[Bp_ipv6] Fwd: [cooperation-wg] Euro-IX Memorandum of Understanding and RIPE NCC Engagement

[Michael Oghia]

FYI: "RIPE NCC and Euro-IX) an MoU at the Euro-IX Forum in Krakow, Poland,
on 7 November. The MoU documents the existing relationship between the RIPE
NCC and Euro-IX, and focuses specifically on the promotion of IPv6 and
IXPs, the importance of security, and a common approach to Internet
governance."

Best,
-Michael

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Paul Rendek <ripencc-management at ripe.net>
Date: Tue, Nov 8, 2016 at 2:05 PM
Subject: [cooperation-wg] Euro-IX Memorandum of Understanding and RIPE NCC
Engagement
To: cooperation-wg at ripe.net


Dear colleagues,

The RIPE NCC and the European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX)
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Euro-IX Forum in Krakow,
Poland on 7 November. The MoU documents the existing relationship between
the RIPE NCC and Euro-IX, and focuses specifically on the promotion of IPv6
and IXPs, the importance of security, and a common approach to Internet
governance:

https://www.ripe.net/publications/news/about-ripe-ncc-and-ripe/ripe-ncc-and-
euro-ix-sign-memorandum-of-understanding

This MoU is the latest formalised agreement for greater cooperation between
the RIPE NCC and one of the many external organisations we work with, and
we wanted to give you some background on why we believe these types of
agreements are valuable to the RIPE NCC membership and the greater RIPE
community. We also want to be completely transparent about the agreements
we’re entering into, which is why we’ve created a new page on the RIPE NCC
website where you can get all of the details for yourselves:

https://www.ripe.net/about-us/what-we-do/engagement-external-organisations

Beyond the RIPE NCC membership, there is a diverse range of organisations
we work with in various ways, including governments, regulators, technical
bodies, industry groups, law enforcement agencies, academic institutions
and others. By engaging with these organisations, we can offer decision
makers technical expertise that will ultimately benefit the Internet
community, gain support for open, bottom-up policy-making, and strengthen
the legitimacy, authority and accountability of the RIPE NCC, the RIPE
community and the global registry system.

In fact, this kind of engagement is included as one of the four main focus
areas in the Draft RIPE NCC Activity Plan & Budget 2017, and was the
subject of a presentation by RIPE NCC Executive Board member Maria Häll at
RIPE 73. You can find both of these online for more details if you’re
interested:

https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/october-2016/draft-
ripe-ncc-activity-plan-and-budget-2017-1.pdf
https://ripe73.ripe.net/archives/video/1480/

You can also learn more about our engagement with external organisations
and the mutual benefits of these agreements in this RIPE Labs article:

https://labs.ripe.net/Members/chrisb/building-and-documenting-stronger-
relationships-with-external-organisations

We encourage you to include any comments you might have in the comment
section under the article, or on this mailing list.

Kind regards,

Paul Rendek
Director of External Relations
RIPE NCC
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