as gadi has just discovered there's a whole world out there, he seemed unaware of your all being there so is sending this message to everyone he can find. hence, the message is not private, so i can distribute, and i thought i would save everyone the trouble. [ btw, i personally don't support this ] randy From: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org> To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Subject: establishing a global NOG Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:23:09 +0200 Hello! How are you? After the recent CME-24/BlackWorm incident I finally realized just how large the net-ops world outside of the US really is. I found many people from South Asia, Africa, etc. who were very helpful, serious and knowledgeable yet outside of my normal circles. The global ad-hoc cooperation that took place really made me realize that it is past time for a global NOG to form. We are working on locating leading net-ops people from different NOGs around the world in order to get started. What we have in mind is an open and public group, but with a semi-strict code. I figure we'll figure it out as we go. I'd like to invite you on-board, as well as ask you if you know of others who may be a good addition for our critical mass when we start. Thanks, I'd appreciate any input. Gadi.