<div dir="ltr">Dear Hans Petter, all:<div><br></div><div>I really appreciate the kind feedback, thank you! And it's my pleasure. Thank you, too, for outlining the process and the way forward.</div><div><br></div><div>I encourage anyone else with input into the strategy, whether related to sustainability or not, to raise their voices.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Best,</font></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">-Michael</font></font></font><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">__________________</font></font></font></font></font></div><div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Michael J. Oghia – Director of External Relations</font></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (</font></font><a href="https://sdialliance.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">SDIA</font></font></a><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">)</font></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">ICT Sustainability Advocate | </font></font></span><a href="https://internetrightsandprinciples.org/" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">IRPC</font></font></a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> Steering Committee member</font></font></span><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Belgrade, Serbia </font></font></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">(UTC+2)</font></font></span><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> | </font></font></font><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Twitter</font></font></a> </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">| </font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">LinkedIn</font></a></font></span></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"></font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"></font></a></font></span></div></div></div></div>
</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 2:11 PM Hans Petter Holen <<a href="mailto:hph@ripe.net" target="_blank">hph@ripe.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><span id="gmail-m_977904869500650602gmail-m_3356513496408092994docs-internal-guid-0ea409c4-7fff-8520-60f5-4f11fe073604"><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Michael,</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for your excellent talk at the RIPE meeting and the considered input on the draft strategy - it is very helpful to get this. We will take all the feedback we receive until the end of RIPE 83 into account. We will then do an impact assessment and make a recommendation to the executive board for updates to the strategy. The final version will then be submitted to the Executive Board for approval at its December meeting.</span></div><br><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It is therefore important that we hear from our members and the community in the coming weeks. The more input we receive, the more likely we are to arrive at a final strategy that steers the RIPE NCC in the right direction for the coming years.</span></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><div style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div></span><div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div>Sincerely,<br><br>Hans Petter Holen<br>Managing Director<br>RIPE NCC</div><div><br></div></div></div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 27 Oct 2021, at 14:00, Michael J. Oghia <<a href="mailto:mike.oghia@gmail.com" target="_blank">mike.oghia@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Dear Hans Petter, all:<div><br></div><div>Thank you for the excellent work that you and the NCC staff have put into this strategy – it's fantastic! The only aspect that seems to be missing to me is any mention of how sustainability could fit into the strategy, both in terms of NCC's operations as well as more broadly relevant to the RIPE community.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Context: </b>Sustainability is increasingly becoming a topic relevant to the digital sector, as its energy and resource footprint grows, as customers prioritize sustainable solutions/products/services, and governments start demanding greater transparency and sustainability as well. Coupled with the fact that one of the factors driving the strategy includes the "Legislative and regulatory issues at the EU level and within other countries in our service region can impact how the RIPE NCC is run and how our members operate," I think it is certainly worth prioritising. This seems especially relevant on the eve of COP26, in the midst of the European Green Deal/Fit for 55 strategy, and growing awareness of the ICT sector's environmental footprint. I anticipate this will only accelerate throughout the 2020s, and it's important that we be prepared for it <i>and</i> see it as an opportunity – to provide greener services, better serve customers, be more sustainable overall (for the sake of communities and the planet), and for bottom lines.</div><div><br></div><div>As such, I see two places that this could fit in:</div><div><ol><li>"<b>Enable our members and community to operate one secure, stable and resilient global Internet</b>" --> I'd love to see the word "sustainable" added after resilient to recognise and emphasise that the Internet as we know it is <i>not</i> currently sustainable, but can be if we work towards it. I also recommend adding a 3.6 bullet to say something to the effect of "Support efforts to increase the sustainability of the Internet and its underlying technologies." Not only is there additional room in the section for another bullet, but the section is even green :-)</li><li>"<b>Maintain a stable organisation with a robust governance structure</b>" --> An additional bullet could be added that includes wording like "Endeavour to improve our environmental footprint and work towards more sustainable operations." This could be done via auditing/benchmarking, and then making improvements where you see fit. Given that more climate-related regulation is likely on the way in the lead up to 2030, it may also play well into strategic goal 4.2. </li></ol></div><div>I'm curious to hear what others think. I think bold leadership is required, and I'd love to see NCC trailblazing here.</div><div><br></div><div>Keep up the great work!</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Best,</font></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">-Michael</font></font></font><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">__________________</font></font></font></font></font></div><div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Director of External Relations</font></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (</font></font><a href="https://sdialliance.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">SDIA</font></font></a><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">)</font></font></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">ICT sustainability advocate | </font></font></span><a href="https://internetrightsandprinciples.org/" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">IRPC</font></font></a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> Steering Committee member</font></font></span><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Belgrade, Serbia </font></font></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">(UTC+2)</font></font></span><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"> | </font></font></font><font color="#0000ff" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><a href="https://www.twitter.com/MikeOghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">Twitter</font></font></a> </font></font><font style="vertical-align:inherit"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">| </font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit">LinkedIn</font></a></font></span></font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"></font></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeoghia" target="_blank"><font style="vertical-align:inherit"></font></a></font></span></div></div></div></div>
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Today we published our Draft RIPE NCC Strategy 2022-2026. You can see<br>
the announcement I made to the membership at:<br>
<a href="https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-October/001524.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-announce/2021-October/001524.html</a><br>
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We are also keen to get input from the RIPE community on our strategy,<br>
and I invite you to provide your feedback on this mailing list or on the<br>
Membership Discussion mailing list if you are subscribed there<br>
<<a href="mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net" target="_blank">members-discuss@ripe.net</a>>.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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Hans Petter Holen<br>
Managing Director<br>
RIPE NCC<br>
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