O'Reirdan, Michael wrote:
MAAWG is has no size limitations as to members. Yes we do have a $4000
supporter membership. This has not proved a barrier to many organisations.
Likely because for the ones for whom it is a barrier, they look at the
cost and don't even bother considering an initial contact. Thus, you
never hear about it.
Admittedly, most smaller organizations simply don't have the time to
participate in even a handful of the $bignum industry organizations
(whether they cost money or not) so that's likely a more substantial
barrier.
To be completely clear, it's not clear to me that an organization that
cannot afford $4000/year would actually have the resources to
participate in a meaningful way anyway. Which is to say that I do not
necessarily disagree with the fee structure, and that is speaking from
under my "small organization for whom the $4k/year is an insurmountable
barrier" hat.
All that said, I believe I have had my say sufficiently so I will not
contribute further to the overall noise level on NANOG.
Mike O'Reirdan
Chairman, MAAWG
----- Original Message -----
From: Benjamin Billon <bbillon...@splio.fr>
To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org>
Sent: Tue Sep 08 17:17:58 2009
Subject: Re: Repeated Blacklisting / IP reputation
ISPs can be invited and there are specific meetings for them (closed to
other members).
There're also whitepapers for ISP (and others).
But I agree, hoping ALL the ISPs join MAAWG or even hear about it is
utopian.
--
Benjamin
William Astle a écrit :
J.D. Falk wrote:
Seth Mattinen wrote:
I was always under the impression that smaller orgs were not allowed to
join the MAAWG club.
I've heard that, too, but have no idea where it comes from. It's not
true; there's no size requirement or anything like that.
http://www.maawg.org/ has the membership application and other info.
The $4000/year minimum membership fee is a non-starter for small
organizations who are already strapped for operating cash as it is.
This is probably where the perception comes from.
--
William Astle
l...@l-w.ca
