Lauren Weinstein of PFIR wrote:
> We basically have not felt that there was much point in participating
> in the existing (broken) ICANN process. There hasn't been a budget
> that would allow for flying around to the meetings in any case...
> That's big bucks to us.
> Though Peter and I as individuals both
> have affiliations with ACM (RISKS / PRIVACY), we want to make it
> very clear that ACM has zero relationship with PFIR.
> I should also
> add that we make no bones about the fact that we have disagreements
> with some ACM policies as well.
> Peter and I started PFIR without any prior discussion with ACM, and
> ACM has no approval, control, input, or any other relationship
> with what we do in regards to PFIR. I'd appreciate it much if you
> would consider clarifying this to the mailing lists.
> There's been so much bad blood over Internet policies throughout the last
> couple of years. It's really important that efforts be made to try to get past
> that and move forward in a positive way.
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