<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td valign="top"><div>The internet is supposed to make it easier for businesses and business people to connect and get things done faster, like, for example, recruiting business people, but ironically internet governance connected groups spend most of their time physically traveling to places to get mostly nothing done, and say "more work needs to be done". <br /><br />Anybody remember NamesCon 2008? Me niether. There hasn't ever been a Conference that the whole world benefitted from, because conferences in the internet age are not meant for progress, conferences are just excuses for people to travel, to see and be seen, to party, in my opinion, and in my opinion proven by the fact that the internet's supposed and oft-mentioned purpose is to facilitate the entire business process, making the decision making/meeting process at conferences obsolete, unnecessary in a business sense, and also laughable,
when some business people who could easily talk and compare business notes any time of day via the internet say, "Let's wait for the conference to decide on that." Why? <br /><br />So Travelers can say they are leaders who physically traveled to meet and talk with relevant business people, when I am as much of a leader writing this single critique via email as they are traveling to vegas to walk around and say, "ooh, that's interesting" 1000 times. While it might be fun to do, the internet community is waiting for real tangible progress and real solutions to real world problems and all the tech community has provided them in the past 12 months is an IWatch. I would argue that the "constant conference culture" limits real progress by getting people stuck in a never ending travel loop, where all they begin to care about is the quality of the next travel destination. <br /><br />Ron</div></td></tr></table> <div id="_origMsg_">
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<td valign="top"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">ARIN is taking the show on the road, and this time we are heading to</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">Seattle, Washington! Registration is now open and we hope you can join</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">us for:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">ARIN the Road - Seattle</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">Wednesday, 20 January 2016</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">10:00 AM – 3:30 PM ET</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">Register at: </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.arin.net/seattle" style="font-size:12.8px;">https://www.arin.net/seattle</a><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br
style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">This one-day event is your opportunity to learn about topics like:</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">* ARIN's Mission and Services</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">* Life after IPv4 Depletion – Understanding your Options</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">* DNSSEC and Resource Certification</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">* Policy Development Process</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">* ARIN Services & Tools</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">* IPv6 Adoption – Where are we now?</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">In addition to providing great professional education, ARIN on the
Road</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">will give you a chance to connect with colleagues and find out how you</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">can help shape the future of the Internet by getting involved in the</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">ARIN community.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">We are also looking for organizations that would like to share their</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">IPv6 implementation story and/or how they use ARIN's restful interface</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">as part of the agenda. Please contact </span><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank" href="javascript:return" style="font-size:12.8px;">info@arin.net</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;"> soon if you
are</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">interested in speaking.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">Registration is free and lunch is included! Seating is limited so</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">register today. Joining us "on the road" is a great first step to learn</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">how you can take the wheel and steer the future of the Internet.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">If you know other individuals whom you feel may benefit from attending</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">these events, please extend this invitation to them as well. Feel free</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">to contact us at </span><a rel="nofollow"
ymailto="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank" href="javascript:return" style="font-size:12.8px;">info@arin.net</a><span style="font-size:12.8px;"> if you have any questions.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">Regards,</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">Communications and Member Services</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px;">American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px;"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight<br><a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mcknight.glenn@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>skype gmcknight<br>twitter gmcknight<br>.</div></div></div>
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