RIPE's NomCom has formally opened the call for nominations for the positions of RIPE Chair and Vice Chair. The essence of the role is summarised in a single sentence: "The RIPE chair ensures that the RIPE community functions well." While RIPE 714 does elaborate more on that concept, it is the core of the role. Full details about the application process, as well as … [Read more...] about RIPE Chair and Vice Chair Nominations Open
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Nominations Open for NRO NC (Number Resource Organization Number Council)
The Number Resource Organization Number Council (NRO NC) plays an important role within internet governance, as it carries out a number of key functions: The NRO NC is the ASO (address support organization) - remember that the second "N" in ICANN is "numbers". The RIPE region gets to choose 3 members, with 2 being elected by RIPE members and the 3rd being selected by … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for NRO NC (Number Resource Organization Number Council)
RIPE Community Projects Fund Open
RIPE NCC's Community Projects Fund is now open for applications. They're providing up to €250k to fund projects that are deemed beneficial to the technical community within RIPE's service region ie. Europe, Middle East and Central Asia. The application deadline is July 31st 2024. While the fund is fairly broad in its remit there are some exclusions: You can … [Read more...] about RIPE Community Projects Fund Open
RIPE 88 Registration Open
Registration for RIPE 88 is now open. The meeting will be held in Krakow, Poland from May 20th to May 24th 2024. A ticket for the full week costs €400, while a day ticket is €130. Students can avail of a special rate of €50 for the week. The full event schedule hasn't been published yet, but the meeting plan has so you can easily see when the various working group … [Read more...] about RIPE 88 Registration Open
Nominations Open for 2023 Rob Blokzijl Award
Nominations have opened for the 2023 Rob Blokzijl Award. The award, which will be presented during RIPE 87 in Rome this November, is run by the Rob Blokzijl Foundation. Who is the award for? According to the announcement they're looking for people who've "contributed" to the internet either locally or internationally. While a lot of these kind of awards tend to go to … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for 2023 Rob Blokzijl Award
RIPE Seeking Hosts for 2023 and 2024
RIPE is on the lookout for hosts for some of its upcoming meetings. Right now they're specifically looking for hosts for two meetings: RIPE 87 which is to run from November 27th 2023 to December 1st 2023 and RIPE 88 which is scheduled from 13th to 17th of May 2024. You can read more about what's involved here. … [Read more...] about RIPE Seeking Hosts for 2023 and 2024
RIPE Reaffirms Neutral Stance
There have been calls from both inside Ukraine and within the broader RIPE community for RIPE NCC to "take action" against Russia in light of its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. While this might seem like a "good idea", it's really not. (See also my post from earlier today about the Ukrainian demands to ICANN) RIPE NCC's Board met yesterday and have issued a very clear … [Read more...] about RIPE Reaffirms Neutral Stance
Registration for RIPE 82 Now Open
RIPE's 82nd public meeting will be held from May 17th to May 21st. In common with most events this year it's going to be 100% virtual. While the "in person" RIPE meetings normally come with a registration fee (which covers the lunches etc) the online events are free to attend. The preliminary schedule for the meeting is available here. A lot of the sessions are driven by … [Read more...] about Registration for RIPE 82 Now Open
RIPE 81 Registration Open
The upcoming RIPE meeting will be held online, which isn't exactly "news" at this stage in 2020! The event will run from October 27th - 30th and will be using the Meetecho platform. The event will be free to attend. Full details including agenda and other details may be found on the official RIPE 81 site. You'll also be able to follow the event via Twitter using … [Read more...] about RIPE 81 Registration Open
RIPE Appoints New Chair and Vice Chair
RIPE has announced the appointment of both a new Chair and a Vice Chair. It's the first time that the selection of Chair has been carried out by the RIPE Community, as explained by RIPE in today's announcement: This is the first time that the RIPE Chair has been selected by the community according to an established procedure. For the first 25 years, RIPE was chaired by Rob … [Read more...] about RIPE Appoints New Chair and Vice Chair