Hi The region grouping has been under discussion at ICANN - I will look for the reference and forward. Jacqueline -----Original Message----- From: John L [mailto:johnl@iecc.com] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:51 PM To: RJGlass | America@Large Cc: NA Discuss Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] ACTION: Registration of ALS & user voting reps
The difference is, are we talking about a geographical or political separation?
ICANN groups political dependencies with the mother country. I gather that France insisted.
'political regions'. Also, what about Wake Island, Midway, Saipan, US Minor outlaying islands, etc.? Guam is an excellent example.
Guam and Saipan (CNMI) are listed explicitly as part of the NA region since they're part of the US. Wake, Midway, et al are uninhabited, but since they're US territory, they're also part of US. It's no sillier than Kerguelen being part of Europe.
When my group was applying for ALS, we had deep discussions on whether Hawaii should be in Asia-Pacific or North America.
We don't get to decide, ICANN has already divided up the world for us. R's, John _______________________________________________ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists.ica nn.org --- Draft MoU with ICANN: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU Draft Operating Principles: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.9/773 - Release Date: 4/22/2007 8:18 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.463 / Virus Database: 269.5.9/773 - Release Date: 4/22/2007 8:18 PM