A presentation given at the Youth Program BoF during APNIC 38.

1. Taiji Tsuchiya
wakamonog committee
BIGLOBE Inc.

2. What’s wakamong?
若者(wakamono) + NOG (Young People) (Network Operators’ Group)
•Community of engineer under 32 years old
(0x20)
•Lunched in 2007
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3. Motivation
•young engineers worried about…
–less knowledge for discussions
•don’t know background of the discussion
–less network of contacts
•don’t have so many friends of the same profession
•We want to make a chance of …
–Sharing mutual knowledge
–Networking with prospective core engineers
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4. Activities
•studying
–hold study meetings
–exchange information
•interacting
–collaborating with other IT communities (BoF)
•networking
–have drinking parties
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5. How was launched?
•Originally, we were one of attendee of JANOG (Japan Network Operators’ Group)
•Young members gathered on U-30 youth BoF in JANOG meeting
•Created wakamonog mailing-list for exchanging information.
•Set up a committee members for periodical activities
•Hold study event and networking event once every a few month
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6. Benefits by joining the wakamonog
•Can make a lot of associates over the companies
–Elder people introduce us to young members
•Can form a connection with experts’ community.
•Had been taken up by the web media.
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7. 2014/9/17
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Contact us
wakamonog-sec@googlegroups.com
http://wakamonog.jp/
“Let’s shape the future of the Internet by our hands!”