[afnog] Introducing Southern Africa Network Operators Group - SAFNOG

[JP]

On 28 Jan 2014, at 1:25 PM, Kevin Chege <chege at isoc.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings to you all.
> 
> We would like to take this opportunity to introduce to
> you a new network operators group, SAFNOG.
> SAFNOG stands for Southern Africa Network Operators
> Group. As you might guess, it is a NOG for the Southern
> African region, with a vision to hold meetings in a
> different Southern African country each year. SAFNOG, of
> course, is open to the entire world as well.
> Details about SAFNOG, and how to subscribe to the SAFNOG
> mailing list can be found at:
>          www.safnog.org
> SAFNOG will be holding its first operational and
> technical meeting - SAFNOG-1 - on 22nd & 23rd April,
> 2014, at the Sandton Hilton hotel in Johannesburg, South
> Africa. More details on this to follow in upcoming
> messages and on the web site.

I’ll put this as non-offensively as I can manage, but: why bother?

Why create a splinter community instead of just growing the afnog one further? I don’t see anything immediately listed on your site which couldn’t form up as a part or chapter of afnog.

-J