ANS etc.

> >[2] Is there an equivalent to NANOG for Europe and Asia and is there
>
> >an equivalent list which discusses operational issues for these
> > continents? Pointers appreciated.
> >
>
> Yes, for Europe there's the RIPE-discuss list (for which I don't have
> an immediate reference) and for Asia, there's the apops list:
>
  For RIPE, try http://www.ripe.net/ then do some
drilling.........

You are looking for the European Operators Forum, one of the working groups
of RIPE. Have a look at http://www.ripe.net/wg/eof/index.html.
Here you'll also find the mailinglist archives.

Marijke