[lac-discuss-en] ICANN Geographic Regions Review Working Group posts Draft Final Report for public comment

[Dev Anand Teelucksingh]

Dear All,

The ICANN Geographic Regions Review Working Group has published its
Draft Final Report for comment.

The draft final report outlines specific recommendations from the
Working Group to the ICANN Board regarding how the present Geographic
Regions Framework
can be modified to ensure that the organizational principles of
geographic and cultural diversity are honoured and maintained.

A key recommendation from the Working Group is for ICANN to adopt its
own Geographic Regions Framework based upon the assignment of
countries to
regions that currently underlies the organization of the Regional
Internet Registries (RIRs). The new Geographic Regions Framework would
govern the make-up of the ICANN Board and should serve as the default
for other parts of the ICANN community. The Working Group further
recommends that the ICANN Board give the
ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees the opportunity
to either directly apply the new framework to their operations or to
present the Board
with their own particular diversity methodology that is more
appropriate to their unique operational and community characteristics.

There would be significant changes for LACRALO if the proposed
Geographic Framework is adopted by ICANN and ALAC.

Currently, there are 33 countries in the LAC region as recognized by ICANN.

Under the proposed Geographic Regions Framework (assign countries to
regions as allocated to RIRs),
5 countries would be added to the LAC region from the European Region:
* Netherland Antilles
* Aruba
* Falkland Islands
* French Guiana
* South Georgia & S.Sandwich Islands

and 9 countries would be removed from the LAC region to be added to
the North American region:
* Antigua & Barbuda
* Barbados
* Bahamas
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Jamaica
* Saint Kitts & Nevis
* Saint Lucia
* St. Vincent & the Grenadines

The Draft Final Report is available in English, Spanish and French at
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/geographic-regions/geo-regions-draft-final-report-aug11-en.pdf
http://www.icann.org/es/topics/geographic-regions/geo-regions-draft-final-report-aug11-es.pdf
http://www.icann.org/fr/topics/geographic-regions/geo-regions-draft-final-report-aug11-fr.pdf


Kind Regards,

Dev Anand Teelucksingh
LACRALO Secretariat