Hong, Sorry if you thought my comments were blaming in anyway. Just trying to provide correct information and some background. If the meeting was concerned that parts of the region had been poorly represented in ICANN then let the statement say that. It took a long time for anyone from Southern and South East Asia to be represented in any ICANN leadership position. Pacific still not been represented. Perhaps the statement could ask the NomCom to pay attention to these regions and invite contact from the NomCom with the APRALO throughout the process to help with outreach. (The meeting in Delhi would be a good opportunity to start such discussion. Recruitment for the 2008 NomCom --I'm not a member-- began on December 14 and will end on April 15.) Best wishes to all for the (Gregorian :-)) New Year. Adam At 3:53 PM +0800 12/31/07, Hong Xue wrote:

What I drafted was based on the discussions at APRALO LA meeting, when the on-site participants waited until midnight to fit the AP time zones but nobody called in. What the statement expresses is all constructive and well-intended to help the Nomcome to build a substantively and procedurally reasonably selection process. Nomcom Review can be either a genuine process to listen to the people who were inarticulate or a sham to offset public outcry.

Anyway, I've fulfilled my share of responsibility by timely and diligently drafting the statement according to the requirement of the Chair. Now we should expect those are blaming to draft a perfect one to replace this. 

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