[afnog] Introducing Southern Africa Network Operators Group - SAFNOG

[Noah]

Hi JP

We bother because we need to make sure the number of papers or rather
presentations with topics relevant to the African context that are
presented during the AfNOG and AIS annual conferences  are easily made
available.

Noah
On 28 Jan 2014 17:03, "JP" <froztbyte at froztbyte.net> wrote:

> 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
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