of Our E-learning
We have published statistics about the RIPE NCC Academy going over user feedback, module ratings, and how we plan to improve our processes. Read the report at:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/evelien-schilder/measuring-and-maintaining-the-quality-of-our-e-learning/

-- Open Houses in June and July
-- Internet Country Report: Central Europe
Join us for an Open House on our recently published Internet Country Report: Central Europe on Thursday, 29 June from 10:00-11:00 UTC, 12:00-13:00 CEST:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-country-report-central-europe

-- Internet in Ukraine July 2023
Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Ukraine. The Open House will be in Ukrainian and will take place on Tuesday, 4 July from 10:00-12:00 UTC, 12:00-14:00 CEST:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/open-house/ripe-ncc-open-house-internet-in-ukraine-july-2023

-- Internet in Poland
Join us for an Open House on the Internet in Poland on Wednesday, 5 July 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-poland

-- New RIPE NCC Academy Microlearning: What is RPKI? 
We have released a new microlearning module in the RIPE NCC Academy called What is RPKI? This module explains RPKI and how you can use it for better routing security:
https://academy.ripe.net/what-is-rpki

-- Training Courses and Webinars in June
Our courses for the month of June are open for RIPE NCC members to register. We will hold in-person training courses on Basic IPv6 and the RIPE Database in Sofia:
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
-- Outcomes from the RIPE NCC General Meeting
In the RIPE NCC General Meeting May 2023, members voted on six resolutions. Members voted to approve the RIPE NCC Financial Report 2022, the discharge of the Executive Board and the amendments to the Standard Service Agreement. Voters selected Charging Scheme 2024 Model D (keeping the same charging scheme as this year) and voted no to an extra charge of EUR 50 per ASN and to an extra charge of EUR 500 per accepted transfer request as part of this Charging Scheme. Voters also elected three members of the RIPE NCC Executive Board: Raymond Jetten, Maria Häll and Harald Summa. The full voting report is available at:
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-2023/voting-report

-- Podcast - Serving on the Executive Board
In the latest edition of the RIPE Labs podcast, former RIPE NCC Executive Board chairman Christian Kaufmann discusses what it means to serve as a Board member and how the role has changed since he joined the organisation 12 years ago:
https://labs.ripe.net/author/anastasiya-pak/to-serve-the-board/

-- 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