43 was my first nanog - needless to say, majority of the people attending were on laptops not paying attention to the presenter.
We all have jobs, but if you can't leave your job for a few days w/o needing to be in front of your computer doing _something_ , send someone else to the conference who will benefit from the material being discussed... Surely I understand situations arise where you have to fire up your vpn and do something, and that's foreseeable, but if you're going to just go to the con to be on your laptop all day, what is the point? ck -- Christian Koch Sr. Network Engineer 95 Christopher Columbus Drive Jersey City, NJ 07302 Direct:212/334.8551 Mobile:917/346.6133 -----Original Message----- From: Philip Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: nanog-futures@nanog.org <nanog-futures@nanog.org> Sent: Mon Jul 14 22:52:44 2008 Subject: Re: [Nanog-futures] Bhutan discovers the "NANOG Problem"... Robert Seastrom said the following on 7/7/08 05:16: > It seems that Bhutan is having trouble with web surfing and gaming > during their sessions: > > http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKB12933220080630 It is a thought though... Should we try a NANOG without network or power provision in the main plenary room? People would have to listen to the presenter with 100% attention then. Would this make the programme better? Would there be more Q&A? Would there be more discussion in panel sessions? Would it make NANOG better overall? Some meetings I go to now have enforced laptop bans so that the topics under discussion have less chance of distracted participants. (I still remember some of the feedback from the NANOG IPv6 hour back in February - even having no IPv4 connectivity for 60 minutes was equivalent to the end of the world for some people. Left me wondering what the actual plenary session was for.) Having just come back from JANOG, while JANOG apparently had wireless for the first time ever, there was no power in the room. Longlife batteries needed. I noticed the majority of the audience was actually sitting and listening to the presentations, and there was good Q&A after most of them. philip -- _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list Nanog-futures@nanog.org http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures QUALITY TECHNOLOGY SERVICES CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message including its attachments is classified COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL. It is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential material. Quality Technology Services controls the distribution of COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL assets, as such, any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 866-239-5000 and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you.
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