[NA-Discuss] Geographic Regions Statement

[Eduardo Diaz]

> Naralo also supports investigating way to increase the participation of
> Indigenous populations, especially those whose cultural territory cuts
> across regional boundaries.
>
I will support adding this to NARALO.

-ed

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:58 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan at telly.org> wrote:

> On 28 January 2011 00:08, Avri Doria <avri at ella.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > But I do want to bring up the issue of indigenous populations whatever
> the
> > region.  I have been working with indigenous population in Europe, the
> Sámi,
> > for years.  They are not represented in Euralo any more than the
> populations
> > that Eric is referring to are represented in Naralo, though there may be
> > individual members of those populations participating
> >
>
>
> Understood and agreed. As but one small example of the ICANN-relevance of
> this: during the At-Large Summit, Karaitiana Taiuru -- a Māori ALS
> representative -- helped ensure our working group's understanding,
> understanding, and inclusion of traditional wisdom as an alternative
> approach to western concepts of intellectual property.
>
> Just as the Island populations are looking for a cross-regional way to get
> > representation, is there any value, or interest, in looking at ways to
> > obtain cross-regional representation for Indigenous populations.  If
> there
> > is interest in this within the RALO, would this be worth adding to the
> > statement?  Something like:
> >
> > Naralo also supports investigating way to increase the participation of
> > Indigenous populations, especially those whose cultural territory cuts
> > across regional boundaries.
> >
>
> I am certainly acceptable to adding this to our regional statement. Are
> there any objections to this?
>
> - Evan
>
> PS: Many thanks are due to Avri for turning down the heat level on this
> debate.
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