Re: Quick Update on the North American BCOP Efforts

[Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann () gmail com>]

Hi Suresh,

I believe all the information you seek is on our wiki: http://nabcop.org.
Be sure to look over the list of topics under the "Jump In" heading.

To your question about reinventing wheels specifically: There's two aspects
to that I believe.

The first is that we have no intention to "make work" by duplicating
efforts. In cases where the BCOP is already clearly defined and well
maintained, we simply want to act as curator - giving network engineers a
single place to find the information they need. In other cases, we act as
creator - bringing together subject matter experts to draft new documents
for community review.

The second aspect is that every BCOP must be rooted in existing knowledge.
BCOPs are defined by being tried and true methods for dealing with some
aspect of modern network operations. These are things that have been
presented on and discussed at NANOG. They are things that are "common
sense" to the initiated. They are also things that are profound when
discovered for the first time.

The idea here is to capture what some of us know, vet it, and make it
easily available to all of us.

Cheers,
~Chris



On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian <
ops.lists () gmail com> wrote:

> Late to the party but which best current practices were these and - as the
> board asked - how much of it reinvents the several other best practice
> wheels around?
>
> --srs
>
> > On 30-Sep-2015, at 8:47 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote:
> >
> > If NANOG isn't developing and publishing BCOPs, what's the point of
> NANOG other than a mailing list?
> > -----
> > Mike Hammett
> > Intelligent Computing Solutions
> > http://www.ics-il.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: "Chris Grundemann" <cgrundemann () gmail com>
> > To: nanog () nanog org
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:41:38 AM
> > Subject: Quick Update on the North American BCOP Efforts
> >
> > Hail NANOGers!
> >
> > After receiving several off-line inquiries about the status of BCOP in
> > North America I think it's appropriate to send a general announcement
> here.
> > The biggest news here is that the current NANOG Board of Directors has
> > disbanded the NANOG BCOP Committee. The stated rationale for this
> decision
> > can be found in the minutes from their 2 February 2015 meeting.
> https://www.nanog.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/BOD-BCOPMinutes_2.2.2015.pdf
> > As you might expect, I find this extremely disappointing. Our reaction
> has
> > been twofold:
> >
> > 1) We're moving to a new home. You can now find all of the current
> > documents at http://nabcop.org. Everything is moving forward, despite a
> bit
> > of jostling. Please jump in and get involved!
> >
> > 2) I'm so disappointed by this decision, and the future course of NANOG
> > implied, that I've decided to run for the NANOG Board of Directors.
> There's
> > a really great slate of candidates running, so whatever your decision, I
> > highly encourage you to really consider your selections.
> >
> > https://www.nanog.org/elections/2015/BoDcandidates
> >
> > If you have any questions at all, please feel free to email me directly,
> or
> > send them to bcop-support () nabcop org.
> >
> > See you in Montréal!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > ~Chris



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