I have little time to read the thread here, so please correct me if
I misunderstand the context.
But I want to state that the geographic diversity has been very much
the consensus from last year's IFWP process, and, though I admit
it is technically difficult to adopt with complex structure of SOs and
at large members, the central principle should be well preserved.
I think this is very much the core of 'fair, open and global' nature
that White Paper (unlike Green Paper) called, and many people
like us, outside North America, say from Asia and Pacific, Latin America
and Afirca are trying to implement.
Also please remember that many people who are not English native
have been relatively quiet, but that does not mean that they all agree.
Sometimes it costs too much time to participate these online
discussions while making living locally.
thank you for your understanding, and see you in Berlin!
izumi
At 15:52 99/5/21 -0400, you wrote:
> The ICIIU objects to the proposed geographic diversity policy. To
> begin with, it doesn't appear to be the consensus of opinion from
> the many discussions that have taken place about it on the open
> lists. Then, it will, as Eric Weisberg correctly pointed out,
> supersede all other criteria for At-Large board members and
> effectively reduce representation of interest groups to zero.
> Lastly, it appears very much like a mechanism for eliminating user
> representation even from the At-Large membership.
>
> The ICIIU requests that the board not make any decisions of its own
> on geographic diversity policy, and that they leave it up to the
> Internet community to decide.
>
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Sec. General, Asia & Pacific Internet Association
www.apia.org
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