sdnog Story How to setup local Network Operator Group sdnog team highlight the best practices and steps to establish a local Network Operator Group (NOG) from the first idea to planning and holding the first event, based on the experience of establishing SdNOG; The Sudan Network Operator Group. To begin planning for establishing your local NOG, ask yourself the following questions Why do you need a local NOG? What are the vision, mission and objectives of the group? What will be the activities of the group? How can you meet these goals? Answering these questions successfully will give you a clear action plan on how to establish your local NOG. The following document demonstrate the required steps, Esta blishing Local NOG_SdNOG Experience Special Thanks for Samir S. Omer who did a great work to write this document.