<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-06-09 23:59 GMT+04:00 Bill Woodcock <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:woody@pch.net" target="_blank">woody@pch.net</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id="gmail-:al" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15c8e71b014541f8">I surmise that Chevalier is suggesting that I claim that the the UN would not have chosen to discuss the shutdown issue but for the AfriNIC policy proposal; I do not in fact make such a claim.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>No you do not make such claim Bill. </div><div>What I do claim is that the anti-shutdown proposal (even if AfriNIC pdp is wrong place to fix it) elevate the topic of shutdown even more. It is also not the only thing. Other campaigner have been at this work of fighting shutdown for some time.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div id="gmail-:al" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH gmail-m15c8e71b014541f8">
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I just thought that people would be interested to see that the discussion is happening in the UN; that AccessNow is actively driving the process forward; and I independently related the fact that a number of people in other fora (most recently the CyCon meeting in Estonia last week) had expressed interest in the issue, and been pleasantly surprised to find it being brought forward by the AfriNIC discussion.</div></blockquote></div><br><br><br>There is part of this community that see nothing but evil in the proposal. And it not fully about the proposal. It is about one of the author. Those people will find justification to deny that this proposal had impact (as is already happening)<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Borg le Chevalier<br>___________________________________<br>"Common sense is what tells us the world is flat" </div>
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