<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks Owen<div><br></div><div>i think my reference here was to a particular mail where it was clarified that participants though had an allegiance to an entity were on the list in their individual capacity.</div><div><br></div><div>in my country law enforcement is government and I'm sure it is the same in most countries in Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>regards</div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 28, 2013, at 2:27 PM, Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jun 28, 2013, at 2:14 AM, Badru Ntege <<a href="mailto:ntegeb@one2net.co.ug">ntegeb@one2net.co.ug</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div>On Jun 28, 2013, at 4:39 AM, Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><font> </font><br>Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that any representative of any government, member or not, is welcome to participate in the PDP as is any other individual, member or not. However, to the best of my knowledge, the PDP is limited to the participation of individuals, whether or not they represent an organization, and is not open to organizations, per se.<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Interesting there is a similar discussion happening on the Arin List about government participation. You are right people participate on this list in their individual capacity and not official capacity.</div></div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>As a member of the ARIN AC, I follow the ARIN list rather closely.</div><div><br></div><div>I think it would be more accurate to say that there is a discussion of a policy proposal submitted by individuals from US and Canadian government agencies. As part of that discussion, the topic of government participation has also come up, though it was more specifically about participation by Law Enforcement than government in general.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br></div><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>