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NANOG History (v2.0)

Explore the evolution of NANOG since its inception in 1994, highlighting its milestones, restructuring, and community-driven agenda. Learn about NANOG folklore and famous quotes from industry pioneers.

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NANOG History (v2.0)

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  1. NANOG History (v2.0) William B. Norton Co-Founder/Chief Technical Liaison Equinix, Inc. wbn@equinix.com Toronto NANOG 39 Feb 4, 2007 16:00

  2. What do I know about NANOG? • Merit Staff – 1987-1998 • NANOG Chair 1995-1998 • Developed 1st Business Plan for NANOG • Financially Self-sustaining • Started number of NANOG traditions • NANOG T-Shirts • Numbering NANOGs • Colored NANOG NameTag • Beer-n-Gear • Cookie graph • Surveys • Etc. But, THESE SLIDES ARE NOT VETTED. Probably are mistakes in here. Terryr: What can I expect?

  3. Tutorials/BOFs Tutorials/BOFs Tutorials/BOFs Tutorials/BOFs Q: What to expect in a typical day? A: Current Meeting Structure • 2.5 days – it may look like a terminal room… Wednesday Tuesday Sunday Monday Welcome Main Sessions Main Sessions Main Sessions You Are Here You Go Now Newcomers Welcome Community Meeting You are not lost! It may look like a terminal room, but It is actually the NANOG Plenary Room. Beer-n-Gear Evenings Free Distribute travel costs…

  4. NANOG Spreads Travel Burden 34 17 16 25 26 39 4 2 1 29 13 8 5 28 7 20 31 32 15 24 9 3 18 33 38 37 22 27 12 35 11 19 14 6 21 36 10 30 4 Ann Arbor, Michigan 5 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 6 San Diego, California 7 Washington, DC 8 Ann Arbor, Michigan 21 Atlanta, Georgia 9 San Francisco, California 11 Phoenix, Arizona 17 Montreal, Canada 13 Dearborn, Michigan 14 Atlanta, Georgia 15 Denver, Colorado 2 Ann Arbor, Michigan 18 San Jose, California 19 Albuquerque, New Mexico 10 Tampa, Florida 39 Toronto, Canada 12 Albuquerque, New Mexico 1 Ann Arbor, Michigan 23 Oakland, California 3 Boulder, Colorado 24 Miami, FL 25 Toronto, Canada 26 Eugene, Oregon 27 Phoenix, Arizona 28 Salt Lake, Utah 29 Chicago, Illinois 30 Miami, Florida 20 Washington, DC 31 San Francisco, California 34 Seattle, Washington 35 Los Angeles, California 36 Dallas, Texas 37 San Jose, CA 38 St Louis, MO 32 Reston, Virginia 22 Scottsdale, Arizona 33 Las Vegas, Nevada 24 Future based on the past

  5. 1987-1994 R R R R R R R NSFNET R R R R R R NSF funded $ Merit Agenda Logistics Regional Techs Meetings Host Then the Internet grew

  6. 1987-1994 1994 NSF funded $ Self-Sustaining $ R Commercial Internet R R R R R R R R R R R R NSP R R R R NAP NSP NSFNET NSFNET R R NSP R R R R R R NSP R R R R R R R Merit North American Network Operators Group (NANOG) Agenda Regional Techs Meeting Logistics Regional Techs Meetings Host

  7. 1994 $ Self-Sustaining Program Advisors R Commercial Internet R R R R R R R R R R R R NSP R R R R NAP NSP NSFNET NSFNET R R NSP R R R R R R NSP R R R R R R R Merit Agenda Logistics NANOG Meetings NANOG WebSite, nanog Mailing list Hey Norton! The Agenda Sucked! Worse than your jokes! Strong Chair Host

  8. 1998-2004 • For a variety of reasons, NANOG restructuring started in 2004 • Desired Structure should provide • Transparency • Accountability • Better Agenda • Be Community-Driven and Responsive Source: www.nanog.org/mtg-0501/pdf/golding.pdf

  9. Result: New NANOG Structure • Steering Committee = 6 + 1 Merit • Program Committee = 16 + 1 Merit • Mail List Admin Group = >2 + 1 Merit Source: http://www.nanog.org/charter.html

  10. 2005-2006 Mailing List Admins M Selects M Steering Committee Selects Elects M Program Committee Creates R Commercial Internet R R R R R R R NSP R R NAP NSP NSFNET R NSP R R R NSP R R R R R $ Self-Sustaining Merit Agenda Logistics NANOG Host Community

  11. Results • Transparency • Each groups members/activities documented • Meeting Minutes • Community Meeting for discussions • Community-Driven Agenda • PC actively recruiting talks • Accountability • elected steering group • Accessible at NANOG, e-mail aliases

  12. A quick review of NANOGs Past • NANOG Folklore

  13. A little bigger…

  14. Bob Metcalfe/InfoWorld • “I've just been among the 350 mostly engineers attending NANOG's May > meeting at George Washington University. It's clear now, even if they hate > the idea, that if NANOG is to lead us toward an industrial-strength > Internet, then it must now urgently attract the active participation of > many more men and women who routinely wear suits. “ http://www.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/9606/msg00191.html

  15. Back of Shirt Front of Shirt:

  16. Bob Metcalfe & NANOG

  17. Famous Quotes Page • Internet – "I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse." -- Robert Metcalfe, founder of 3Com and inventor of Ethernet (1995) On the same web page: • Computers – "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home." • Kenneth Olson, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (1977) • Computers – "640 K [of computer memory] ought to be enough for anybody." • Bill Gates, founder and CEO of Microsoft (1981) • Computers – “By 1990 75-80 percent of IBM compatible computers will be sold with OS/2." • Bill Gates, founder and CEO of Microsoft (January, 1988) Source: http://cazitech.com/press_quotes.htm

  18. Metcalfe Eats his words Friday April 11 4:27 AM EDT • Sage who warned of Net's collapse eats his words SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 10 (Reuter) - The networking pioneer turned computer industry columnist who predicted the Internet would collapse last year, Thursday kept to his promise by literally eating his words. • Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet technology and founder of 3Com Corp , had pledged he would eat the words from a December 1995 InfoWorld column he wrote if the dramatic debacle he predicted did not come to pass. • In the column, Metcalfe warned of a "catastrophic collapse" of the Internet in 1996. • He made the original vow at a conference of World Wide Web engineers and enthusiasts in Boston in 1995, and he argued here before the Sixth International World Wide Web Conference Thursday that the Web had logged major outages. Metcalfe said that outages at Netcom On-Line Communications Services Inc , A

  19. 1997

  20. 1998

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  23. My Suggestions for You • Every Conference is the same: • 1st time, you know no one • 2nd time, you recognize someone • 3rd time, someone recognizes you • … send the same person each time • You won’t understand everything • Spend time in the hallways • (Big) Part of the benefit of NANOG is meeting the Community

  24. Friends made 20 yrs ago

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