[3704] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: NANOG Registration
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Thu Aug 15 16:35:55 1996
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 16:14:02 -0400
To: "William B. Norton" <wbn@umich.edu>
From: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>
Cc: nanog@home.merit.edu
Bill,
Can we register now and 'pay' on-site, similar to the IETF
registration process?
- paul
At 03:58 PM 8/15/96 -0400, William B. Norton wrote:
>Looking forward to seeing you at the next NANOG, to be held Oct. 24-25
>in Ann Arbor. Info about hotels, the University of Michigan, and Ann
>Arbor is available from:
>
> http://www.ra.net/~nanog
>
>At the past couple of NANOG meetings, we've discussed the possibility of
>implementing a registration fee to help offset the costs of hosting and
>running the meetings. With the increasing size of the conferences, it's
>become more and more difficult for organizations other than large
>corporations to cover the cost of hosting a NANOG. Our survey at the San
>Diego meeting indicated that most of you wouldn't find it a problem to pay
>a registration fee. For these reasons, we'll be implementing a $100 fee
>starting at the Ann Arbor NANOG. Our hope is to help offset host expenses,
>particularly for non-commercial hosting agencies. We will also use the funds
>to improve the consistency of the meeting by, for example, providing a
>high-power projector for laptop presentations.
>
>When you register for the NANOG there will be four ways to pay the
>registration fee: 1) by entering a credit card in the web form, 2) by
>faxing the credit card info, or 3) by calling it in and reading the
>necessary information, or 4) by mailing the registration information with a
>check. Details about how to do these are on the NANOG registration page.
>
>Cheers -
>
>Bill
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>William B. Norton <wbn@merit.edu> (313) 936-2656
>