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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sorry, I asked for statements (and not of course, unreaslistically, a single statement) concerning the ethical/policy implications of PRISM and not for technical explications or "trust me/us" statements. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I would have thought that ISOC at least, would have made a statement on what has to be the most significant single set of public policy concerns that have arisen since the beginning of the Internet and what is probably a quite fundamental inflection point for how the Internet will develop/be allowed to develop/be directed to develop, technically and otherwise into the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>McTim<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 10, 2013 11:08 AM<br><b>To:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org; Kerry Brown<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] Have there been any statements re: PRISM from the "technical community"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Kerry Brown <<a href="mailto:kerry@kdbsystems.com" target="_blank">kerry@kdbsystems.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don't know if this counts as the "technical community" but it does provide a plausible technical scenario.<br><br>As an aside I am really getting tired of the us vs. them conversations. We are a community that is made up of communities. Many people have their fingers in many communities. There is a lot of overlap. Trying to reduce every conversation to sides is not useful and only causes division when we should be seeking unification and consensus.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I agree wholeheartedly!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>As I said before, it is doubtful there is a "technical community" rep who can meaningfully make a statement on behalf of the tens/hundreds of thousands of people who can be said to be "T&A", despite MG wanting a statement.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>