[At-Large] [APAC-ALS] [ALAC] ACTION ITEM: Consultation on makeup of ICANN Regions underway

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Dear Nirmol:

Perhaps it is useful to understand that there are currently geographic
regions recognised within ICANN, so it is not that there is a consultaton on
whether or not to have regional groupings, but what those groupings should
consist of. Of course the ALAC could suggest that all regions be removed.

If that were to happen, for example, the Asia Pacific region of At-Large
would cease to exist, and all ALSes would be lumped together. There are
those who might think that is a good idea. Personally, I suspect that this
would mean that some social regions would get less attention than others
because they would not be guaranteed a voice. For example, if all of ICANN
operated on a completely flat regional structure, would Africa get the same
amount of attention as North America or Europe does?

On 9 Feb 2007 07:35:00 -0000, Lawyer Nirmol <nirmol81 at rediffmail.com> wrote:
>
> I dont understand the idea.
>
> Internet is a world wide concept and the formation of managing societies
> like ALAC was to my understanding merely of convinience in administration.
> The concerns of the middle east countries has to be addressed by their At
> large structures and communicated to ALAC which in turn will communicate it
> to ICANN. As the role is mere advisory how does it matter as to how the
> administration block is structured.
> ISVK-India fails to buy the idea of creating jurisdiction over the
> administration of ICANN.
>
> Regards,
> Nirmol
> ISVK India
>
>
> On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 Nick Ashton-Hart wrote :
> >Just a reminder, there is an open consultation on the Geographic Regions
> of
> >ICANN, and whether the regions should be changed.
> >
> >The At-Large community's views would be welcomed - this point was
> actually
> >reinforced to me today by Paul Twomey amongst others.
> >
> >Might I suggest at least two points which could be communicated, these
> two
> >points being ones I have heard mentioned by others, and not being
> personal
> >observations?
> >
> >1) Some member-states of the European Union are located in regions
> outside
> >of Europe, which ought to be changed. In fact, candidate states of the EU
> >might also be better situated within the European region than in others
> >(Turkey comes to mind as an obvious example of this);
> >2) The Asia-Pacific region is currently enormous. I have heard it said in
> >particular that some representatives of Middle-Eastern groups believe it
> >ought to be a region of it's own, not in the APAC region.
> >
> >For the full text of the consultation announcement, please visit
> >http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-rev-28nov06.htm.
> >-- Regards,
> >
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Regards,

Nick Ashton-Hart
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