[NA-Discuss] Voting Update

Tue Jun 5 14:35:53 EDT 2007

If the commitment on translations is one where you want ICANN to  
commit to translating things, then that would go in the MoU - and  
indeed there is already language in the MoU related to this (which is  
also the subject of staff comments).

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On 5 Jun 2007, at 17:28, Thompson, Darlene wrote:

> Yes, I think that somebody mentioned quite some time ago that there  
> are more Spanish speakers in the US than there are people in  
> Canada…  So, it would definitely make sense.  If this is something  
> that we can do WITHOUT taking a separate vote on the OP Principles,  
> we should do it.  If not, that should be right near the top of the  
> list (along with making things better for individuals) to get  
> changed in our first year of operation.
>
>
> Or is this something for our MOU?  In which case, we DO have time  
> to discuss it as it deserves to be discussed.
>
>
> D
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> Darlene A. Thompson
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> From: na-discuss-bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss- 
> bounces at atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Michael Maranda
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> This would also be appealing for inclusion of a significant  
> proportion of US population.
>
> On 6/5/07, Jacqueline A. Morris < jam at jacquelinemorris.com> wrote:
>
> Given that Puerto Rico is in NA - should you add Spanish now  
> anyway? There's
> one ALS from Puerto Rico - ISOC PR.
> Jacqueline
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John L [mailto:johnl at iecc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:48 AM
> To: Robert Guerra
> Cc: NA Discuss
> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Voting Update
>
> > - Official languages: The USA (as stated by congress) is English,  
> Canada's
>
> > official languages (at a federal level) are English and French
>
> The US has no official language.  But English is the de facto national
> language.
>
> In the discussions I've heard, we agreed that if ICANN reorganized the
> regions to put Mexico into NA, we would add Spanish as a working  
> langauge.
>
> R's,
> John
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