Re: Re: St. Louis REP Forum Meeting ???

On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, NetLabs wrote:

> Thanks for the update and that all sounds like good news.
> 
> How many persons attend a normal full NANOG meeting ?

Somewhere between 350 and 500.

> How many attend a REP Forum meeting ?

Well, we haven't had a REPforum meeting yet, since REPforum 
just started last month. I've had a half-dozen express 
interest. Since there are about 20 regional exchanges, 
that seems consistent.

Pete.

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pete Kruckenberg" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 3:26 PM
> Subject: [REPforum] Re: St. Louis REP Forum Meeting ???
> 
> 
> > This is really great, Dave. Thanks for offering to host a
> > REPforum meeting.
> > 
> > There are a few people interested in meeting at or after
> > NANOG in June, because they are already planning to attend
> > NANOG.
> > 
> > Would St. Louis be a better place to meet instead of NANOG,
> > or might St. Louis be a good place to meet sometime after
> > June? Maybe St. Louis could host the fall NANOG, and we
> > could combine REPforum with that ;)
> > 
> > Do REP operators have budget to allocate to attending
> > REPforum meetings?
> > 
> > Pete.
> > 
> > On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, NetLabs wrote:
> > 
> > > We had a major planning meeting last night for the STL
> > > REP project. As you already know, the STL project has
> > > several components technology, relevant relationships (
> > > enterprise, government and University ) and a business
> > > model to attract public connection. With the
> > > relationship and business model being by far the most
> > > important component to the success of the STL REP.
> > > 
> > > To cut a long story short, we would like to offer St.
> > > Louis as a site for a REP Forum meeting.
> > > 
> > > We feel that all the normal REP Forum functions could be
> > > preformed in St. Louis ( I think ) BUT we could offer
> > > something that would not be available elsewhere. We
> > > could include a forum panel discussion including
> > > government, enterprises and Universities as a mechanism
> > > to help develop the business aspects and marketing
> > > strategies for REP's.
> > > 
> > > Since we have spent the last year working with the
> > > regional STL business interests the business component
> > > of this REP forum panel would already be educated and
> > > could provide valuable insight and relationship
> > > development strategy to REP forum members.
> > > 
> > > Regards.....
> > > 
> > > Dave
> > > 
> > > www.stlrepstudy.org
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Pete Kruckenberg" <[email protected]>
> > > To: "Jere Retzer" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>;
> > > <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>;
> > > <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 1:00 AM
> > > Subject: NANOG presentation
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > I would like to submit a proposal for a talk at the next
> > > > (June) NANOG. Topic would be overview of (North American)
> > > > regional exchanges, the problems they face, how they are
> > > > overcoming those problems, advantages of regional/local
> > > > peering, and data on cost/bandwidth savings and performance
> > > > metrics. I'm looking for other areas that might be
> > > > interesting to address.
> > > >
> > > > I would be very interested in collaborating with you (and
> > > > possibly other regional exchange operators) to put this
> > > > together. The first step is to assemble an abstract and
> > > > submit it to Merit. I will be working on this over the next
> > > > couple of weeks.
> > > >
> > > > I would be happy to present, but wouldn't mind if someone
> > > > else were more inclined to present. I think this should be
> > > > presented on behalf of the REPforum with credit to the REPs
> > > > who contribute to the presentation (and a cookie for the
> > > > presenter).
> > > >
> > > > I'd also like to consider doing a regional peering BOF, as a
> > > > follow-up to the talk (and where we'd give the talk if it
> > > > doesn't get approved for the agenda). This might be a great
> > > > opportunity to engage the NANOG community in a discussion.
> > > >
> > > > Let me know if you're interested in working with me on this.
> > > >
> > > > Pete.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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