RIPE 55: Short Meeting Report

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Dear Colleagues,

The RIPE 55 Meeting took place from 22-26 October, 2007 at the Hotel 
Krasnapolsky, Amsterdam.

There were 375 attendees from 40 countries, including representatives 
from AfriNIC, APNIC, ARIN, LACNIC and ICANN, making it the most well 
attended RIPE Meeting ever held.


Highlights
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Resolution on IPv4 Depletion
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Following discussion in several RIPE Working Groups, the RIPE community 
agreed to issue a statement on IPv4 depletion and the deployment of 
IPv6. This statement, "RIPE Community Resolution on IPv4 Depletion and 
Deployment of IPv6", was developed by consensus and will be used as the 
community's formal position regarding IPv4 depletion.

The statement was presented in the Closing Plenary by the Address Policy 
Working Group Co-Chair, Sander Steffann (Computel Standby). The 
statement can be found online at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/presentations/steffan-resolution.pdf 


On Tuesday afternoon, the dedicated IPv4 Depletion session took place, 
which included a lively discussion. The webcast of this session can be 
viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/presentations/tuesday.html


Enhanced Cooperation Task Force
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The Enhanced Cooperation Task Force held its first meeting during RIPE 
55. Discussion about the task force's focus, approach and 
member-selection process took place. Ideas were then presented to the 
community during the Closing Plenary. The webcast of the Closing Plenary 
can be viewed at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/presentations/friday.html


New Working Group Chair
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An election took place during the EIX Working Group to select a new 
Co-Chair. Chrisian Panigl (UniVie/ACOnet/VIX) stepped down from his 
position and was thanked for his support over the years. The working 
group welcomed Cara Mascini (AMS-IX) into the role of Co-Chair.


Policy Development
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The RIPE Address Policy Working Group asked the RIPE NCC to begin 
preparations for the implementation of proposal 2007-01, "Direct 
Internet Resource Assignments to End Users from the RIPE NCC" if it is 
subsequently approved by the community on the Address Policy mailing list.

Kurtis Lindquist (Netnod), RIPE NCC Services Working Group Co-Chair, 
presented the RIPE Policy Development Process (PDP) Appeals Process on 
behalf of all the Working Group Chairs. More details can be found at:
http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-55/presentations/kurtis-appeals-process.pdf 



Closing Plenary
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RIPE 55 closed in an unusual way with a performance of "The Day The 
Routers Died" by attendee Gary Feldman (Thus PLC t/a Demon Internet). 
Since the meeting, his performance has had over 193,200 hits online. You 
can view the performance at:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_y36fG2Oba0


Thanks
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We would like to thank AMS-IX, Global Crossing, Netnod and Virtu for 
their support during the meeting. We would also like to thank all 
presenters, attendees and remote participants for their contribution to 
another successful meeting.


Regards,

Axel Pawlik

Managing Director
RIPE NCC