[cooperation-wg] Internet governance

In message <52890490.4040205 at inex.ie>, at 18:01:52 on Sun, 17 Nov 2013, 
Nick Hilliard <nick at inex.ie> 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