In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Parkinson, Jonathan" typed: >>There is more than America out there ? >>;-) you mean america still exists - i thought it was actually a myth like atlantis.... >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: John Stracke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 3:21 PM >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs >> >> >>Graham Klyne wrote: >> >>> But I am still uncomfortable with it. It implies that, somehow, any >>non-US >>> participant is somehow a second class citizen, who is permitted to attend >>> purely as a concession by the US elite whose organization this is. Maybe >>> that also is true -- but I don't have to like it. I very much prefer the >>> "pretense" >> >>In other words, the pretense is self-fulfilling: by claiming (and striving) >>to >>be global, the IETF avoids driving away non-US participants, which makes the >>IETF more truly global. >> >>-- >>/================================================================\ >>|John Stracke | http://www.ecal.com |My opinions are my own. | >>|Chief Scientist |===============================================| >>|eCal Corp. |Yes, sir, we've graphed the data. It's a smiley| >>|[EMAIL PROTECTED]|face, sir. | >>\================================================================/ >> >> cheers jon
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- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs Steven M. Bellovin
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs Vernon Schryver
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS W... Keith McCloghrie
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for AP... Theodore Y. Ts'o
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS W... Brian E Carpenter
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS W... RJ Atkinson
- RE: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs Josh Cohen
- RE: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs Parkinson, Jonathan
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS W... Valdis . Kletnieks
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS W... Jon Crowcroft
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs Iain Hanson
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs Vernon Schryver
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- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS W... Masataka Ohta
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for AP... Austin Schutz
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings fo... John Stracke
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for AP... Valdis . Kletnieks
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS W... Graham Klyne
- Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for AP... Brian E Carpenter
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