On Oct 27, 2010, at 2:04 PM, Brian Johnson wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: kris foster [mailto:kris.fos...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:50 PM >> To: Sean Figgins >> Cc: nanog-futures@nanog.org >> Subject: Re: [Nanog-futures] New Membership-WG Draft >> >> >> On Oct 27, 2010, at 1:07 PM, Sean Figgins wrote: >> >>> On 10/27/10 1:02 PM, Daniel Golding wrote: >>>> >>>> I suspect the board will set some kind of a discount for students. >>>> Personally, I would support a very large discount for full time > students. >>>> >>>> That being said, I'm also a bit disappointed that the specific > student >>>> membership didn't survive. I think the educational mission is > extremely >>>> important from both an altruistic and a business point of view > (business >>>> == our real businesses, not NANOG). >>> >>> This was an area where the WG had quite a bit of discussion, and > student >>> discounts never got unanimous support. NewNOG is not a student >>> organization that is supported by obligatory student (college) fees >>> that, in turn, fund the organization. It is not an organization that >>> targets students as part of it's mission, not a student outreach >>> organization. NewNOG is a not-for-profit organization formed to > provide >>> a set of mailing lists, and organize events, such as semi-annual >>> conferences. >> >> The mission includes education and outreach to the academic community. > If >> students are not implied, then maybe we're working on different > definitions >> of some of these words. >> >> 3. Mission >> The purpose of NewNOG is to provide forums in the North American region >> for education and the sharing of knowledge for the Internet operations >> community. >> >> [snip] >> >> NewNOG serves as a bridge between the technical staff of leading > Internet >> providers close to network operations, technical communities such as >> standards bodies, and the academic community. >> > > I contest this statement. I have never specifically thought of NANOG as > an organization specifically for that purpose. Education does not imply > students, just people who want to learn. This should imply everyone in > the current community.
The above is language copied directly from NewNOG's bylaws. > I'm against specifying classes of members. As mentioned in other posts, > anyone can attend meetings, even non-member full/part time students. :) The draft policy has a line that separates membership from meetings (even though the current bylaws do not prohibit non-members from attending conferences or subscribing to the mailing list). -- kris _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list Nanog-futures@nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
