Desiree Miloshevic <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Christian > > As you know the RIPE NCC is neutral, however community members can contribute > their views to the ongoing consultation. > > This might be a good opportunity to reactivate the small task group via the > cooperation working group and contribute to the consultation? > > Roman’s suggestion for the RIPE NCC to organise an Open house meeting in June > is also > a good suggestion. >
Berec seemed quite discombobulated. So yes keeping tabs on developments is good. > > Best > Desiree > — > > > >> On 2 Apr 2026, at 13:15, Christian de Larrinaga via cooperation-wg >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Will RIPE be preparing a submission on the IP community's take on the >> Commission's policy approach? >> >> Given RIPE NCC covers a larger geographical and political and technical >> community than the EU Commission. >> >> ? >> >> >> Romain Bosc <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Dear colleagues >>> >>> BEREC published its preliminary assessment of the DNA proposal -- see here: >>> https://www.berec.europa.eu/en/news/press-releases/berec-provides-early-assessment-of-the-digital-networks-act-welcoming-ambition-while-highlighting-areas-for-improvement?language_content_entity=en >>> >>> >>> BEREC will work on a deeper assessment, which should be published around >>> June. >>> >>> This could be a good timing to organise a second Open House on the topic. >>> >>> All best, Romain >>> >>> On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 at 07:39, Hisham Ibrahim <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Tahar et al., and thanks Desiree for bringing this to the list. >>> >>> While what I will say is well understood by many in the community, it's >>> still helpful to keep in mind the dual role the >>> RIPE NCC plays, and the boundaries that are necessary for those roles to >>> function effectively. >>> >>> The RIPE NCC has a responsibility to support and defend Internet technical >>> coordination: to explain how the >>> Internet’s core works technically, why open standards and neutral >>> coordination and registration of Internet >>> Number Resources matter, and why global interoperability is a prerequisite >>> for innovation, competition, and >>> sustainable development. This includes engagement with IGOs, governments, >>> and regulators across our service, as >>> well as institutions at EU and national level, and contributing technical >>> expertise and operational reality to policy >>> discussions. >>> >>> For those who are interested, the positions and submissions the RIPE NCC >>> has made to UN, EU, and broader >>> Internet governance processes are publicly available on the RIPE NCC >>> website. >>> >>> https://www.ripe.net/community/internet-governance/multi-stakeholder-engagement/ripe-ncc-contributions-to-external-consultations/ >>> >>> >>> At the same time, the RIPE NCC also serves as the secretariat to the RIPE >>> community. In that role, it does not act as >>> a political actor or lobby on behalf of the community. Instead, it enables >>> bottom-up, community-led processes, >>> provides factual and technical input, and supports the outcomes that the >>> community itself develops through its >>> Working Groups. >>> >>> On “Fair Share” specifically, we’ve seen a strong example of this >>> community-led approach already: this Working >>> Group convened a small task team (through an open call) that produced a >>> substantive response to the European >>> Commission’s consultation (May 2023). That piece of work came directly out >>> of the WG, drawing on community >>> expertise, and the RIPE NCC supported the process in its secretariat role. >>> >>> https://www.ripe.net/media/documents/RIPE_Cooperation_Working_Group_Small_Task_Team_response_to_the_European_Commis_V5kMzDp.pdf >>> >>> >>> This is why I agree with Julf's point: this Working Group is precisely the >>> right place for the community to come >>> together, assess policy developments like “Fair Share”, and articulate >>> shared concerns or principles grounded in >>> technical and operational realities. When the community develops a common >>> position, the RIPE NCC can fully >>> support that work in its role as secretariat including by helping ensure >>> those perspectives are understood in >>> relevant policy forums. >>> >>> The RIPE NCC can also offer the co-chairs the option to organize open >>> houses or similar online sessions on these >>> topics as an extension to the discussion on the mailing list and at the >>> RIPE meetings, should that be useful for >>> broadening participation and engagement across the community. >>> >>> https://www.ripe.net/meetings/open-house/ >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Hisham Ibrahim >>> >>> On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 at 12:47, Johan Helsingius via cooperation-wg >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 23/01/2026 10:11 pm, Tahar Schaa wrote: >>>> I am firmly convinced that the RIPE NCC as an organization and the RIPE >>>> community must finally become significantly more politically active and >>>> engage in more lobbying, because the mechanisms are what they are. >>>> >>>> If you only concern yourself with IPv6 address allocation schemes, >>>> routing policies, and open-source repositories with cool code (which I >>>> much prefer), then you shouldn't be surprised when the EU Commission >>>> ignores you as an organization and regularly makes terrible decisions. >>>> >>>> Someone has to go to those canapé receptions... >>> >>> Seems RIPE NCC needs to get better at promoting their work on >>> interaction with the EU. They do go to some of those canapé >>> receptions, and even organize some of their own, such as the >>> annual Government Roundtable in Brussels, where the chairs >>> of this WG also try to attend. >>> >>> But yes, this is very much what this WG is all about. >>> >>> Julf >>> >>> ----- >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, >>> please visit: >>> https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/cooperation-wg.ripe.net/ >>> As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with >>> the email matching your >>> subscription before you can change your settings. >>> More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ >>> >>> ----- >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, >>> please visit: >>> https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/cooperation-wg.ripe.net/ >>> As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with >>> the email matching your subscription >>> before you can change your settings. >>> More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ >>> >>> ----- >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription >>> options, please visit: >>> https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/cooperation-wg.ripe.net/ >>> As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account >>> with the email matching your subscription before you can change your >>> settings. >>> More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ >> >> -- >> Christian de Larrinaga >> ----- >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription >> options, please visit: >> https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/cooperation-wg.ripe.net/ >> As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account >> with the email matching your subscription before you can change your >> settings. >> More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/ -- Christian de Larrinaga ----- To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/cooperation-wg.ripe.net/ As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. 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