Hi Mike, Paulos, Michele,
At 02:32 01-09-2016, Mike Silber wrote:
Now I think there may be merit in bringing that
subtle distinction to the attention of the ICANN
community and trying to create awareness that
regional diversity is not just at a continental
level, but also intra-continental.
Based on the information available on the
websites of Africacert, Afnog, Aftld and Afrinic,
only one of those companies set rules for
intra-continental diversity. 12% of the 2016
candidates were from Africa. Is that because of
a lack of stakeholder engagement?
Please also remember that the Nominating
Committee is selecting for both skills and
diversity. There has to be a mix, you cannot
have people selected with limited or
incompatible skills, simply to be more diverse.
As pointed out previously - the way to deal with
that is to get more SOIs from the very many well
qualified and suitably skilled people in our
region through to the NomCom as well as the SOs and ACs.
According to Chenai Chair, "lack of diversity,
capacity and awareness by the developing country
community of ICANN were observed as barriers to
effective participation. Supporting Organisations
(SOs) and Advisory Committees (ACs) were
perceived to be lacking in diversity of
representation of the African community a point
raised in the public hearings". It is also
stated that "The ASO and the ccNSO ensure
regional or geographical representation within
their system of councils. This ensures African
representation on the councils with policy
influence that would not leave policies relevant to Africa unrepresented".
If there is any subtle distinction to be made,
there is
https://meetings.icann.org/en/marrakech55/schedule/mon-getting-started-reviews/presentation-intro-reviews-07mar16-en.pdf
At 02:49 01-09-2016, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:
How many people on this list are actively
involved in policy development within ICANN?
I am not involved in policy development within ICANN.
Regards,
-sm
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