NANOG Community,
Thank you for joining us in San Francisco, and online
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO8DR5ZGla8jSzWlrWt_cz13LLAz44rHY>,
for NANOG 78!
I am excited to announce that 13 NANOG members accepted appointments to the
Program Committee. 27 highly-qualified volunteers from the NANOG membership
were nominated for this year’s committee selection, so we personally thank
each NANOG member who offered their time and hope they participate in
future committee solicitations.
As an organization, NANOG was founded by volunteers who developed a quality
forum for North America’s operator community. Despite the growth in NANOG’s
programs, volunteers greatly outnumber professional staff, and the
volunteer-only Program Committee (PC) is wholly responsible for soliciting,
developing, and selecting all program content presented at NANOG meetings
and other events.
Please join me in congratulating the appointed PC members:
Aaron Ali Atac, Jason Bothe, Vincent Celindro, Michael Costello, Elizabeth
Culley, Cat Gurinsky, Tom Kacprzynski, John Kristoff, Ognian Mitev, Rekha
Rawat, Michael Voity, Eddy Winstead, and Chris Woodfield.
Please also join me in thanking and recognizing the many contributions of
PC alumni Michaela Clifford, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Chris Pennisi, and
Steven Schecter.
The PC met and elected the following leaders:
Chair - Vincent Celindro
Vice Chair - Steve Feldman
Secretary - Cat Gurinsky
We are truly excited to see what the community will submit to the PC for
NANOG 79 so please submit talk ideas at
https://nanog.org/meetings/submit-presentation/.
And please join us in June for our first full meeting in Boston if you can!
Thanks,
Sean
(for the NANOG Board of Directors)
*A conversation with Charisse Stokes + Trent Edwards of the Montgomery,
Alabama Chamber of Commerce.*
“Our diversity of background, thought, and experience — as well as race and
gender — give us the best opportunity to compete, and succeed," says Trent
Edwards of the Montgomery, Alabama Chamber of Commerce.
Trent and his colleague Charisse Stokes hosted NANOG Executive Director
Edward McNair during his visit to Alabama this fall, for two days of
STEM-focused talks, lunch + learn sessions, and community meetings to share
NANOG’s perspective on the latest industry trends and careers in Internet
tech.
We recently had a conversation with Trent and Charisse, where we got to
talk about the initiatives they’re currently working on, and how those
align with NANOG’s mission to empower people and inspire change.
Read the Interview
<https://www.nanog.org/stories/diversity-and-access-internet-tech/>
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