[NA-Discuss] "We can't be bothered to vote; so just send us the travel vouchers for Cairo"

[Jacqueline A. Morris]

You are right
and I wonder if it's as LACRALO says- the language issue - English 
speakers are better informed in advance of issues - these are not often 
covered in Spanish -language blogs, documents, news etc. LACRALO, it 
seems to me, gets most of its ICANN news from ICANN - NARALO has a LOT 
of other sources, and posts on NARALO list are sometimes forwarded to 
other regions, but still with no translation :(
Jacqueline

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> I just wrote:
>
>   
>> Of a greater overall worry to me is the fact that NARALO's continued
>> pro-activity, combined with a clear lethargy in other regions, will
>> again lead to sentiment that ICANN -- even in its public participation
>> component -- is dominated by Amercians (and to a lesser extent
>> Europeans). Is it our fault that we seem to be the only ones actually
>> initiating anything? It seems as no coincidence that both of the
>> candidates for ALAC Board rep are from our region.
>>     
>
> Before anyone jumps on me, I am not putting down the contributions from
> other regions of which there are many. On re-reading this, I can see how
> insult could be extracted from this where none was intended and I
> apologize in that case.
>
> However, it is accurate to state that in NARALO meetings we spend far
> more time creating initiatives, than we spend reacting to (and
> collaborating with) initiatives started in other regions or even from
> within ALAC. I find that disturbing.
>
> - Evan
>
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