>> On Sep 10, 2017, at 1:59 PM, Bryan Holloway <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I point specifically to the opening talk at Bellevue where there were
>> wackily photoshop'd pictures of NANOG star heavy-hitters.
>> Had I been a first-time attendee, I would've felt like a high-school
>> freshman being told who all the "cool seniors" were.
>> Frankly, it was awkward and off-putting.
>
> On Sep 11, 2017, at 12:32 AM, Bill Woodcock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Probably a safe bet that it was mostly aspirant juniors.
Patrick has pointed out to me that my offhand dismissiveness painted with an
overly broad brush and encompassed people whom I undoubtedly do not think so
little of. So, my sincere apologies for my tone and speaking-out-of-turn about
a slide deck that I hadn’t actually seen. I do very much miss the “cool
seniors” who worked so hard to make this what it was, twenty-five and thirty
years ago; I owe them a lot. I’m sure the people who are working hard to make
the organization what it is today are serving a similar function for people who
are entering the industry today.
Nostalgia was causing me to conflate two things which are unrelated The
frat-boy thing is a problem, not only in NANOG, but in ARIN and RIPE. I’d very
much like to see it fixed, so that everyone can enjoy collegial support, rather
than just a subset of participants.
-Bill
