[menog] Middle East DNS Forum Program Committee -- Call for Volunteers

[Paul Rendek]

Hello Fahd,

I think it would be a great idea to link the two events. I agree that it
would enrich the program of both and it would save folks some travel. I
do acknowledge and support that MENOG is a technical forum but we had a
very successful MENOG when it was held adjacent to an Arab IGF open
consultation meeting (dealing more with governance and public policy)
and a peering forum which is centered more around interconnections from
a business perspective as we ll as technical. The event, in my opinion,
was very successful.

MENOG does rotate, but one meeting is in Dubai as this seems to be a
city that people claim is easy to travel to and attracts numbers from
various Arabic countries. The Technical community in the Arabaic
countries (as a community) is still very young and ways to pull them
together probably a good idea. I have experienced that rotating events
in the Middle East is a positive initative for the region but I have
noted that in some Arabic countries you can expect to see mainly or only
participants from that particular country. This may be a feature in some
cases but difficult when you want to see views shared by individuals
across the region - together.

As for the comment on N. African coverage. AFNOG covers this part of the
Arab world and I see no reason why this forum cannot team up with AFNOG
there. I think this is only a question of coordination and believe we
can find a positive way forward.

Cheers,
Paul


On 4/16/14 4:20 PM, Fahd Batayneh wrote:
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> BTW, another thing I forgot to mention is that MENOG covers West Asia
> as well as Egypt and Sudan (no sure of Sudan), while the ME DNS Forum
> covers not only West Asia, but North Africa as well. If we are to have
> the ME DNS Forum around MENOG, folks in North Africa would not have
> the chance to host such a forum.
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> Fahd
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fouad Bajwa [mailto:fouadbajwa at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:16 PM
> To: Bill Woodcock
> Cc: Fahd Batayneh; menog at menog. net; Tom Paseka
> Subject: Re: [menog] Middle East DNS Forum Program Committee -- Call
> for Volunteers
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> I think there would be a need to have some kind of coordination. The
> ME DNS Forum has to be rotated around the region instead of sticking
> to one country, for example Dubai. I know the MENOG does rotate but
> the trouble I had this year with MENOG was that it was right after the
> ICANN Meeting or even during it. Thats a bit of a pain but then all
> these organizations and events are independent to organize and
> schedule on their respective programs.
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> I wonder how much the MENOG rotates.
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> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net
> <mailto:woody at pch.net>> wrote:
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> > On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:40 AM, Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh at icann.org
> <mailto:fahd.batayneh at icann.org>> wrote:
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> >> As a couple of side notes, the 1st ME DNS Forum took place in Dubai
> early February. On the other hand, MENOG holds 2 annual meetings with
> the first being in Dubai sometime in March. This year's MENOG took
> place right after the ICANN meeting in Singapore. If we are to have
> the ME DNS Forum around MENOG, the forum ends up being in Dubai every
> year, and this does not satisfy the idea of rotating it around the
> region. Another concern would be to have the forum right after an
> ICANN meeting (which would be very challenging for various logistical
> reasons).
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> > So, perhaps back-to-back with the fall MENOG meeting, so you rotate,
> and aren't right up against an ICANN meeting?  I agree that putting it
> back-to-back with MENOG would very much enhance attendance, and
> facilitate travel.
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