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Registry Governance
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The Deficit Rule Passed. It Drew 24 Points Less Support Than RIPE’s Articles Changes.
RIPE NCC members approved both resolutions at the October General Meeting. The measure that could put a 2026 deficit on members’ 2027 bill won a much narrower weighted majority than the amendments to the association’s Articles.
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The Rob Blokzijl Award Missed 2026. The Board Admitted It Let Volunteers Down.
The Foundation had named a 2026 ceremony, called for volunteers and assigned the award committee to solicit nominations and choose a recipient. At RIPE 93, its secretary said the Board failed to give that committee enough support. The 2027 restart now needs a calendar, not…
Story
APNIC's 2029 Host Bid Opens in March. Its Rules Page Says May.
APNIC's new blog gives South Asia's first host Expression of Interest a six-month March–September 2027 window. The official guidance page linked from that post starts the same process in May.
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
RIPE NCC Members Put Any 2026 Surplus in Reserve—and Any Deficit on the Membership
The October General Meeting approved a one-year settlement rule: any excess contribution paid in 2026 goes to RIPE NCC reserves, while any 2026 deficit is covered by members in 2027. The decision assigns the downside before it assigns a collection formula.
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RIPE NCC Members Passed the Board Rewrite. The New Structure Still Needs a Notary
On 30 October, the General Meeting approved the Articles amendment and authorised the Executive Board to complete it before a Dutch civil-law notary. Members have made the decision; the deed sets the date when the new structure takes effect.
Leaders
RIPE’s IPv4 Record Can Stop at the LIR. James Kennedy Wants the User Named
At RIPE 93, James Kennedy proposed requiring an existing `org:` reference when an LIR assigns or sub-allocates PA space to another organisation. The argument is practical: if a network problem reaches the database, the record should lead to the organisation using the block, not…
Leaders
RIPE’s LIR Phone Field Has Two Jobs. Ed Shryane Wants to Split Them
At RIPE 93, database engineer Ed Shryane proposed making the phone number optional in LIR organisation records while keeping members reachable by RIPE NCC. The small field carries a larger policy choice: must a member’s working contact route also be public?
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ARIN Chose RDAP. Port 43 Still Has No Retirement Date
ARIN’s new directory-services roadmap replaces one sunset calendar with four separate readiness tests. Port 43 WHOIS, still used across security and research, now has no fixed retirement date.
Asia-Pacific Institutional
A Charity Receipt Is Not a Mandate
Australia's Internet Association Inc. sits on a national charity register and points to a governance page said to hold its constitution. In this review the register entry arrived and the constitutional text did not. That gap is not a scandal. It is the ordinary difference between…
IETF
Algorithm 18 Got a Number. Joe Abley Found the EPP Gate.
IANA lists ML-DSA-44 as DNSSEC algorithm 18. At RIPE 93, Joe Abley described a different obstacle: a registry can still reject the DS data that an operator needs to submit through EPP. His October draft proposes making those acceptance rules follow the IANA registries.
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APNIC Forecasts a 2027 Surplus. Its Next Plan Must Show Who Pays.
APNIC’s council has put a surplus on the 2027 page. The more revealing line is where the money comes from: member fees are forecast to supply 88.8 percent of revenue, while the organisation says those receipts would fall without fee changes already in motion.
Story
ICANN Declared It. RIPE NCC Had to Actually Do It.
A regional internet registry can be recognised in an afternoon and handed over across a year, and the two events leave behind entirely different kinds of paper.
Story
APNIC's 2029 host call opens in March—or May
APNIC's 29 October announcement gives prospective hosts a March start. The detailed EOI page says May, while its general 30-month timetable points back to March.
Story
RIPE Already Lists Its Policies. What Would the Manual Add?
The proposed manual would first be an index, but RIPE NCC already publishes a full policy list. Moving the text would then take one proposal per chapter.
Number Resource Society
Published Is Not the Same as Adopted
A strategy title can travel faster than its authority. The NRO Strategy Document 2026–2028 is listed as published, but the public record retained for this review does not yet show who formally adopted it, under what approval mechanism, or how its promised work will be measured.
Story
RIPE Calls 2,800 Registry Checks “Sustained.” Its 2026 Plan Says 2,400.
The draft puts a larger assisted-check target on a slightly smaller monitoring team. The missing bridge is the year between those two plans.
Story
RIPE’s Four Sites Were Back on Friday. The Security Statement Came Wednesday.
The status page reopened the doors on 23 October; five days later RIPE NCC said it had tested and patched the sites and found no sign of exploitation in its systems.
Story
APNIC Wants Interests on the Ballot. A Biography Is Not a Declaration.
APNIC’s board has a register of interests. Its voters get candidate biographies. The board now supports putting material interests on nomination pages, where a useful question can be asked before a vote.
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AI Agents Want IDs. ARIN Asks Who Gave the Registry the Job.
At ARIN 58, a call to watch new agent identifiers met a sharper question from the registry's chief: when does a number become an RIR's business?
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Five Votes Put Mick O’Donovan on RIPE’s Routing Agenda
The Routing Working Group chose a new co-chair 39–34 at RIPE 93. Its published selection rule speaks of consensus; the room used a five-minute poll.