Re: Vendors spamming NANOG attendees

[Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org>]

Rodney,

What do you suggest? Shoot them at Dawn? :-) 

The standard warning and education has always been adequate in the past. We don't have a runaway spamming problem on 
the list.

 -mel beckman

> On Jun 13, 2017, at 6:00 AM, Rodney Joffe <rjoffe () centergate com> wrote:
>
> It seems that more than just a few of us were spammed by Glenn Stern (gstern () calient net), an employee of Calient 
> following NANOG 70.
>
> The spammer had the balls to say, in his email:
>
> > We do not know each other. I'm leveraging the attendee list for NANOG to reach out and raise awareness of the value 
> > of OCS (Optical Circuit Switching) in the data center and in particular, the Carrier Neutral Hotel where we've been 
> > active with next generation MeetMeRoom discussions.
>
> He does not show as an attendee at NANOG, but another executive, David Altstaetter, daltstaetter () calient net did 
> register, and may have even shown up. Hopefully those of you who have traditional community attitudes will show your 
> reaction via your pocketbooks.
>
> Maybe its time for the NANOG board and staff to step in, and develop some teeth to use in cases like these? Unless 
> the majority of you members are cool with unfettered spamming of member and attendee lists. In which case, have at it!
>
> Rodney