<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">Hello,</span><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">I happen to be in the room during the APNIC PPM. A number of proposals were discussed before prop-118 with each of them having their total number of CONFER responders averaging within the 20s but prop-118 averaged in the 40s. That could be because it was discussed much later and there were more people connected (by the way CONFER allows both on-site/offsite participation[1]).</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">However, irrespective of any hypothesis that may ensue, the SIG Chair already flag early prior to prop-118 the fact that CONFER was a tool in its trial phase hence it's results were going to be considered within those realities (paraphrasing)[2]</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">On that note, situations are different in our region hence our approach may be different so I will encourage David to put up any policy proposal forward for this community to discuss. In the long run, it's this community participating in this rpd that decides irrespective of the happenings/decision in other region.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">I am for one glad that some of our region members are also following other RIR discussions as it's the way we can be better informed and derive our independent views (however valid or invalid they might be)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">Regards</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">1. Our community may want to consider it's use case as it concerns remote participation</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.696px">2. Anyone further interested can check the video logs on the APRICOT website.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 4 Mar 2017 11:04 AM, "Jackson Muthili" <<a href="mailto:jacksonmuthi@gmail.com">jacksonmuthi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br><br>On Saturday, March 4, 2017, Alan Barrett <<a href="mailto:alan.barrett@afrinic.net" target="_blank">alan.barrett@afrinic.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
> On 3 Mar 2017, at 21:47, Jackson Muthili <<a>jacksonmuthi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> We follow APNIC discussion. Do not mislead the community. There was no problem with their software. You tried to cheat by putting fake participants to vote for your policy and you were caught.<br>
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> Your questionable ethic puts me at a position to oppose any policy you introduce in our region.<br>
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Please don’t accuse people of trying to cheat, unless you have clear evidence.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>There's that good old English idiom. Where there's smoke, there's fire.</div><div><br></div><div>You want to be dispassionate and all but keep your eyes wide open especially on this one.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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