1. Middle East Network Operators Group www.menog.net

2. MENOG The Middle Eastern region – Turkey to Iran, the Gulf states – Good participation from Northern Africa Countries Meetings are twice a year – Not on a fixed schedule, trying to work out between other meetings Increasing in participants and also involved in other activities like IPv6 Roadshow

3. Before MENOG RIPE NCC Regional Meetings – Hosted in Dubai, Qatar and Bahrain RIPE NCC regional Meeting Bahrain was the instigator – 14-15 November 2006, Bahrain – Agreement to start hosting MENOGs in the region – The Regional Meetings will continue to be part of MENOG – Strong support from the RIPE NCC

4. MENOGs MENOG 1 : 2-5 April 2007, Bahrain MENOG 2: 19 – 21 Nov 2007, Doha, Qatar MENOG 3: 15 - 17 April 2008, Kuwait RIPE Dubai : 26-30 October, Dubai, UAE MENOG 4: 5-9 April 2009, Bahrain

5. MENOGs MENOG 5: 25-29 October 2009, Beirut, Lebanon – Started to do hands-on workshops IPv6 and Security 180 Attendees from 29 countries MENOG 6 : 10 – 14 April 2010, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Two workshops again – 140 Attendees from 19 countries

6. MENOGs MENOG 7: 21 – 29 October 2010, Istanbul, Turkey – In Europe ? But very strong local interest to host. – Initiated the TRNOG during the MENOG. MENOG 8: 15-23 May, 2011, Damascus, Syria – Current situation in ME being monitored – May have to move meeting

7. IPv6 roadshow Collaboration with the RIPE NCC to do a series of IPv6 workshops in the region – The instructors are from the MENOG pool – It’ll help to promote MENOG events and also IPv6 – Planning stages

8. RIPE NCC support The secretariat is currently hosted by the RIPE NCC – Postal address in Saudi Arabia – Easier operationally MENOG also serves as the RIPE NCC regional meeting Strong support from the RIPE Board for this activity

9. Structure Co-ordination Team Osama Dosary (Chair) Sandra Gijzen Kais Al-Essa Sultan Al-Shamsi Paul Rendek, Philip Smith Gaurab Raj Upadhaya

10. Program Call for Program committee before every meeting – Currently the call for MENOG 8 is in progress Call for Papers done on the mailing list – Currently the call for MENOG 8 is in progress Conference calls and discussion on mailing list and use of online evaluation system.

11. Questions