Re: CSPAN at NANOG?

[Paul Ferguson <pferguso () cisco com>]

Thank you. 

The voice of sanity prevails.  :-)

- paul

At 08:38 AM 4/12/96 -0400, William B. Norton wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> Thanks for your feedback regarding CSPAN at the next NANOG.  Based on the
> concerns that some of you raised I've decided *not* to send out the media
> advisory to CSPAN and the press.  Issues leading to that decision included
> 1) attendees holding their tongues for fear of being misquoted, 
>        "Joe X from NetQ said '....' might be stated more succinctly as
>        "NetQ representatives said '.....' or "NetQ said '....'
> 2) the press misunderstanding and then overemphasizing some issues
>
> There was also a fear that marketing folks might be attracted to the bright
> lights and degrade the technical quality of the meeting.  Reasonable concerns.
>
> Cheers -
>
> Bill
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