<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Owen,<div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2 Jul 2019, at 14:57, Owen DeLong <<a href="mailto:owen@delong.com" class="">owen@delong.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Omo,</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">The document provides only information that is a direct quote from the rpd list and the actual policy text. It is intended as a neutral summary to help people come up to speed on the proposal history and provided both pro and con information for each proposal. </div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">It was not designed to “coach” people to come to any particular conclusion. </div></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div>Your opinion above sounds very informed. Did you contribute to the document? </div><div><br class=""></div><div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class="">Owen</div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">On Jul 2, 2019, at 06:38, Omo Oaiya <<a href="mailto:Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net" class="">Omo.Oaiya@wacren.net</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2 Jul 2019, at 14:21, Ubah Anthony Ikechukwu <<a href="mailto:ubah.tonyiyke@gmail.com" class="">ubah.tonyiyke@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">A school of thought will say that Foundation through this document(s) educates their fellows and brings them up to speed on topics on the front burner by giving them a clearer picture on what to expect from the policy discussions, in preparation for the discussion session at the summit. While another school of thought can view the same document otherwise. It all boils down to perspective. </span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
I believe the point is that newcomers need to arrive at their own views and perspectives by reviewing the proposals and related background docs, rather than been coached to parrot statements in an obvious agenda to swell numbers of supporting voices at meetings. This is evident in the posts to the lists by some who make conflicting statements and sometimes they are just clearly out of sync.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Granted that some of these newcomers may still hold similar conclusions without coaching but my view is that this sort of “education” is gaming the PDP ….wherever it might come from. That Larus also has a checkered history in AFRINIC just makes it more suspect.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Omo</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2;" class=""><span class=""><span class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""><span class=""><span class=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">
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