AFNOG & AFRINIC JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT, MAY/JUNE 2008<br><br> 9th AfNOG MEETING<br><br> AfriNIC-8 MEETING<br><br>The African Network Operators' Group (AfNOG) and the African Network<br>Information Centre (AfriNIC) are pleased to announce that the 9th AfNOG
<br>Meeting and the AfriNIC-8 Meeting will be held Rabat, Morocco,<br>in May /June 2008.<br><br>ABOUT THE ENTIRE EVENT<br><br> AfNOG and AfriNIC are jointly organising a two-week event<br> that includes the AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology
<br> (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on workshop),<br> several full-day Advanced Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG Meeting,<br> and a two-day AfriNIC Public Policy Meeting and Annual General Meeting.<br>
<br> In addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted<br> in collaboration with other organizations such as the AAU and ISOC.<br><br> Further information about the event may be found at<br> <
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/</a>> and <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/">http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/</a>>.<br><br>TIMETABLE
<br><br> Unix Boot Camp 24 - 25 May 2008 (Saturday - Sunday)<br> AfNOG Workshop 26 - 30 May 2008 (Monday - Friday)<br> AfriNIC IPV6 W/shop 31 May - 1 June 2008 (Saturday - Sunday)<br> AfREN Meeting 31 May - 1 June 2008 (Saturday - Sunday)
<br> AfNOG Tutorials 1 - 2 June 2008 (Sunday - Monday)<br> AfriNIC LIR W/shop 2 June 2008 (Monday)<br> AfNOG Meeting 3 June 2008 (Tuesday)<br> AfriNIC-8 Meeting 4 - 5 June 2008 (Wednesday - Thursday)
<br> Africa INET Day 6 June 2008 (Friday)<br><br>VENUE<br><br> The Workshop, Tutorials, AfREN Forum, IPv6, LIR (24 May - 2nd June<br>2008)<br> will be held at Mohammadia Engineering Institute, Rabat. All
<br> Conferences (3 - 6 June 2008) will be held at the Golden Tulip Farah,<br> Rabat, Morocco.<br><br>ABOUT AfNOG<br><br> AfNOG (see <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afnog.org/">http://www.afnog.org/</a>>) is a forum for cooperation
<br> and the exchange of technical information between operators of<br> Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG has organised<br> an event like this one every year since 2000.<br><br>ABOUT AFRINIC<br><br> AfriNIC (see <
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afrinic.net/">http://www.afrinic.net/</a>>) is a Regional Internet<br> Registry (RIR), responsible for Internet resources Mangement in<br> Africa region. AfriNIc organises two Public Policy meetings every
<br> year (see <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/">http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/</a>>).<br><br>AfNOG WORKSHOP ON NETWORK TECHNOLOGY<br><br> The AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced
<br> training to people who are in the process of developing and<br> enhancing an Internet-connected network with regional and<br> international connectivity. The target audience includes senior and<br> mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet service providers
<br> (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks.<br><br> This workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops<br> held annually from 2000 to 2007 in eight different African countries,
<br> and also the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from<br> 1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the world. The workshop's<br> instructors are an international team with many years of experience
<br> operating large networks and teaching about network operations.<br><br> The workshop is divided into four parallel tracks:<br><br> SA-E - Unix System Administration (in English), focused on<br> using a Unix-like operating system as a platform for
<br> delivery of Internet services.<br><br> SS-E - Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused<br> on the design and operation of email, web, and other<br> Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle
<br> large numbers of end users.<br><br> SI-E - Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused<br> on the design and operation of networks using routers<br> and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large
<br> numbers of interconnected sites.<br><br> SI-F - Infrastructure Reseaux IP (en francais),<br> similar to SI-E, but given in French.<br><br>Further information and online application form for the workshop can be
<br>found at <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/workshop/online_application.html">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/workshop/online_application.html</a>><br><br>AfREN MEETING<br><br> The Africa Research and Education Networking community will be
<br> holding a two-day meeting on 31 May and 1 June 2008. The meeting will<br> discuss issues of interest to the NREN community such as coordination on<br> activites in the region, advocacy, bandwidth consortia, regional RENs
<br>etc<br><br><br>AfNOG TUTORIALS<br><br> AfNOG will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics.<br><br> Tutorials take place in a classroom-style environment, and<br> may include a hands-on practical component. Tutorials are
<br> non-commercial in nature, and most are technically oriented. They<br> are intended to offer advanced training on technology already<br> deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services<br>
provisioning for ISP operations.<br><br><br>9th AfNOG MEETING<br><br> The 9th AfNOG meeting will be held in Rabat, Morocco, on<br> 3 June 2008. AfNOG conferences provide a forum for the<br> coordination and dissemination of technical information related
<br> to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational<br> practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance<br> to current and future African backbone engineering practices.<br> The AfNOG 2007 conference in Abuja, Nigeria, drew over 165
<br> participants, mainly consisting of network engineering staff<br> from national service providers, and members of the research and<br> education community.<br><br> People interested in making a presentation or chairing
<br> a panel discussion at the AfNOG meeting are invited to<br> to submit a proposal, following the instructions at<br> <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/conference/">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/conference/
</a>><br><br>AfRINIC-8 MEETING<br><br> The AfriNIC-8 meeting will be held in Rabat, Morocco, on 4 and<br> 5 June 2008. AfriNIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an<br> excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions.
<br> These policies, which describe how Internet Number Resources should be<br> managed and distributed, are developed by the community.<br> The meeting will include tutorials, presentations, update on the various
<br> working groups and the AfriNIC Public Policy Meeting. The two day<br>meeting<br> will be preceeded by a two-day IPv6 training. The meeting will focus on<br> the IPv6 protocol and its deployment, especially in Africa and the issue
<br> of the exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of address space. There will be an<br> opportunity to discuss the challenges which our region will be facing<br>with<br> the exhaustion.<br><br> Further information is available at <
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/">http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/</a>>.<br><br><br>ISOC - INET AfRICA MEETING<br><br> The Internet Society will be organizing an INET Africa Conference on<br>
6 June 2008 in conjunction with the AfriNIC 8 and AfNOG 9 meetings in<br> Rabat, Morocco. This meeting will focus on technical as well as policy<br> aspects surrounding Internet standards development and applications,
<br> with special attention on localisation and education initiatives, and<br> efforts to further internationalise the Internet. The meeting is also<br> expected to open discussion on Internet governance issues of importance
<br> to the continent.<br><br><br>Issued jointly by AfNOG and AfriNIC<br><br><br>------<br><br>AfNOG 2008 WORKSHOP ON NETWORK TECHNOLOGY - APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION<br><br>Please see <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/workshop/">
http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/workshop/</a>> for<br>information about the AfNOG 2008 Workshop on Network Technology.<br><br>If you have questions regarding this announcement and application, they<br>may be addressed to: <
<a href="mailto:workshopinfo08@afnog.org">workshopinfo08@afnog.org</a>><br><br>WHERE TO APPLY<br><br> - You can fill in an application on line, at<br> <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/workshop/online_application.html">
http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/workshop/online_application.html</a>><br><br><br> - You can download a copy of the application form from<br> <<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/workshop/application-form.txt">
http://www.afnog.org/afnog2008/workshop/application-form.txt</a>>, or<br> request a copy via email to <<a href="mailto:applications08@afnog.org">applications08@afnog.org</a>>.<br><br> Then fill it in off-line, and email it to
<br> <<a href="mailto:workshop-apply08@afnog.org">workshop-apply08@afnog.org</a>>.<br><br> The "Subject" line of the message should contain your surname or<br> family name in the following format:
<br><br> Subject: AfNOG Workshop Application: <your-family-name><br><br>WHEN TO APPLY<br><br> Application forms must be submitted no later than 7 December 2007.<br><br> Applicants will be notified of their acceptance to the program
<br> and the amount of financial aid available (if any) on or about 31st<br> January 2008.<br><br>INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED ON YOUR APPLICATION<br><br> Please ensure that all of the contact information you submit is and
<br> accurate, or we will not be able to contact you.<br><br> Please give detailed answers to the questions about your work and<br> your experience.<br><br> If your are applying for financial assistance from AfNOG, please
<br> do not forget to answer the questions about other funding sources<br> available to you.<br><br><br>A. PERSONAL DATA<br><br>FAMILY NAME (LAST NAME, SURNAME) ONLY:<br>Full Name:<br>Employer/Organization<br>Position/Title:
<br>Business Address:<br>Business Telephone:<br>Alternate Telephone:<br>E-mail address:<br>Fax:<br>Date of birth:<br>Nationality:<br>Name as it appears on passport or other travel document:<br>Passport number:<br>Country issuing passport:
<br>Date passport was issued:<br>Date of passport expiration:<br>Knowledge of English /French: Please rate your knowledge in these<br>categories:<br><br>Listening/comprehension: minimal / fair / good / excellent<br>Reading: minimal / fair / good / excellent
<br>Speaking: minimal / fair / good / excellent<br>Writing: minimal / fair / good / excellent<br>Please indicate with an asterisk (*) the most reliable addresses and<br>telephone/fax numbers above which can be used to reach you.
<br><br>B. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION<br><br>Instructional track applied for (Please select only one track; the tracks<br>will run concurrently):<br><br>[ ] SA-E - UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION<br>[ ] SS-E- SCALABLE INTERNET SERVICES
<br>[ ] SI-E - SCALABLE NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE<br>[ ] SI-F - INFRASTRUCTURE RESEAUX (French Track - equivanent to SI-E)<br><br>Please indicate your specific interests within the area you have chosen:<br><br>C. TECHNICAL SKILLS
<br><br>1. Are you a UNIX user? How much have you used it?<br><br>2. Have you been a UNIX system administrator? Describe your experience<br>(length of time, versions, etc.).<br><br>3 Have you used/administered TCP/IP networks? Describe.
<br><br>4. Have you set up and/or administered any of the following?<br>Please give details.<br><br>- bind or any other nameservers<br>- sendmail/smail/exim/postfix<br>- majordomo/mailman or other list manager
<br>- apache/IIS web systems<br><br>5. Have you configured or otherwise managed any of the following?<br>Details, please.<br><br>- routers<br>- switches<br>- network monitoring<br>- noc<br><br>
D. DESCRIPTION OF ROLE IN NATIONAL NETWORKING ACTIVITIES<br><br>Bearing in mind that this information will be used to determine whether<br>to admit you to the workshop, please provide in the format of your<br>choice the following information about yourself. Please be sure that it
<br>is sufficiently clear, well organized and adequate for this purpose.<br><br><br>1. A description of your current employer, your position, your duties<br>and responsibilities, and how they relate to current and future data
<br>networking activities in your country.<br><br><br>2. A brief description of your computing and networking environment<br>(operating systems, networking software, modems, etc.), including the<br>connectivity of your organization to the Internet and your country's
<br>connectivity to the international Internet.<br><br><br>3a. Scope of your institution (check all categories that apply):<br><br>[ ] Commercial Network Provider<br>[ ] Academic Network Provider<br>[ ] NGO Network Provider
<br>[ ] Other (Specify)______________<br><br>3b. Approximate number of full time staff at your institution:________<br><br><br>4. How your training and current work prepare and qualify you for the<br>track you wish to attend.
<br><br><br>5. How you expect to use the knowledge you gain at the workshop after<br>you return to your country.<br><br><br>6. If you have previously attended AfNOG/INET Workshops for Developing<br>Countries,<br><br><br>a. Year and track you attended:
<br><br><br>b. A precise description of how you have used the training you have<br>received in the past:<br><br><br>c. The significant advances in networking which have occurred in your<br>country specifically because of your knowledge and effort:
<br><br><br>E. FINANCIAL INFORMATION<br><br>Your application must contain the following complete information if you<br>wish to be considered for financial support to attend the workshop.<br><br>The Workshop fee is US$1,600. This includes accommodation and meals.
<br>Applicants are usually expected to provide their own funding (from<br>whatever sources). However AfNOG or its sponsors may make a limited<br>financial assistance available to deserving candidates. Even if you<br>request financial assistance you might not receive any, and your
<br>acceptance into the Workshop will be conditional on your ability to<br>provide all or most of the funding yourself. Although you may be well<br>qualified and in great need of financial assistance, the maximum funds<br>
AfNOG or its sponsors may provide is US$1,000 in financial assistance<br>for BOTH WORKSHOP FEES AND AIRFARE.<br><br>Payment for the workshop may be made by funds transfer, bank / certified<br>cheque or in cash. Further details will be provided in the admission
<br>letter to successful candidates.<br><br>NOTE : YOUR ACCEPTANCE INTO THE WORKSHOP MAY BEPEND ON YOUR ABILITY TO<br>PROVIDE<br>SOME OR ALL THE WORKSHOP FEES.<br><br>1. Are you are requesting financial aid from the AfNOG Workshop for
<br>attending the workshop and meetings?<br>[ ] Yes<br>[ ] No<br><br>2. If you are requesting financial aid to cover the workshop fee, please<br>provide a complete list of funding sources in the following form. The<br>list should contain all sources of funds that are available to you for
<br>payment of the workshop fee. The amounts should total U.S.$1,600.<br><br>1. Your Institution -- U.S.$ __________<br>2. Your Government -- U.S.$ __________<br>3. From international organizations -- U.S.$ __________<br>
4. Your personal contribution -- U.S.$ __________<br>5. Amount you ask from AfNOG -- U.S.$ __________ (less than $1,000)<br>_________________________________<br>TOTAL Income = U.S.$1,600.00<br><br> (PLEASE SELECT ONLY ONE - WORKSHOP FEES OR AIRFARE)
<br><br>3. Will you need financial assistance for airfare? If so, how much will<br>you or your institution be contributing?<br><br>[ ] No, assistance for airfare not needed.<br>[ ] Yes, assistance needed. (less than $1,000)
<br>Amount of your contribution: U.S.$_________<br><br>4. If you are requesting financial support for airfare, please provide a<br>good estimate of round trip, lowest economy excursion airfare<br>between your place of residence and Cassablanca, Morocco, in May 2008.
<br>(Flights from Africa terminate at Cassablanca, connection to Rabat can<br>be made by bus or train).<br><br>1. Airfare:<br>2. Airline:<br>3. Type of fare:<br>4. City of departure:<br>5. Source of your estimate:<br><br>
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