On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:42:00PM -0500, Martin Hannigan wrote: > > > > > One of the reasons why these spots are in the LACNIC region > > > is language. They don't speak english. > > > > OH MY GHOD! HEATHENS! let's bomb them quickly. > > > > We already did
seriously? my family in santo domingo never told me that the US was bombing them. this worry about language is certainly an issue, but it's also manageable. apricot/ripe/afnog/etc manage to hold meetigs with substantially larger population that is non-native english speaking. and there are lots of native spanish-speakers in nanog as well. >, and, there are many factors that predispose this to a bad idea > including language. You can start by lowering the $450 fee if > things are so rosy that you have time, energy, and funds to start > transporting > meetings thousands of miles away. what rubbish. just as a relevant sampling: bos <-> sdq is 2663 km lax <-> yyz is 3492 km ord <-> sdq is 3134 km mia <-> sdq is 1362 km bos <-> lax is 4191 km lots of people from LA came to toronto (yes, they complained about the weather. no, they didn't complain about the distance). many of us flew to nanog in LA and didnt' complain about the distance. distance is an issue, but thousands of miles away it is not. > It might be smarter to test the waters with a smaller, shorter, meeting that > doesn't impact the way we usually do business. At least if we find out that > we're not really wanted and nobody local will show up, it won't hurt so much. > We ignored that part of 'our area' until 2007 so holding a mini-meeting is > not going to slow anything down. so marty doesn't want to go to a nanog in santo domingo. point taken. cat thinks travel policies and corporate attitudes will be an issue. i think jared thinks that, too. many other people say that the location sounds really appealing, that the outreach opportunity is appealing, and that the costs would be overall lower than many us-based locations. joe: hopefully you're getting good feedback for the sc. t. -- _____________________________________________________________________ todd underwood +1 603 643 9300 x101 renesys corporation vp operations and professional svcs [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.renesys.com/blog/todd.shtml
