Thanks, Robert. The concerns voiced in Europe are well worth considering. Will anyone be disappointed if both the North American RALO representatives come from Canada? Both from the U.S.? Two French Canadians? Two Spanish-speaking left-handed women from Puerto Rico? Personally, I'm not bothered by any of these scenarios. I expect it all will work out over time. Bret On Apr 30, 2007, at 8:25 PM, Mr. Robert Guerra wrote:

http://patrick.vande-walle.eu/internet/icann/european-ralo-at- critical-stage/

The European RALO is currently in the process of (s)electing its representatives to the ALAC. There are three candidates, but only two posts. The information on the Euralo wiki being out of date, you should go to the mailing list archives instead.

To summarize, some are advocating that the representatives should be selected based on their experience, while others wish to enforce hard quotas for geographic diversity. Strangely, there are no such provisions in the Euralo bylaws. The MoU only states that “The selected representatives must be members of different ALSes, must have their principal residence in different countries of the region and their nationalities must be different, save always that the EURALO may define additional diversity requirements“. At this stage, no additional criterias have been discussed, let alone approved.

If a consensus cannot be found, as it will probably be the case, elections will need be held. Whatever the results are, disappointment will follow for sure.

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