Hi Cherry,
Appreciate the forward and encouraging participation :-)

I would like to echo the symbiosis between the NOG and FOSS communities not just in Bhutan, but across the wider industry. 

Bhutan Telecom (DrukNET to be precise) lead by Ganga sir/Jichen sir/Norbu sir et al, was where the seeds of FOSS in Bhutan were sown in the late 90s. BSD used to be the defacto OS then at DrukNET (with gradual shift to Red Hat and Debian based systems), along with most netops and network services tools.


DrukNET/BT, Tashi Infocomm, DrukREN, and NSRC were the early founders and supporters of btNOG, which ensured its sustainability over the past 11 years (with help from other funding agencies and the efforts from group of volunteers). 

The workshops offered at btNOG (DNS, NetSec/InfoSec, Systems Admin, Network Management, etc) have always been based on FOSS tools (excepting Router/Switch OSes).

Cheers,
—
Tashi 


On 7 Jan 2025, at 12:35 pm, Mathew Cherry G. <cherry@backyardinnovations.co.uk> wrote:

Hi everyone,

Just forwarding this from the Network Operators' Group, Bhutan.

As you probably already know, the NoGs and FOSS communities have some
overlap especially, wrt network code, infrastructure, etc.

Hope this is useful - I was at BTNoG last year, and it definitely looked
interesting - esp because in my experience, the Bhutan ISP/infra needs
more talent and help. So feel free to volunteer!

https://nog.bt for more.

Best,

--
Math/(~cherry)



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From: Tashi Phuntsho <toebinoz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2025 14:38:25 +1000
To: btnog@nog.bt
CC: BTNOG Coordination <btnog-coord@nog.bt>
Subject: [btNOG] Re: Call for btNOG12 Volunteers!

Hi All,
My apologies for missing out the year in my previous email.

Please see the following update:

btNOG12: 2025
Workshops: 17-21 August
Conference: 22 August

btNOG13: 2026
Workshops: 16-20 August
Conference: 21 August

btNOG14: 2027
Workshops: 15-19 August
Conference: 20 August

Thanks once again,
—
Tashi 
(on behalf of btNOG Coordination Team)




On 6 Jan 2025, at 2:36 pm, Tashi Phuntsho <toebinoz@gmail.com> wrote:

Happy 2025 Everyone!

Future btNOG dates have been finalised as follows (venue/location will be decided closer to the event):

btNOG12:
Workshops: 17-21 August
Conference: 22 August

btNOG13:
Workshops: 16-20 August
Conference: 21 August

btNOG14:
Workshops: 15-19 August
Conference: 20 August

To allow for better planning and coordination, we will be running btNOG workshops (5-days) and conference (1-day) on the 3rd week of August every year going forward, 

As you all know from your previous attendance at btNOG conferences/workshops, the annual btNOG event is coordinated and arranged by a group volunteers from the community.

 

To ensure long term sustainability, we are always hopeful that we will have new volunteers every year, with a couple of previous coordination team members staying back to guide and mentor.

 

The btNOG team is now seeking volunteers from the Bhutanese ICT community to be a part of the btNOG Coordination Team. 

 

Please submit your expression of interest to btnog-coord@nog.bt (please include your contact details, where you work and 1-2 sentences on why you would like to volunteer for the coordination team).

 

Do feel free to forward this to your friends/colleagues who have attended previous btNOG conferences/workshops.


Thanks,
—
Tashi 
(on behalf of btNOG Coordination Team)





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