[safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft

Fri Jun 29 07:45:10 UTC 2018

Hi Noah,

Okay, thanks. The website was updated when you confirmed Serena Hotel.

Regards,
Portia

On Fri, 29 Jun 2018 at 09:35, Noah Maina <noah.maina at seacom.mu> wrote:

> Hi Portia
>
>
> The 1st communications had Hyatta in it. So i was just informing that we
> update to Serena in our 2nd round of updates to various mailing lists.
>
>
> Cheers,
> *Noah Maina*
> AS37100 Peering Team
> http://as37100.net/?peering
>
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
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> *From:* Miss Portia <portia.rabonda at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, June 29, 2018 5:34 AM
> *To:* Mark Tinka
> *Cc:* Noah Maina; safnog-oc at safnog.org
>
> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
> Hi Mark, Noah,
>
> The website was updated to Serena Hotel during the week already.
>
> Noah, please confirm where you seeing the Hyatt Regency Hotel?
>
> Regards,
> Portia
>
>
>
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2018 at 00:18, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
>
>> Yes, Noah. Agreed.
>>
>> The web site should have been updated by now (Portia can confirm), and
>> any future correspondence will reflect the Serena. Thanks.
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>> On 28/Jun/18 09:16, Noah Maina wrote:
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>>
>> The public announcement does have Hyatt Regency Hotel as the venue for
>> SAFNOG/EANOG conference.
>>
>>
>> Can we all update all the announcements to indicate *Serena Hotel *
>> instead as there has since been a change from Hyatt to Serena.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> *Noah Maina*
>> AS37100 Peering Team
>> http://as37100.net/?peering
>>
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Noah Maina
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 27, 2018 10:59 AM
>> *To:* Mark Tinka; John Gitau Njoroge (jgitau); Miss Portia
>>
>>
>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
>>
>> Hi Mark
>>
>>
>> If I may, is Mzee Boma on the safnog-oc list? He seems to be missing all
>> the dialogs
>>
>>
>> gm at tispa.or.tz
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>> *Noah Maina*
>> AS37100 Peering Team
>> http://as37100.net/?peering
>>
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> *From:* Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 26, 2018 5:56 PM
>> *To:* John Gitau Njoroge (jgitau); Miss Portia
>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
>>
>> Thanks, John.
>>
>> So I'm working on the CfP (Call for Paper), a draft of which I'll share
>> tonight. Once we all agree on the general topics to work on, we can start
>> pushing it out immediately.
>>
>> After that, we can begin building the base program agenda skeleton. But
>> in general, I'm looking at the below:
>>
>>    - Main plenary for 30-minute conference presentations.
>>    - Break-out room for 30-minute conferences presentation.
>>    - Break-out room for 90-minute conference tutorials/workshops.
>>    - Break-out room for 180-minute conference tutorials/workshops.
>>
>> Note that the break-out rooms are not dedicated to holding general or
>> tutorial talks. We can use the rooms depending on the content and space
>> available.
>>
>> I've asked Noah to reserve 1x plenary hall + 2x break-out rooms.
>>
>> It's great to hear that Techminds and Cisco are keen to share a tutorial.
>>
>> Will update the group shortly. Thanks.
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>> On 26/Jun/18 16:01, John Gitau Njoroge (jgitau) wrote:
>>
>> Hey Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> For the actual tracks to train, when do we decide on those? Cisco
>> specifically Meraki is looking to have a session probably an afternoon
>> sponsored by Techminds.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Miss Portia <portia.rabonda at gmail.com> <portia.rabonda at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 26, 2018 3:04 PM
>> *To:* Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks Mark.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Portia
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 at 14:02, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, the BoT will still host the tzNOG workshops.
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26/Jun/18 13:41, Miss Portia wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mark,
>>
>>
>>
>> The update has been noted. Please confirm if  the workshop sessions will
>> still be at the Bank of Tanzania Building or if they will be held at the
>> Serena as well?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Portia
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 26 Jun 2018 at 13:29, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Noah. Great news!
>>
>> Let's lock the dates in right away! I'm guessing getting SEACOM fibre
>> into there for the week won't be a problem.
>>
>> Portia, please update the web site to indicate the conference will now be
>> held at the Serena.
>>
>> Noah, we are going to need at least 2, maximum 3 conference rooms at the
>> Serena. One for the main plenary, and the other 2 for breakout sessions.
>> Please work with as we book the hotel resources. Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 25/Jun/18 14:38, Noah Maina wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mark/Team
>>
>>
>>
>> We have locked down Serena and we got some discount for 250pax. We will
>> share the details as they come in from Serena Hotel.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> *Noah Maina*
>> AS37100 Peering Team
>>
>> http://as37100.net/?peering
>>
>>
>>
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>> *Sent:* Friday, June 22, 2018 6:01 PM
>> *To:* Noah Maina; Miss Portia
>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Noah.
>>
>> Team, we need to communicate quickly on action points so that we do not
>> lose precious windows.
>>
>> Noah, suggest we go ahead and lock the Serena in immediately, and confirm
>> with them via a deposit.
>>
>> Let's maintain the dates. Thanks.
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>> On 22/Jun/18 16:57, Noah Maina wrote:
>>
>> Hello Team,
>>
>>
>>
>> Just to update that we the Hyatt came back to us indicating that the
>> first 2 days are already booked.
>>
>>
>>
>> They however have the 26th – 28th available as the best alternative dates?
>>
>>
>>
>> We also checked with Serena Hotel and they confirmed availability and we
>> have gone ahead to make bookings. We will also meet Serena this coming
>> Monday.
>>
>>
>>
>> We need to make decision quick and lock the bookings.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> *Noah Maina*
>> AS37100 Peering Team
>>
>> http://as37100.net/?peering
>>
>>
>>
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 20, 2018 5:37 PM
>> *To:* Miss Portia
>> *Cc:* safnog-oc at safnog.org
>> *Subject:* Re: [safnog-oc] SAFNOG/EANOG/tzNOG Announcement - Final Draft
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Portia.
>>
>> Yes, the announcement has started going out. You would have seen it on
>> the main SAFNOG list.
>>
>> All, please start pushing this out to your (local/regional/global)
>> networks and lists, and your social media profiles.
>>
>> Let's get the word out there. The hard work begins now.
>>
>> Mark.
>>
>> On 20/Jun/18 14:41, Miss Portia wrote:
>>
>> Good day Mark,
>>
>>
>>
>> May I confirm that the announcement has gone out and if we may start
>> sharing on SM platforms?
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Portia
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 at 09:18, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 19/Jun/18 22:18, Nishal Goburdhan wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> i saw my name somewhere else and i’m not sure why but i’m sure it will
>> all work out
>>
>> my worry about a 3d plenary is that we have enough problems getting
>> enough speakers for 2d.   but if this is not a concern then ok;  i’m not
>> really hard set into anything specific.
>>
>>
>>
>> Not really worried about that this year, as EANOG and TISPA are on-board
>> and will help drive the agenda.
>>
>> It could be more difficult with just SAFNOG, but if we are successful at
>> it this year, which I believe we will be, it will be easier to solidify
>> going forward.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark.
>>
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Portia
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