Coleauges, I am on this years NomCom, selected by our ALAC. Thank you Hong for your time drafting our statement as discussed in the LA ICANN meeting. From my recollections, it appears to accurately reflect our discussion of our APRALO meeting that had very little member participation, although we scheduled the meeting to be very late to accommodate A/P time. Perhaps the statement could be more powerful with some of the statistical facts that were discussed in LA regarding the A/P population, cultures, languages spoken etc. Unfortunately I do not have access to my notes from the evening. I think the recent NomCom review has highlighted past issues which are being taken into serious consideration. I agree with Adam, that we should promote from our region, but we should also make our co0ncerns heard to NomCom and even the board for a possible region review (as was informally mentioned at Bali). If need be, we shoulder tap suitable candidates to put their names forward. Some of our cultures prevent us from putting our names forward without an invitation or suggestion and the current process of not informing unsuccessful candidates creates another barrier. But the more candidates we have, the more likely it is we will have the maximum board members. Regards, Karaitiana Taiuru -- Karaitiana Taiuru ICT Professional Mobile: +64 21 070 7507 Australia: +61 4 49286208 Web: www.taiuru.maori.nz Blog: http://taiuru.maori.nz/blog/ Email: karaitiana@taiuru.maori.nz IM: karaitiana (Skype) http://www.linkedin.com/in/ktaiuru PO Box 10286 Christchurch, 8145 New Zealand