[ALAC] ACTION ITEM: Consultation on makeup of ICANN Regions underway

[Robert Guerra]

The discussion on and about country regions , has if i'm not mistaken  
also taken place at many other fora - such as the UN, FIFA, Olympics,  
etc.

Wolfgang Kleinwachter posted a good summary a few months ago - will  
try to find it. In the meantime, it would be worthwhile looking up  
the references on Wikipedia .

Here's the one for FIFA...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_country_codes

Evan is correct, Israel tends to be placed - most of the time - not  
with its neighbors but with europe.

regards

Robert


On 7-Feb-07, at 7:13 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> Danny Younger wrote:
>> you may want to remind Paul that the At-Large Study Committee  
>> recommended the creation of a sixth ICANN region comprising India  
>> (.in), Pakistan (.pk), Afghanistan (.af), Kazakhstan (.kz),  
>> Uzbekistan (.uz), Kyrgyzstan (.kg), Turkmenistan (.tm), Tajikistan  
>> (.tj), Sri Lanka (.lk), Maldives (.mv), Iraq (.iq), Iran (.ir),  
>> Israel (.il), Syria (.sy), Jordan (.jo), Lebanon (.lb), Palestine  
>> Territories (.ps), Kuwait (.kw), UAE (.ae), Yemen (.ye), Oman  
>> (.om), Bahrain (.bh), Qatar (.qa), Saudi Arabia (.sa).
>>
>> Of course, the board ignored this recommendation [...]
> It may be less that this was ignored and more that it was deemed
> politically impractical.
>
> India and Pakistan generally don't consider themselves part of the
> middle east, and putting Israel together with its neighbours is almost
> always a non-starter.
>
> Stuff that seems logical with a pen and a map just doesn't happen that
> easily. The above alignment will never happen.
>> So why don't we play at reorganizing the regions instead of  
>> focusing on efforts to restore the representation that has been  
>> denied to us... perhaps that will keep us sufficiently diverted...
>>
> I hear you. Still, the oblivion apparent in the original  
> recommendation
> is remarkable.
>
> - Evan
>
>
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