Beer and Gear surprise
Owen DeLong
owen at dixon.delong.sj.ca.us
Thu Feb 22 07:40:45 UTC 2001
> I AM a little concerned if this was a decision made by Merit. Last I knew,
> this was a NANOG meeting, not a Merit meeting. I do not believe that Merit
> should be making a decision of this nature without the direct input of the
> NANOG membership. If I missed this in October or November, I apologize.
>
<fact>
There is no NANOG membership. There is the NANOG community. There are no
firm criteria for citizenship in said community, so it would be difficult
to define a voting process in terms of who does or does not get to vote.
</fact>
Owen
> ---
> Opinions in this email are the personal opinions of the author and are not
> associated with author's employer. This email account is a not the regular
> email account of the author and is being used for the protection of the
> employer.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Stephen Stuart <stuart at mfnx.net>
> To: Adam Rothschild <asr at latency.net>
> CC: Ukyo Kuonji <kawaii_iinazuke at hotmail.com>, nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: Re: Beer and Gear surprise
> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2001 02:43:34 -0800
>
> > <rumor>
> >
> > Sponsors were specifically asked _not_ to give out clothing, as the
> > Cisco boxer shorts distributed at NANOG 20 were somehow deemed
> > offensive and discriminatory.
> >
> > </rumor>
>
> <fact>
>
> At NANOG 20, there was a mad rush from the meeting room before
> technical talks were over for the day to get to the Beer and Gear to
> suck up all the vendor trinkets. This was perceived as being
> astoundingly disrespectful to the people who take the time to put
> together a presentation and deliver it.
>
> </fact>
>
> Stephen
>
>
>
> _________________________________________________________________
> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
>
>
>
More information about the NANOG
mailing list