For members of the broader NANOG community who may not have been able to see the community meeting that happened this morning, I jotted down some notes on what was discussed. Much of the content was directly from the slide deck https://storage.googleapis.com/site-media-prod/meetings/NANOG85/4478/2022060... I attempted to also include the back-and-forth between the presenters and the audience during the question and answer period as well. Thanks! Matt 2022.06.08 NANOG85 community meeting NOTES: Steve Meuse kicks things off at 0702 hours Pacific time. Ed and Cat run the community meeting this morning. Ed welcomes everyone to the third day of NANOG. First thing is the registration fee increase. We're going to have to push our costs forward to get us moving towards the black again. early bird fee will be $675 versus late fee of $875. IETF early bird is $700, same for our non-member price, but we feed you! We think that's an important part of building community. Development projects; big project we've been working on, that's the appointment tool. It's currently in beta test with a limited pool of volunteers, the board and the program committee, and was demoed on May 26th. There is a dedicated slack channel for the beta testers to give feedback. public beta will be released when NANOG86 registration opens up. Affinity groups: in the opening presntation, Tina talked about affinity groups. To expand our community and help bind it together, community.nanog.org has affinity groups; so you can self-gather in areas of common interest; running, coffee, LGBTQ+, women in tech, etc. You can also suggest new areas of affinity. This morning, a group went walking, organized through the walking affinity groups. when you land on community.nanog.org; you need nanog account, it's free to sign up, it uses Oauth2 for authentication. We have a mirror of the mailing list there as well; it's read only, lets you see how many replies there are, etc. it grabs captions from websites for you. off to the right, shows timeline of communication that goes along the thread, and major contributors; it shows what the mailing list has in graphical form. The affinity groups work the same way; you can communicate via email or directly through the forum page. NANOG college immersion program has been restructured; more targeted to the most qualified students; will be sponsor-based, qualifications will be similar to the scholarship program, and graduate students can apply individually. Undergrads need to come with a professor who can bring up to five undergrad students. The professor will chaperone and guide the students through the program. We had students from Howard attend this meeting. NANOG84 ombuds report; we have third party ombuds that listen to issues and concerns people have, to ensure attendees feel welcome with our community. Previously, issues came to Ed directly, which didn't work if you had an issue with Ed himself. By having a third party fulfill the role, it eliminates that issue. Look at resources, down at Ombudsman you can click the link for the full report. Our most recent grade was 71/100, so we have some work to do. He spoke to the Howard NCI students; they commented they wish they had found it sooner, it would have had a big impact on their college trajectory. Annual report is almost done; was hoping to have it ready, but things got busy; will email out when it is done. Program Committee updates. congrats to them, they have done a stellar job with this program, starting from an effort several years ago to provide a better experience for our community. Cat Gurinsky takes over, chair of the program commitee. How we got here? We've been doing a rolling call for presentation; now you can submit talks for several nanogs ahead. we can accept sooner, so you can get business travel arranged, visas, etc. and we can publish the agenda much sooner. Now, you can submit all the way through NANOG89. We already have 4 talks accepted for N86 in hollywood; there are 12 talks pending acceptance. life cycle; shepherd guides you through the process of submission, from submission to peer review and acceptance; they help give suggestions. The Copy Reviewers ensures NANOG guidelines are met, cleans up issues, makes sure fonts are large enough to read from the back of the room. we have rolling call for proposals, receive proposals, shepherd is assigned, draft slides are due, peer review begins, final slides are due, agenda is published. draft slides don't have to be fully fleshed out, but it needs to be good enough to vote on; 70% is about right. start with rough outline; they'll tell you if it's good enough, and vote, and then help you flesh it out. your shepherd is your advocate, we want you to succeed! With rolling submissions, waiting may mean you miss out because the program is already filled up by the time the submission deadline arrives. skipping the polls part. Q&A? Dinesh Babouta, you mentioned about submissions of presentations: have you considered doing other types of content, like poster sessions? Looking at who submits presentations, we often see people who are shy or who don't have good presentation skills avoiding submitting; but having posters they could stand next to could allow them to participate more. Interesting idea; please put that in your survey feedback! In the future, we also hope to have a second track room in the coming years. Ed notes that if you feel uncomfortable asking questions, you can use the virtual chat system. Why isn't there a member discount for virtual attendees? You already have a free option for virtual attendance, that's a pretty huge discount, notes Ed. Even with that, we post the content on YouTube a week later; we try to make it as accessible as possible. Community meeting wraps up at 0726 hours Pacific time.