[144128] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Nanog-futures] Admission for Committee Members
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Majdi S. Abbas)
Fri Sep 2 16:08:25 2011
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 13:07:53 -0700
From: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa@latt.net>
To: Jorge Amodio <jmamodio@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAMzo+1ZU6DWSXm98dv8eZhqK1cghWF7rwvuJPSgWoVHoV90TBw@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Fri, Sep 02, 2011 at 10:19:34AM -0500, Jorge Amodio wrote:
> As others said you are doing a "public service" to the rest of the
> community and if you give a nice and valuable talk you will get the
> recognition of the NANOG community and your colleagues, and we can put
> into consideration including a gold star sticker for your service.
Field observations suggest that presenters are more likely to be
heckled than recognized for said service to the NANOG community. (c:
As hard as it can be to find good talks for the program, giving
people incentive to take time out of their busy work schedules to prepare
a good talk does not seem unreasonable.
> It will be really unfair for those paying (even if their companies do
> it for them or don't care because they have a mountain of cash) if
> there is a special benefit for some so they don't pay.
So far the speaker exemption doesn't seem to have been very
contentious unless I've missed something.
--msa
