> What I like about the RIPE and APRICOT (and perhaps even ARIN) > conferences apart is that they encourage and invite participation > from the community through the use of tracks and working groups, > while still maintaining a significant number of interesting > presentations for the community as a whole.
ok, a constructive suggestion! of course, ripe, arin, apnic, ... have some natural segmentation due to their community's rir orientation. and as i am currently reviewing apricot proposals, i am not overly excited; getting good non-marketing content there seems harder than nanog. but i have not served on the nanog pc for some years, so do not really have a view into specific content submitted there. blah blah. but let's take your suggestion seriously; after all, it's the only one we have received :) > 1/ IPv6. like it or not, in five years, most of us will be running ipv6. and a bunch of us are running it now. i think we could easily fill a day with actual *operator* experience with various aspects of deploying ipv6, problems, solutions, gaps, and work arounds. and no fluff! i am willing to work on this with some folk. > 2/ VOIP. good subject, though i am at the low end of this food chain and thus have a good excuse not to volunteer. > 3/ Video-on-Demand. > 4/ Network Convergence ibid > 5/ Peering, perhaps... we already have a strong sub-culture and sub-meetings on peering. how would you suggest we adapt/focus it to fit in your track idea? perhaps re-frame as inter-provider relations, e.g. some of the technology, not just the social, political, and financial aspects? randy
