Diversity Matters at RIPE 83
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Fostering diversity and inclusion on a whole variety of different fronts has long been a big part of the work that goes into preparing RIPE Meetings. Here's a look at what diversity means at RIPE 83.
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Vesna Manojlovic is Community Builder at RIPE NCC. Vesna joined the RIPE NCC as a Trainer in 1999. In 2003, she took responsibility for developing and delivering advanced courses, such as RPSL, Routing Registry, DNSSEC and IPv6. In 2008, she lead efforts to establish IPv6 RIPEness as a measure of IPv6 deployment among LIRs. In 2011, she joined the Science Division as Manager of the Measurements Community Building team; in 2015 she moved to Communications Department as Senior Community Builder, with a focus on organising hackathons. Vesna gives presentations at many technical conferences and workshops, and enjoys visiting hackerspaces. Vesna received a Batchelor of Sciences Degree in Computer Science and Informatics from the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade. She has three children.
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Fostering diversity and inclusion on a whole variety of different fronts has long been a big part of the work that goes into preparing RIPE Meetings. Here's a look at what diversity means at RIPE 83.
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The lower the layer on the pyramid of needs is, the more important it is for person’s resilience; however, all layers of the networking stack are equally important for the resilient Internet. In this instalment of the series, Vesna Manojlovic connects the Layer 4 and the need for esteem.
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DNS-OARC, Netnod and the RIPE NCC invite you to join us for our DNS Hackathon in Rotterdam, 20 - 21 May 2023, taking place over the weekend before RIPE 86.
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On 1-2 December 2022, together with the partners, the RIPE NCC organised a Quantum Internet Hackathon in Amsterdam, Dublin, Padua, Poznan, Sarajevo and online! It was great fun to work on the challenges and explore the mysteries of the Quantum Internet.
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Choice of communication tools is not usually a topic for RIPE community engineers. This article is aimed at not-so-technical audiences who might need help and support from their IT colleagues during these difficult times.
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The RIPE NCC recently held two Open House events to bring together people who help organise NOGs, which bring together people who help operate the Internet in particular parts the world.
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Our cloud strategy framework provides a starting point that we will use when developing cloud implementations in the future. It also forms a solid basis for discussions with the community on specific proposals relating to our services.
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Our draft cloud strategy framework is an attempt to bring everything together in a way that sets out some boundaries, identifies critical elements, and indicates where we need to be strict vs where we can afford to be a little more relaxed. This should hopefully support more clarity regarding how w…
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The community’s reaction to our cloud proposal at RIPE 82 was stronger than we expected. We think it’s worth re-starting this discussion, and the first step is to check that we’ve heard you correctly.
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The 15th annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be taking place online from 9-17 November with pre-events happening from 2-6 November. Our staff will be sharing key moments and takeaways from the sessions they attend. Check this page each day for the latest issues, arguments and…
Recent addition to the chapter about academic travel: art installation "Travel Less Without Loss" by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, illustrating in 3D the discrepancies between the Paris Agreement goals (yearly, 2T) and average Swiss citizen emissions (14T); and between train trips vs. flight emissions. https://actu.epfl.ch/news/outdoor-exhibition-highlights-the-impact-of-academ/ They also say: "I believe that as scientists, and as members of an academic institution like EPFL more generally, we have a civic duty to sound the public alarm.” This sounds very similar to my own experience: "Changing our travel practices is anything but child’s play. It involves making hard, carefully considered choices. The idea isn’t simply to give up traveling altogether, which can have serious repercussions for a person’s academic career. Instead, it’s about combining trips, deciding not to travel when we don’t need to, taking the train when possible,"... since I did not take any flights since end-2018. Exhibition web site: https://www.epfl.ch/campus/mobility/mobility-and-travel/academic-travel/travel-environmental-impact/exhibition-on-the-carbon-footprint-of-air-travel/
Transcript & the video of the session about environmental impacts of digital/Internet technologies can be found here: https://eurodigwiki.org/wiki/Building_cross-stakeholder_awareness_and_understanding_of_the_direct_and_indirect_environmental_impacts_of_digital/Internet_technologies_and_how_to_mitigate_them_–_WS_04_2023 and https://youtu.be/FMX6pYK3eWg
IETF draft has been published for the report from this workshop: "Report from the IAB Workshop on Environmental Impact of Internet Applications and Systems, 2022" https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-iab-ws-environmental-impacts-report/
Here is the video recording of the talk and panel about Internet history: "Remembering the Internet Revolution in Belgrade" : https://ripe85.ripe.net/archives/video/881/
In October 2022, at RIPE85 meeting in Belgrade, there was another talk and another panel about Internet history: "Remembering the Internet Revolution in Belgrade" https://ripe85.ripe.net/archives/video/881/
Here is a link to the video recording of the presentation & the panel: "Technical history of Internet Infrastructure in ex-Yugoslavia" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohp-MKVVYjQ&t=17478s Jelena Cosic (RIPE NCC) & Slobodan Markovic (UNDP) "Internet in Yugoslavia - From JUPAK to IP" (slides) https://www.ripe.net/participate/forms/uploads/fobi_plugins/file/see-10/Internet%20in%20Yugoslavia-FINAL_0f14b91c-6c4e-40e4-9ab3-b132acf8057c.pdf
I am happy to add the link to the presentation I gave about this topic at MCH2022 conference - please find the video here: https://media.ccc.de/v/mch2022-442-computing-within-limits#t=203
New links, to even more events: GEANT events, e.g.: Community Cloud Operators BoF, 6 June https://events.geant.org/ Computing within LIMITS: 21-22 June 2022. https://computingwithinlimits.org/2022/ A New HOPE: 22-24 July 2022, New York City & virtual (the ticket is 99$!) https://hope.net/ NORDUnet: 3-15 September 2022, Iceland https://nordu.net/save-date-nordunet-conference-2022/ Bits & Bäume: October 1st to 2nd, 2022. Berlin https://bits-und-baeume.org/ RIPE85: 24-28. October 2022 Belgrade, Serbia https://ripe85.ripe.net/ Internet Governance Forum: 17th IGF 28 November-2 December 2022. Ethiopia https://www.intgovforum.org/en
Please join today's "open consultation" // feedback session about RIPE NCC's "cloud strategy" at 4PM CEST. Link to zoom is here: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/ncc-services-wg/2021-September/003469.html
Researcher, coach and facilitator Nadine Andrews, who is chair of Climate Psychology Alliance Scotland, will be one of the speakers in the first of a series of Open Forum events on Our Changing Climate: An Open Forum on Inner Resilience and Emotional Awareness - an invitation to explore and relate to the feelings and perspectives that appear for us in relation to our changing climate. Monday, 6th September , 7:45 PM – 10:00 PM CEST https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-open-forum-on-inner-resilience-and-emotional-awareness-tickets-164622274655
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