Yes, I think that somebody mentioned quite some time ago that there are more Spanish speakers in the US than there are people in Canada... So, it would definitely make sense. If this is something that we can do WITHOUT taking a separate vote on the OP Principles, we should do it. If not, that should be right near the top of the list (along with making things better for individuals) to get changed in our first year of operation. Or is this something for our MOU? In which case, we DO have time to discuss it as it deserves to be discussed. D Darlene A. Thompson Community Access Program Administrator Nunavut Department of Education/N-CAP c/o P.O. Box 1000, Station 910 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Phone: (867) 975-6531 Fax: (867) 979-8870 dthompson@gov.nu.ca ________________________________ From: na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:na-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Michael Maranda Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 12:21 PM To: jam@jacquelinemorris.com Cc: NA Discuss Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Voting Update This would also be appealing for inclusion of a significant proportion of US population. On 6/5/07, Jacqueline A. Morris < jam@jacquelinemorris.com <mailto:jam@jacquelinemorris.com> > wrote: Given that Puerto Rico is in NA - should you add Spanish now anyway? There's one ALS from Puerto Rico - ISOC PR. Jacqueline -----Original Message----- From: John L [mailto:johnl@iecc.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:48 AM To: Robert Guerra Cc: NA Discuss Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Voting Update
- Official languages: The USA (as stated by congress) is English, Canada's
official languages (at a federal level) are English and French
The US has no official language. But English is the de facto national language. In the discussions I've heard, we agreed that if ICANN reorganized the regions to put Mexico into NA, we would add Spanish as a working langauge. 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 Draft Code of Conduct: http://www.icannwiki.org/NARALO_Code_of_Conduct No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.9/832 - Release Date: 6/4/2007 6:43 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.9/832 - Release Date: 6/4/2007 6:43 PM _______________________________________________ NA-Discuss mailing list NA-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/na-discuss_atlarge-lists .icann.org --- Draft MoU with ICANN: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_MOU Draft Operating Principles: http://www.icannwiki.org/NA_RALO_OP Draft Code of Conduct: http://www.icannwiki.org/NARALO_Code_of_Conduct -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Director, CTCNet Chicago Chapter Co-Founder, Chicago Digital Access Alliance Co-Chair, Illinois Community Technology Coalition President, Association For Community Networking Support the efforts of the Chicago Digital Access Alliance: http://www.digitalaccessalliance.org