RE: 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.........