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Echoing Avri's and Mark's comments I'd say you rather did us a rare
honor, one that we should be keener to emulate. Thank You for
thinking out loud.<br>
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Nicolas<br>
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On 10/5/2011 10:16 AM, warigia bowman wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Marc<br>
<br>
sort of sorry I expressed an opinion here. <br>
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I agree we need a systematic approach to deciding which
organizations are allowed to have advertisements. It should not
be done on a case by case basis, and upon reflection, this was
an error in my thinking. <br>
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Sincerely, Rigia<br>
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I will agree with you that I also share the opinion that the
Red Cross should be nominated for sainthood. The question is
though - should that be a reason for special privileges?<br>
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So - let's play a game here. What other organizations would
qualify for special privileges, and what would be the rules
for granting them? After all, if we start playing favorites
don't we invite lawsuits or at least accusations of
cronyism? It this going to be an arbitrary process based on
feeling good? I'm a fan of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation. I'm sure many of you are as well. Do we give
them the .eff TLD? Based on how I feel - I would. But why
does how we feel matter?<br>
<br>
Even calling it "special privileges" in itself bothers me.
There has to be some sort of policy that makes sense so that
the process is fair.
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On 10/5/2011 4:21 AM, warigia bowman wrote:<br>
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I personally approve of giving special privileges to
the Red Cross/Red Crescent, but not to the IOO.<br>
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The Red Cross is one of the only organizations I trust
when I do fundraising for famine in East Africa.<br>
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Thanks, Rigia<br>
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