[NA-Discuss] [At-Large] Call for Statements of Interest | NA RALO Seats on ALAC

[John L]

> Firstly, there is a further qualification for ALAC members: that the
> members selected must be nationals, or residents, of different
> countries in the region.
>
> This comes from the ICANN Bylaws if you are wondering.

I've often heard this, but I just looked through the bylaws and I can't 
find where it says that.  It does say in section XI(2)(4)(b) that the five 
ALAC members appointed by the Nomcom must all be from different regions, 
and XI(2)(4)(e) says that the five Nomcom members appointed by the ALAC 
must be from different regions, but I can't see any restriction on the 
members selected by the RALOs.  XI(2)(4)(b) says:

   b. The ALAC shall consist of (i) two members selected by each of the
  Regional At-Large Organizations ("RALOs") established according to
  paragraph 4(g) of this Section, and (ii) five members selected by the
  Nominating Committee. The five members selected by the Nominating
  Committee shall include one citizen of a country within each of the five
  Geographic Regions established according to Section 5 of Article VI.

What am I missing?

Also, I can't help but note that there are three ALAC reps from North 
America and only two countries.  (All of the small domains like .vi .pr 
.gu .as .um are part of the U.S.  People who live in American Samoa are 
U.S. nationals rather than U.S. citizens, but there's no practical 
difference.)  That makes the arithmetic rather difficult if the three 
reps are supposed to all be from different countries.