Message bounced from [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. "Mark R. Measday" wrote: > To what degree would this replicate or negate the power of governments in > the Governmental Advisory Section? > > Legal complexities aside, might it not be slightly embarrassing if > identified geographical segments were to vote against the vote of the > government purportedly representing them, and if they don't or can't, the > vote is just replicated and there is essentially no need for it to done > twice, apart from the not-for-profit membership requirement. > > MM > > Diane Cabell wrote: > > > We had a delightful and constructive meeting with Kanchana yesterday. > > We reviewed the Preliminary Membership Report and she had many comments > > and recommendations which I will be plugging in to it shortly. I hope > > to have the report accessible within 24 hours. > > > > She had a most interesting idea, which is something for serious > > thought. She suggests organizing regions by density (users per capita > > of the general population). In terms of the functions that ICANN > > actually performs, she believes this reflects interests more accurately > > and will ensure that developing users are well represented. Voters > > would only be able to vote within their own pool. For example (and I'm > > just guessing here) US, CA would be in the highest-density pool, FI, JP > > in the 2nd, TH and GH in the lowest), although, as Tadao suggests, it > > would not be necessary for the candidate to come from that pool. So > > Thai voters could elect someone from Finland as their representative, if > > they preferred. But no one from Finland could vote on the candidate for > > the low-density pool. > > > > This does not conform to the regional representation requirements that > > presently exist in the Bylaws. And it may not be politically > > supportable since some nations in each pool might be so much more dense > > that they would always win the election in that pool (e.g. there are > > simply more US voters than Canadian, even if they are in the same > > density pool). The question then remains whether the regional > > representation requirements should overlay the density results so that > > regardless of who gets the most votes in the high-density pool, no more > > than 4 candidates from the same region can sit on the at large board at > > one time. Dispensing with the regional requirements entirely would > > contradict last fall's delicate negotiations with NTIA. > > > > There are some complications with this (the kinds of problems we already > > have with multiple regional requirements). It was also mandate > > identifying the location of each voter. Your thoughts on it would be > > welcome. > > > > Diane Cabell > > MAC > > -- > > Mark Measday > __________________________________________________________________________ > > Josmarian SA [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] > UK tel/fax: 0044.181.747.9167 > French tel/fax: 0033.450.20.94.92 > Swiss tel/fax: 0041.22.363.88.00 > > L'aiuola che ci fa tanto feroci. Divina Commedia, Paradiso, XXII, 151 > __________________________________________________________________________ -- Mark Measday __________________________________________________________________________ Josmarian SA [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] UK tel/fax: 0044.181.747.9167 French tel/fax: 0033.450.20.94.92 Swiss tel/fax: 0041.22.363.88.00 L'aiuola che ci fa tanto feroci. Divina Commedia, Paradiso, XXII, 151 __________________________________________________________________________
