<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks Shane. I’m familiar with the rule. We don’t use it in the IGF, for various reasons, at least not since the early tense days of the MAG.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 3, 2016, at 12:13, Shane Kerr <<a href="mailto:shane@time-travellers.org" class="">shane@time-travellers.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">William,<br class=""><br class="">At 2016-06-03 11:13:55 +0200<br class="">William Drake <<a href="mailto:wjdrake@gmail.com" class="">wjdrake@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jun 3, 2016, at 02:06, avri doria <<a href="mailto:avri@apc.org" class="">avri@apc.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Chatham House style (content w/o attribution) <br class=""></blockquote><br class="">In true bottom up transparent community driven IGF fashion….not.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">To be honest, that doesn't seem too horrible. The Chatham House rule is<br class="">there for a reason:<br class=""><br class=""> Q. What are the benefits of using the Rule?<br class=""><br class=""> A. It allows people to speak as individuals, and to express views<br class=""> that may not be those of their organizations, and therefore it<br class=""> encourages free discussion. People usually feel more relaxed if<br class=""> they don't have to worry about their reputation or the implications<br class=""> if they are publicly quoted.<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/chatham-house-rule" class="">https://www.chathamhouse.org/about/chatham-house-rule</a><br class=""><br class="">Cheers,<br class=""><br class="">--<br class="">Shane - speaking only for myself ;)<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">
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