<div dir="ltr"><div>I was part of the ISOC delegation at the time and I don't recall it being perceived as a threat per se, just not strictly needed.<br><br></div>Maybe Avri has a different recollection. I do recall that they got us all together and asked us our opinion.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ca@cafonso.ca" target="_blank">ca@cafonso.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Basically yes, Bill.<br>
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On 11/17/2014 04:13 PM, William Drake wrote:<br>
> Denounced it as a threat until it was clearly going to happen anyway, and then loved it to death.<br>
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> BD<br>
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>> On Nov 17, 2014, at 8:47 AM, Jeanette Hofmann <<a href="mailto:jeanette@wzb.eu">jeanette@wzb.eu</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> ISOC said more or less the same thing in 2005 about the idea of founding an Internet Governance Forum.<br>
>> jeanette<br>
>><br>
>> Am 17.11.14 05:04, schrieb Ian Peter:<br>
>>> Note: ISOC is refusing to participate at this stage in WEF NMI initiative<br>
>>> Big development... will be interesting to see responses<br>
>>> *From:* Dave Farber via ip <mailto:<a href="mailto:ip@listbox.com">ip@listbox.com</a>><br>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2014 2:47 PM<br>
>>> *To:* ip <mailto:<a href="mailto:ip@listbox.com">ip@listbox.com</a>><br>
>>> *Subject:* [IP] ISOC Board Statement on the Net Mundial Initiative<br>
>>><br>
>>> A must read djf<br>
>>><br>
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>>> Date: Nov 16, 2014 5:30 PM<br>
>>> Subject: [isoc-trustees] ISOC Board Statement on the Net Mundial Initiative<br>
>>> To: "ISOC Board of Trustees" <<a href="mailto:isoc-trustees@elists.isoc.org">isoc-trustees@elists.isoc.org</a><br>
>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:isoc-trustees@elists.isoc.org">isoc-trustees@elists.isoc.org</a>>><br>
>>> Cc:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Attached is the statement that will be on the ISOC web site in 30<br>
>>> minutes or so.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Once you see it there, please post it to facebook and tweet it.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks for the very productive meeting yesterday and today!<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thanks,<br>
>>> Bob<br>
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