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From: euro-als-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:euro-als-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of jam@jacquelinemorris.com
Sent: 07 February 2007 15:13
To: alac@atlarge-lists.icann.org
Subject: Re: [EURO-ALS] [ALAC] ACTION ITEM: Consultation on makeup ofICANN Regions underway

I've sent the email on to some Caribbean contacts - there's the same concern from Guadeloupe and Martinique (apparently currently France)

Jacqueline

Quoting Wendy Seltzer <wendy@seltzer.com>:

> Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:
>> Just a reminder, there is an open consultation on the Geographic Regions of
>> ICANN, and whether the regions should be changed.
>>
>> The At-Large community's views would be welcomed - this point was actually
>> reinforced to me today by Paul Twomey amongst others.
>>
>> Might I suggest at least two points which could be communicated, these two
>> points being ones I have heard mentioned by others, and not being personal
>> observations?
>>
>> 1) Some member-states of the European Union are located in regions outside
>> of Europe, which ought to be changed. In fact, candidate states of the EU
>> might also be better situated within the European region than in others
>> (Turkey comes to mind as an obvious example of this);
>> 2) The Asia-Pacific region is currently enormous. I have heard it said in
>> particular that some representatives of Middle-Eastern groups believe it
>> ought to be a region of it's own, not in the APAC region.
>
> I encouraged our Puerto Rican ALS applicants to comment directly, but we
> should further recall that at least some of them feel they'd be better
> served by participating in the LAC region.
>
> --Wendy
> bracing for the set of bounces from regional lists...
>>
>> For the full text of the consultation announcement, please visit
>> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-rev-28nov06.htm.
>>
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