> > > > On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 10:42:00PM -0500, Martin Hannigan wrote: > > > > > > > One of the reasons why these spots are in the LACNIC region > > > > is language. They don't speak english. > > > > > > OH MY GHOD! HEATHENS! let's bomb them quickly. > > > > > > > We already did > > seriously? my family in santo domingo never told me that the US was > bombing them.
http://sincronia.cucsh.udg.mx/dominican.html > this worry about language is certainly an issue, but it's also > manageable. apricot/ripe/afnog/etc manage to hold meetigs with > substantially larger population that is non-native english speaking. > and there are lots of native spanish-speakers in nanog as well. I am glad that you acknowledged this as exactly what it is, a business issue to be seriously considered before jumping into something that is not well defined or understood. [ snip ] > > It might be smarter to test the waters with a smaller, shorter, meeting that > > doesn't impact the way we usually do business. At least if we find out that > > we're not really wanted and nobody local will show up, it won't hurt so > > much. > > We ignored that part of 'our area' until 2007 so holding a mini-meeting is > > not going to slow anything down. > > so marty doesn't want to go to a nanog in santo domingo. Incorrect. I think that there are more than just philanthropic considerations and language is one, as well as financials being another. -M<
