Agree. A lot of good came out of the Christmas parties. That is above and beyond the spiff and beer. How about another casual gathering at the pub in Aotea square to kick off the year? Regards Kefyn JUDSON Multiservice Network Architect ERICSSON New Zealand * Phone: +64 9 3555 461 * Mobile: +61 21 535 331 * E-mail: kefyn.judson(a)ericsson.co.nz * SMS: kefyn(a)vodafone.net.nz -----Original Message----- From: Joe Abley [mailto:jabley(a)automagic.org] Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2002 4:48 PM To: Andy Linton Cc: Andreas Girardet; nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: NZNOG Conference 2002: Feedback So Far On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 04:40:20PM +1300, Andy Linton wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Andreas Girardet wrote: > > > As Internet people, can't we organize a conference and broadcast it to > > those who can't make it? Then it would not matter too much where we > > actually do it. Just fast internet would be needed. > > > > That would be a first. And interactivity would not be hard to do. > > > > I am sure we all could have a true Network conference ...... > > Surely a true network conference involves the cashing in of the large > numbers of beer credits. How often have network people said, thanks, I owe > you a beer... > > I still don't believe that networks are fast enough or the protocols well > enough developed to allow those exchanges to take place. I have heard it said of the NANOG meetings that the presentations are really incidental to the real reason for attending, and that the real work at NANOG gets done in the lobby and in the bar. This is not to belittle the material, which is frequently very interesting and well-presented; however, there are other reasons to go to a *NOG conference than just to watch people reading from powerpoint slides. Those aspects are better served in a conference involving an overnight stay, I think. Joe - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog