North American Network Operators’ Group (NANOG)

An educational and operational forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and operational practices.” [direct quote] Meetings are held informally three times a year and comprised of open membership that typically includes senior engineering staff from tier 1 and 2 ISPs. Meetings are organized by a Delaware non-profit called NewNOG, Inc. NANOG evolved from NSFNET “Regional-Techs” meetings in 1994 when the group decided to revise its charter to include a wider base of network service providers.