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Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information
From: Dave Temkin <dave () temk in>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 15:53:28 -0700
On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 10:15 AM, Bill Woodcock <woody () pch net> wrote:
On Sep 10, 2017, at 1:59 PM, Bryan Holloway <bryan () shout net> wrote: I point specifically to the opening talk at Bellevue where there werewackily photoshop'd pictures of NANOG star heavy-hitters.Had I been a first-time attendee, I would've felt like a high-schoolfreshman being told who all the "cool seniors" were.Frankly, it was awkward and off-putting.On Sep 11, 2017, at 12:32 AM, Bill Woodcock <woody () pch net> wrote: Probably a safe bet that it was mostly aspirant juniors.Patrick has pointed out to me that my offhand dismissiveness painted with an overly broad brush and encompassed people whom I undoubtedly do not think so little of. So, my sincere apologies for my tone and speaking-out-of-turn about a slide deck that I hadn’t actually seen. I do very much miss the “cool seniors” who worked so hard to make this what it was, twenty-five and thirty years ago; I owe them a lot. I’m sure the people who are working hard to make the organization what it is today are serving a similar function for people who are entering the industry today.
Thanks Bill. That's definitely an accurate representation from my personal vantage point. Personally in my role within the organization I've stressed the importance of bringing the next Paul Vixie or Sean Doran into the industry and fostering their growth and influence. To me that's where NANOG can add the most value for the next 70 meetings.
Nostalgia was causing me to conflate two things which are unrelated The frat-boy thing is a problem, not only in NANOG, but in ARIN and RIPE. I’d very much like to see it fixed, so that everyone can enjoy collegial support, rather than just a subset of participants.
Totally agree here. I'd love to come up with more ideas on how to fix this real issue; my personal diversity & inclusion bent is squarely aimed at that problem. -Dave
Current thread:
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information, (continued)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Dave Temkin (Sep 07)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Randy Bush (Sep 07)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Daniel Golding (Sep 08)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Bryan Holloway (Sep 10)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Bill Woodcock (Sep 11)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Dave Temkin (Sep 11)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Randy Bush (Sep 12)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Dave Temkin (Sep 13)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Mike Hughes (Sep 15)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Dave Temkin (Sep 07)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Bill Woodcock (Sep 12)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Dave Temkin (Sep 12)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Steve Feldman (Sep 06)
- Re: 2017 NANOG Elections General Information Ken Matlock (Sep 10)