RE: NZNOG Conference 2002: Feedback So Far

13 Jan 2002

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"Kefyn Judson (ENZ)"  01/11/02 12:19
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What is the point of us getting together? I'm not knocking it here,
but if
we can identify our reasons for getting together we should be able to
identify which setup would work for us.
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Is it for networking?
For chewing over a specific issue?
For hands on workshopping something (perhaps all the Spam killing
ideas of
late :-)?)
For discussing how to encourage, for instance multicast, growth in the
NZ
market?
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Have a clear purpose up front would help ensure that we are heading in
the
right direction and help prevent it degenerating into a talkfest.
There's been little feedback so far on this. My own guess is that that
is because there is not just a single reason why people go to
conferences. Partly, it's to learn things from the formal programme.
Partly, it's to learn things informally. Vendors will be there in part
to promote their brand and quitew possible to sell specific products or
services. Potential buyers may actually want to know about specific
prodiucts or services. Some attendees will be there in part simply to
meet people whom its valuable in different ways to know.

And not everyone is expected to be interested in every subject
discussed, either.

If not stopped, I'll proceed on the assumption that we can plan to do
something without seeking a unifying reason for it. However, if people
who would attend in the right circumstances do have goals they think we
should be aiming to achieve, now's the time to speak up.

- Donald Neal

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Donald Neal
Special Operations
Network Delivery
Telecom New Zealand Ltd

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