I agree with Jane's analysis and would propose going one step further... Before we start discussing specific acronyms (although I kind of like NOFONA, when pronounced, it sounds a bit like we're working on telephone bypass technology, hmm maybe we are :-) I think we need to think a bit more about the charter and about what specifics want to make it into the name. To start that off, I'll offer my analysis. These are the things that I think (off the top of my head, I may change my mind if I _actually_ think about this :-) should be included in preference order (i.e. first should _definitely_ be in the name, later ones are more tentative): Technology (what it is the group discusses), one of (this is my preference order): -Internet -Network -IP -(Data) Communications Activity, some combination of: Operations Engineering Planning Type of organization (may be in the name or as an adjunct, i.e. the original "NANOG" might also be "The NANO Group"), I believe from the discussion last week that we want to lean to a word that implies less formality, one of: [Can you detect Roget's hand in this list? :-] Group Gathering Crowd Organization Gang Forum Scope (likewise, this might eventually be an adjunct rather than an integral part of the acronym): North America