<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi McTim,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Then there are still a whole host of policy questions that are of global scope (unlike the RIRs) and not necessarily focusing on technical standards and protocol specs (like IETF). I guess it comes as no surprise to anyone that those issues are precisely the most contentious. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Rgds,</div><div><br></div><div>mC</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:04 PM, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi Mawaki,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Mawaki Chango <<a href="mailto:kichango@gmail.com">kichango@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I was about to read the piece and then I saw McTim's response... [sigh]<br>
><br>
> Is there any outlet left in the IG landscape that is not biased, any<br>
> party/stakeholder that can be regarded as telling it just like it is, at any<br>
> time? Because, really, time is these days the most precious resource<br>
> (although it has always been so but maybe less scarce for us to worry about<br>
> it that much as we might today.) The politicizing of IG issues is becoming<br>
> sickening. Soon, we'll be performing just as efficiently as the US Congress<br>
> -- except that it'll be worse, since we don't even have one body we ALL<br>
> recognize as the legitimate place where everybody feels their contribution<br>
> is given equal weight as to any other party's.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>I would say that AFRINIC (and the other RIRs) are that place at the<br>
moment, as well as the IETF.<br>
<br>
These are meritocracies, where the best ideas win!<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
McTim<br>
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