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… Continue reading RIPE Community Projects Fund Open
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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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading RIPE Appoints New Chair and Vice Chair
RIPE 81 Goes Virtual and Shifts Dates
RIPE 81, which had originally been slated to take place in Milan will be held virtually. Not only will the event move to being 100% online only for a second time, they’ve also decided to push back the event dates. Originally RIPE 81 would have taken place at the end of September. It will now… Continue reading RIPE 81 Goes Virtual and Shifts Dates
RIPE Board Election Remember to Vote!
While the RIPE meeting like so many other events was forced to go virtual, there will be an election next week for a number of positions on the RIPE Executive Board. Voting is open to RIPE members. Full details of the General Meeting are here. Next week’s GM includes an election to fill three seats… Continue reading RIPE Board Election Remember to Vote!