Mailing List Archive: CSPAN at NANOG?

CSPAN at NANOG?

Apr 12, 1996, 5:38 AM

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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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Re: CSPAN at NANOG? [ In reply to ]

pferguso at cisco

Apr 12, 1996, 6:27 AM

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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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>William Norton <wbn@merit.edu> (313) 936-2656
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Re: CSPAN at NANOG? [ In reply to ]

michael at memra

Apr 12, 1996, 2:01 PM

Post #3 of 3 (407 views)

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On Fri, 12 Apr 1996, William B. Norton wrote:

> 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.

As someone who suggested that NANOG should consider making press releases
to educate more people about Internet operational issues, I strongly agree
that there is no place for the press at the NANOG meetings. I just wanted
to see more of the issues and decisions written up after the fact by someone
who is a part of NANOG and understands the difference between off-the-cuff
personal comments and official corporate policies.

Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022
Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com