Packet Pushers - Heavy Networking 677: US Networking User Association

Chris Kane & I joined Ethan Banks to discuss the USNUA! It was a great conversation, thanks to Ethan and the Packet Pushers crew for having us. Definitely be sure to subscribe to all of the Packet Pushers content, it's all fantastic. I've been an avid listener for years so it's an honor to be on.

What we covered

Chris Kane and I told the story from the Ohio Networking User Group forward: why we started it, what a NUG night looks like, the vendor-neutral rule and how sponsors fit around it, how the COVID pause turned a regional group into a repeatable template, and what it takes to launch a chapter. The short version of that last part: two local organizers, a venue, and our team behind you doing the sponsor wrangling, the food and the logistics so it never becomes a second job. Ethan also pointed listeners at the UK Networking User Group, which had started independently across the Atlantic, as evidence the idea travels.

If you want the full origin story with more detail, the episode of Telemetry Now we did with Phil Gervasi two years later covers the same ground with two more years of chapters behind it. This was the one that put it in front of the Packet Pushers audience first.

Heavy Networking 677: US Networking User Association - Meetups For Network Engineers - Packet Pushers

You ever want a group of fellow networking nerds to hang with once in a while? The US Networking User Association might be exactly what you’re looking for. With local networking user groups popping up in various places all over the US and soon other countries, the USNUA is fostering community and kn…

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