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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nChange is the only constant.<\/strong> In his opening remarks, Martinez observed that LACNOG’s tenth anniversary was an excellent opportunity to reflect on the organization’s achievements. Ten years ago, it was difficult to imagine the Internet as we know it today: social media did not have the same impact it has today, videos were few and far between and often produced frustrating results, and bandwidth was quite limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Serv\u00edn recalled that, in the beginning, before its first face-to-face event held in S\u00e3o Paulo in 2010, LACNOG was a simply a mailing list where very good technical discussions took place. Antoniello then added that LACNOG began to take shape as an annual meeting once its bylaws were approved during the San Pablo meeting. Thus, the organization achieved a level of maturity that led to co-locating its events with LACNIC in the second half of each year. \u201cI believe that the LACNOG community in particular has evolved, we have evolved quite a bit as a community over the years,\u201d said Antoniello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to Antoniello, the spirit of LACNOG is to have an environment where participants can exchange ideas without the fear of commenting on any issue or problem. \u201cI will help someone today, someone will help me tomorrow. None of us is trained to solve every problem, so I think it is necessary and very positive for a regional community to have reached the place we are in today\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Patara’s opinion, celebrating LACNOG’s 10th<\/sup> anniversary marks a historic event. He recalled that the list was created in 2007, after an email announcing a policy discussion list for the LACNIC region. The LACNOG list was a spin-off created because multiple technical issues were being discussed on the policy list. \u201cThe first message was posted to the LACNOG list on 12 December of 2007. Back then, members of the list were discussing route aggregation, as there had been concern about the topic for some time. At first the list was a timid space where only a few people participated, but the quality of the discussions was fantastic and therefore it started to grow,\u201d Patara recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n O’Flaherty pointed out that LACNOG’s in-person meetings show that many things can only be agreed after face-to-face discussions. \u201cIn our case, it was clear that we needed to get to know each other, to meet at the same location.\u201d He highlighted the role that LACNIC had played in attracting network operators and convincing organizations to hold the LACNOG event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTen years later, it’s great to see that LACNOG is a well-organized group and that everything works. It\u2019s very important that people get to know each other and share their experiences. Trust among network operators is essential,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n