[134820] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: arin and ops fora (was Re: AltDB?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Tue Jan 11 13:53:10 2011
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <4D2C65F3.9050200@brightok.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:51:16 -0800
To: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 11, 2011, at 6:15 AM, Jack Bates wrote:
> On 1/11/2011 12:57 AM, David Conrad wrote:
>> Or not. It may be that network operators (not just the ones that =
show up at ARIN meetings and are on PPML) are happy with the existing =
communication channels and that additional structures to encourage =
participation and input in the ARIN region regarding services ARIN =
provides to the public are unnecessary.
>>=20
>=20
> Public easily reachable people. Public information on operations and =
what they do on their website with tons of pointers (even if it's not =
laid out the best). Public participation mailing lists. Presence of key =
people on other lists such as nanog.
>=20
> What more is an org supposed to do to communicate with people? Even =
the CEO lurks on nanog and responds when necessary. What community were =
you wanting them to interface with? I could be wrong, but I suspect any =
genius ideas which the CEO hears via the various communication mediums =
may quickly find it's way to be implemented. Sure, it may get restricted =
to some degree depending on how people in PPML feel about it. I'm sure =
the membership has some say on how their money is spent. Neither of =
these things limit the ability to suggest an idea.
>=20
>=20
> Jack
Just to be clear... Participation in PPML is open to ANYONE, not just =
ARIN members. There are a lot of non-members on PPML
and their voices count just as much as members on that list.
Owen
