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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi Boubakar, Don and Afren List Readers,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards to All,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Duncan Martin</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> afren-bounces@afnog.org on behalf of Boubakar Barry<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sun 2007/11/04 08:54 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Don Riley<BR><B>Cc:</B> afren@afnog.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [afren] Fwd: Internet2-National LambdaRail Merger: DiscussionsTerminated (fwd)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Don,</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV>Boubakar<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 11/4/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Don Riley</B> <<A href="mailto:drriley@umd.edu">drriley@umd.edu</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Barry,<BR>Since the core issues were primarily more about different<BR>ownership/membership and governance models, coupled with different <BR>service models, other than satisfying curiosity, I don't think you'd<BR>find the actual rejected Definitive Agreement terribly informative.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Don Riley<BR><BR>Lucy Lynch wrote:<BR>> On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Boubakar Barry wrote: <BR>><BR>>> Anyone who has a copy of the proposed agreement that was rejected<BR>>> as-is by<BR>>> NLR?<BR>>><BR>>> Boubakar<BR>><BR>> The actual contract document is not publicly available but the final <BR>> report out of the planning team is:<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://www.internet2-nlr.org/npt/NPT_final_report.pdf">www.internet2-nlr.org/npt/NPT_final_report.pdf</A><BR>><BR>> - lucy<BR>><BR>>><BR>>> On 11/4/07, Randy Bush <<A href="mailto:randy@psg.com">randy@psg.com</A>> wrote:<BR>>>><BR>>>> this was a forgone conflusion. nlr has no motivation to merge. it ate<BR>>>> i2's lunch already. <BR>>>><BR>>>> randy<BR>>>><BR>>><BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>><BR>> afren mailing list<BR>><BR>> <A href="mailto:afren@afnog.org">afren@afnog.org</A><BR>><BR>> <A href="http://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afren">http://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afren</A><BR>><BR>><BR>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> afren mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:afren@afnog.org">afren@afnog.org </A><BR>> <A href="http://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afren">http://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afren</A><BR>><BR><BR>--<BR>Dr. Don Riley<BR>SURA IT Fellow; Chair, IEEAF (<A href="http://www.ieeaf.org/">www.ieeaf.org </A>)<BR>Professor, Decision Information Technologies<BR> and Affiliate Professor of Mechanical Engineering<BR>Univ. of Maryland<BR>4469 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 20742<BR>Phone/VMail: 301-405-8855 FAX: 301-405-8655 <BR>Home Office: 240-683-4564 H.FAX: 301-417-9493<BR><A href="mailto:drriley@umd.edu">drriley@umd.edu</A><BR>"Leaders for the Digital Economy" <A href="http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/">www.rhsmith.umd.edu</A><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>