On 10/27/10 1:22 PM, Simon Lyall wrote: > 4.1 (new) Members are required to be active within the Internet > network operations community by way of current employment or previous > employment if retired, participation in industry forums, academic > instruction or scholarship, or volunteer positions. > > How does this affect people who lose their jobs, become managers or > otherwise are no longer "network operators" but not "retired" ?
If they are involved in the network operations community, then they are allowed to be members. There is no language that states that existing members are rejected if they loos their jobs. As long as they keep their membership current, they should be able to retain their membership. This assumes, of course, that they have an interest to participate. If someone leaves the network operations community for an extended period of time, say over a year, I am not sure why they would wish to remain a member of NewNOG and pay the fee. And it does not say anywhere that an individual must be a tier 1 or tier 2 support technician or engineer. I believe that managers, directors, VPs, etc are still involved in the Network Operations community as long as they are working for a network operator, or related company (such as an equipment manufacturer). Basically, the above section says, "Members can become members if they want." Participation in the NANOG mailing lists or conferences would easily qualify someone for membership. I see no need to modify this section, since it is largely open already. -Sean _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list Nanog-futures@nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
