[NA-Discuss] Fw: Due Diligence complete- Regional Advice requested ALS applicant "(170) University Community Partnership for Social Action Research"

[Garth Bruen at Knujon.com]

Thanks Evan. My ALS has members from all of the world but we are located and 
registered in the U.S.

When I applied to be an ALS I was asked which region I was going to 
represent.

If this group applied in multiple regions I think it might be a problem, 
here I'm not sure there is one.


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From: "Evan Leibovitch" <evan at telly.org>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 8:58 AM
To: "Bob Bruen" <bruen at coldrain.net>
Cc: "Houle Louis" <Louis.Houle at oricom.ca>; "NA Discuss" 
<na-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org>
Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Fw: Due Diligence complete- Regional Advice 
requested ALS applicant "(170) University Community Partnership for Social 
Action Research"

> I'm personally concerned about groups "falling through the cracks", being
> unable to find any place within At-Large because our various sets of
> categorization don't suit them. I see this now happening in the GNSO, 
> where
> an association of cyber-cafés is looking for an appropriate constituency
> and is being told "you can't get there from here" (everyone is saying that
> they ought to be accommodated -- somewhere else).
>
> If a potential ALS has a presence in multiple regions, there is IMO 
> nothing
> wrong with it applying in any of those regions, so long as it understands
> that it must pick only one. When it comes to conflicted individuals -- who
> might be a citizen of one region but live or work in more than one --
> At-Large has IMO traditionally erred on the side of inclusion and simply
> said "pick any of the ones that could apply to you, but pick only one."
>
> I believe there are regulations prohibiting a single ALS from being in 
> more
> than one region at once. And I don't believe that this group has applied
> for more than one region. This means one of two outcomes, both of which
> should be accepted:
>
>   - They have a predominance of presence in our region
>
>   - They have participation in multiple regions, yet choose ours as the
>   one they want to belong to
>
> It may be reasonable, as part of the due diligence, to ask the applicant
> for a rough geographical breakdown of its membership if that is not
> provided. And the applicant must be reminded that they can only 
> participate
> in a single region. Given that, I see no real cause for opposition.
>
> - Evan
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