In message <[email protected]>, at 18:01:52 on Sun, 17 Nov 2013,
Nick Hilliard <[email protected]> writes
the RIPE NCC kindly sponsored travel/hotel expenses for me to go to the IGF
meeting in Bali in October.
I was initially puzzled that there was an explicit intention not to make
any decisions there, but it quickly became clear that this was a very smart
thing to do. The result was an unusually open atmosphere considering the
attendee spread - civil society, lawmakers, regulatory people, politicians,
etc. Pretty much everyone was on equal footing, and that made it easy to
approach people or to be approached. Most importantly, the majority of
people were enthusiastic about understanding other peoples' points of view.
That has been the IGF mission statement, and everyone involved's
understanding, since 2006. I'm sorry no-one brought you up to speed
before they sent you to Bali. I hope it didn't hamper your mission at
all.
--
Roland Perry
