I do like the Waikato Uni as the venue. That is once we have sorted out why we want to do this and a big venue is appropriate. We have international "guru's" coming down all the time. I'll keep an eye on the talent and drop a name if their field looks interesting to the list. Regards Kefyn JUDSON (FROM HAMILTON) 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: Tony McGregor [mailto:tonym(a)cs.waikato.ac.nz] Sent: Friday, 11 January 2002 12:04 PM To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: Re: NZNOG Conference 2002: Further Feedback On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Dean Pemberton wrote: >It would be great to see overseas people there, but which would you >rather see. > > a) Room full of only the people who can fly to anywhere in the country > and pay $400, all drooling over the latest International Guru? > or > b) Room full of anyone who wants to attend, all on an equal footing, > all learning from what each other has to offer. Something in the middle. When we've done things like this at the university in the past the cost has been between $100 and $200. It could be less if vendors sponsor food/drinks bandwidth etc. If we hosted the event we would sponsor someone from NLANR or CAIDA to come (not quite drooling material, but generally worth listening too.) Accommodation and social extra (say $75 and $50). Tony - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog