<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Milton L Mueller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I just love the way people present their own views as "the community's" views. Intentionally or not, it can have the effect of pre-empting discussion of things that need to be discussed, and thus needs to be identified and challenged whenever it occurs.<br>
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If I am not mistaken - or more accurately, if Chu Yi is not mistaken - APNIC already has the kind of policy or practice he is requesting. Thus, Heather, I must ask: are you saying that the entire Asia-Pacific region is not part of "the community" that has favored transparency?</blockquote>
<div><br></div><div>She was clearly referring to the ARIN community:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.666666984558105px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"You can look through meeting minutes, ppml & policy proposal archives for the past versions of this discussion"</span></div>
<div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Keep in mind that AP is the world's most populous region with the most Internet users and that the "badness" of which you speak is global and not bounded by any region or territory.<br>
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I would say that the merit of your arguments regarding transparency may be strong enough to stand on their own; no need to invoke a fictitious "community"<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>a fictitious "community" in which you participate? ;-)</div>
</div><div><br></div>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>