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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Hi, we're from the government and we're here to help
On Fri, 10 March 2000, "Kelly J. Cooper" wrote: > THEN the next big thing comes along, people get scared, the > consortia suddenly get well-attended, NEW groups spring up, > the community starts complaining again and the cycle is > renewed. That is, until people get bored again, or budgets > change or the NEXT big thing that comes along has nothing > to do with security. > > This cycle is old. I know I'm bored with it. A very good summary of past cycles. There is no lack of groups. But I certainly don't have time or funding to attend meetings of all these groups, or even the groups that will have me as a member. And I definitely don't think the solution is creating yet another group. > So now what? > > How do you propose to cull the wheat from the chaff? Get all > the right information about what ISPs are trying to do, and > going into the lab to test, and researching into the right > ears (of other ISPs)? How are you going to get the right > people to speak and the wrong people to shut up for a few > minutes? > > Because if it was just as easy as kicking in a few bucks to > yet another consortium, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I think a paid professional secretariat is mandatory. But costs a lot of money. It can't be a stand-alone consortium, but must be part of a larger industry group to handle the inevitable cycles of interest. It must be composed of a critical mass of industry. Groups with less than a thirty or so members tend to stagnate. -- What I do on my days off http://www.irishparade.org/ or spot me on the webcam broadcast at http://www.iwannasee.com/
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