RIPE
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Réseaux IP Européens (RIPE, French for "European IP Network") is a forum open to all parties with an interest in the technical development of the Internet. The RIPE community’s objective is to ensure that the administrative and technical coordination necessary to maintain and develop the Internet continues.
The RIPE community interacts via RIPE mailing lists, RIPE Working Groups and RIPE Meetings.
Although similar in name, the RIPE NCC and RIPE are separate entities. The RIPE NCC provides administrative support to RIPE, such as the facilitation of RIPE Meetings and providing administrative support to RIPE Working Groups.
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[edit] What is a RIPE Document?
A RIPE document is any document, proposal, procedure or policy that has been proposed and accepted by the RIPE community. All RIPE Documents are published online in the RIPE Document Store.
[edit] Policy Development
The RIPE community develops and sets policies on the management and distribution of Internet resources (IP Addresses and Autonomous System (AS) Numbers) through a long established, open, bottom-up process of discussion and consensus-based decision making (the RIPE Policy Development Process).
[edit] What is a RIPE Meeting?
RIPE Meetings happen twice a year. Usually, one meeting is held in Amsterdam and the other somewhere in the RIPE NCC service region. The meetings are five-day events where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), network operators, governments, regulators and other interested parties gather to discuss relevant issues, developments and policies. RIPE Meetings are open to anyone, although registration is required.
[edit] What is a RIPE Working Group
The RIPE community has formed a number of RIPE Working Groups to deal with various issues and topics related to the work of RIPE NCC members and the gerneral Internet community. Each of the RIPE Working Groups has a mailing list where topics or questions related to the working group can be discussed. The RIPE Working Groups meet twice a year in dedicated sessions at RIPE Meetings.
[edit] RIPE Community
The RIPE community refers collectively to any individual or organisation, whether members of the RIPE NCC or not, that has an interest in the way the Internet is managed, structured or governed.
