As a new member of the group I would agree with Mike. I like the fact that there is no one owner at the MAE. He does have a suggestion inserted in the reply.. A meeting. The technical people I have spoken with are top shelf all the way. At MAE east you have some of the best talent available. Together these people can solve problems. I for one would not like to see the label "NAP" attached to MAE East. Customers have expressed concern over this. All in all the thought of find a solution to the NSF problem is something NET99 would support.
Probably don't even need a meeting. Nobody speaks for the participants in MAE-East. Nobody speaks for the customers of the DC NAP. Looks like we just let 'em all alone to make whatever peering arrangements seem appropriate, trusting that a universally-shared belief is that greater connectivity is better than less (where "better" means "more pleasing to my customers"). -s