[78040] in North American Network Operators' Group
NANOG Changes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Betty Burke)
Wed Feb 16 22:50:02 2005
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:49:17 -0500
From: Betty Burke <bburke@merit.edu>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Hi everyone - apologies for a rather long message, but I wanted to bring
you up-to-date on some steps the Program Committee and Merit have taken to
evolve NANOG since our community meeting in Las Vegas. *Many thanks* to
those of you who attended and gave us feedback - we learned a lot and look
forward to working with all of you to maintain the high standards we have
come to expect from NANOG.
For now, I'd like to announce a few changes that will get us started.
First, the NANOG list will now be moderated by a volunteer group that
includes Marty Hannigan, Steve Gibbard, and Chris Malayter. Many thanks to
these folks for taking on this role in upholding the list's AUP. Susan
Harris and Sue Joiner will represent Merit on the committee. Moderation
decisions will be made by the entire group with a Chair appointed within
the group to keep the peace:>
Second, the NANOG Program Committee has elected a new chair - thank you
Steve Feldman! Steve will now handle speaker communications that deal with
content, and will make any last-minute decisions about what to include on
the agenda.
Third, we are creating a new email list, NANOG-futures, to discuss NANOG's
evolution. We hope you'll participate - watch for a message later today or
tomorrow about subscribing and a proposed time-line for moving us forward.
Finally, to get your input on content for NANOG agendas, the Program
Committee will soon release a survey asking for your feedback regarding the
kind of talks you'd like to see at upcoming meetings. You'll find a link
to the survey soon on the main NANOG page.
Lastly, we've also published the results of the 2004 attendee surveys that
were conducted in Miami, San Francisco, and Reston. (The Las Vegas results
are still being tabulated.) All future survey results will continue to be
posted as soon as they are available. In the past we've shared these
results with the Program Committee, and hope making them widely available
will give you some insight on what's been suggested so far, and what more
still needs to be done. To that end, members of the PC and Merit will be
doing a thoughtful analysis of previous survey data. Our goal is to
provide responsive feedback in order to expedite the process up to full
throttle.
Thanks everyone - we'll be in touch.
Betty
