adam, stop muck raking. in general, I'd advocate spending less time on mailing lists and focusing more on delivering great product.
/vijay On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 2:55 PM, Adam Rothschild <asr+nanog-futu...@latency.net> wrote: > I've been trying to avoid this topic, though as one of few > participants familiar with MediaMelon's account of what happened > (we've been looking at their product, independently of this all), I > feel obligated to offer my two cents... > > The underlying facts are not in dispute -- Kumar from MediaMelon *did* > meet Bill Norton for lunch in San Francisco. Following Bill's advice, > Kumar entered the plenary, in search of some Netflix staffers to pitch > his product to. In hindsight, Kumar regrets deeply having done this. > As a relative newcomer to the community, he looked to Bill for > leadership, and was unfortunately offered bad advice on acceptable > standards of conduct and engagment. > > The sliver lining in this incident is that I've gotten a commitment > from Kumar and crew to donate to NewNog. I get the feeling they'd > compensate Merit for a lost registration in San Francisco, too, if > requested. The important thing to keep in mind is that we're dealing > with a fundamentally good bunch of folk, though newcomers, who had > fallen victim to bad advice. > > With that said, and given what transpired, I think the responsible > course of action is for us to all pressure Bill for the funds, falling > back to MediaMelon's generous offer as a last resort. He's obviously > trying to downplay the importance of this, though with some > polite-but-persistent reminders (in response to posted diatribes, in > person, ...), he's sure to cave eventually. > > I'll be sure to keep the community apprised of any movement on this > front. > > -a > > _______________________________________________ > Nanog-futures mailing list > Nanog-futures@nanog.org > https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures > _______________________________________________ Nanog-futures mailing list Nanog-futures@nanog.org https://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog-futures
