Re: [NA-Discuss] Reason for NO vote for Telecommunities Canada's ALS application

In all this hand-wringing over the proper place in ICANN for Telecommunities Canada (and apparently soon Communautique), why has nobody (from ICANN or this list) offered the (what seems to be) obvious? While correctly rejecting these umbrella groups' admission as ALSs, we should be working with them so that each of their constituent member organizations applies as an ALS. ICANN should take these applications as an opportunity to increase the number and diversity of ALSs, working with TC and Communautique to simplify the process of explaining the ALS structure and signing them up. Ultimately, this gives the groups' constituents _more_ voice rather than less. IMO Nick and Jacob should already be talking to them. - Evan