Dear List, Allow me a moment to state, mainly, that the NANOG group reprents a far greater aggregate of technological intellectual property than could ever be assembled in any tight-knit telecom or dot-com operation. And, That many of us, according to human nature, have dreams and desires that may be fettered by the boundaries of our corporations, or fettered by the lack of corporation (my condolences to those who have experienced the impact of downsizing). Therefore, I would like to share my recent epiphany. My partners and I founded Broadband Laboratories to act as the foundation to incubate our bleeding-edge technological dreams into a production quality reality. My thought was to open up the "Laboratory" function to teams of NANOG members coordinated to develop, from soup to nuts, selected technology projects proposed by other NANOG members. At this juncture I would like to offer coordination of project management, datacenter, and connectivity resources for selected technology projects. A great example would involve distilling interdisciplinary teams of NANOG members to pursue several development projects. The compensation plan is a straightforward joint venture. You commit X resources with an agreed-upon cash value. I commit X resources with an agreed-upon cash value. If this is a "for profit" project, any proceeds generated by the project are returned to cover our pre-negotiated costs. Any profits generated by the project are split evenly as our reward. If this opportunity interests you, please drop me a note. If you are not interested, thank you for letting me take a moment out of your day. Regards, Christopher J. Wolff, VP, CIO Broadband Laboratories http://www.bblabs.com