[afren] Fwd: Internet2-National LambdaRail Merger: DiscussionsTerminated (fwd)

[Duncan Martin]

Hi Boubakar, Don and Afren List Readers,
I'm sad to read of the contining failure, despite sustained efforts by good and capable people, of the attempt to merge Internet2 and NLR.  To my mind, the lesson for REN initiatives and for REN champions in Africa is that it is incomparably more difficult to merge two established RENs, even when their missions and operations overlap substantially, than it is to create a new REN.
Regards to All,
Duncan Martin

 
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From: afren-bounces at afnog.org on behalf of Boubakar Barry
Sent: Sun 2007/11/04 08:54 PM
To: Don Riley
Cc: afren at afnog.org
Subject: Re: [afren] Fwd: Internet2-National LambdaRail Merger: DiscussionsTerminated (fwd)


Hi Don,
 
These issues are of particular interest for emerging RENs. But I understand from Lucy's posting that the actual proposed agreement isn't publicly available.
 
Regards
Boubakar

 
On 11/4/07, Don Riley <drriley at umd.edu> wrote: 

	Barry,
	Since the core issues were primarily more about different
	ownership/membership and governance models, coupled with different 
	service models, other than satisfying curiosity, I don't think you'd
	find the actual rejected Definitive Agreement terribly informative.
	
	Regards,
	Don Riley
	
	Lucy Lynch wrote:
	> On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Boubakar Barry wrote: 
	>
	>> Anyone who has a copy of the proposed agreement that was rejected
	>> as-is by
	>> NLR?
	>>
	>> Boubakar
	>
	> The actual contract document is not publicly available but the final 
	> report out of the planning team is:
	>
	> www.internet2-nlr.org/npt/NPT_final_report.pdf
	>
	> - lucy
	>
	>>
	>> On 11/4/07, Randy Bush <randy at psg.com> wrote:
	>>>
	>>> this was a forgone conflusion.  nlr has no motivation to merge.  it ate
	>>> i2's lunch already. 
	>>>
	>>> randy
	>>>
	>>
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