Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal forNewNOG's membership structure

2011-01-05 Thread Sean Figgins
On 1/5/11 8:07 AM, Joe Abley wrote: > Who gets to verify the veracity of student IDs from the UK, or from France, > or from Egypt, or from Pakistan? How would they do it? Is it really worth the > trouble? Someone please explain to me how accepting students outside of North America as members d

Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal forNewNOG's membership structure

2011-01-05 Thread Joe Abley
On 2011-01-05, at 11:10, Brian Johnson wrote: > I also don't like being taken out of context. Please read the thread > before posting on a single post. You'll see that I'm against this whole > thing. Sure, but I'm not against student discounts (for whatever, membership, attendance). I'm just a

Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal forNewNOG's membership structure

2011-01-05 Thread Brian Johnson
I'm so sick of this conversation. Why are we discussing this as if it should have any weight. Find me an organization that has a student membership without any qualifications and I'll show you exponentially more that have one. I also don't like being taken out of context. Please read the thread b

Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal forNewNOG's membership structure

2011-01-05 Thread Jay Moran
Agree with Joe here. I'm not sure it is going to matter too much. I know myself, I'm not a student and I plan on going ahead and paying for like 10 years in advance so I don't have to think about it. Why don't we wait and see if it appears to be a problem and if it is, then we address how students

Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal forNewNOG's membership structure

2011-01-05 Thread Joe Abley
On 2011-01-05, at 09:40, Brian Johnson wrote: > >> >>> http://www.nanog.org/meetings/attending/wavingfee/studentreg.php >>> doesn't indicate that they need to be full time, so I guess they just >>> have to be a college or university student. Period. Yes? >> >> why only university? wazza mat

Re: [Nanog-futures] an alternate proposal forNewNOG's membership structure

2011-01-05 Thread Brian Johnson
> >> http://www.nanog.org/meetings/attending/wavingfee/studentreg.php >> doesn't indicate that they need to be full time, so I guess they just >> have to be a college or university student. Period. Yes? > >why only university? wazza matter with the younger set? i have worked >with some bitchin