I was going to reply on the same issue. Perhaps say that people will 
be asked to choose either by national citizenship or residence.  And 
add a footnote that the matter can be revisited in light of ICANN's 
ongoing process to looking at regional diversity.

And I support the document, with thanks to Milton for much hard work.

Adam


At 1:03 PM +0200 11/18/08, Norbert Klein wrote:
>On Tuesday, 18 November 2008 11:50:49 William Drake wrote:
>>  ,,,
>>    One question I do wonder
>>  about though concerns 3.4.5, Regional diversity's criteria,  "as
>>  determined by national citizenship."   Lots of folks don't live in
>>  their home countries, so perhaps a more flexible approach would be
>>  desirable going forward.  Why not "as determined by national
>>  citizenship or residency"?  Is there a history of discussion and
>>  decisions on this from before I joined NCUC that I'm not aware of?
>>
>>  Thanks again,
>>
>>  Bill
>
>
>Thanks, Bill, to raise the regional diversity criteria - I take up this point
>only from your mail. I had formerly also suggested that this needs
>clarification (also in view of the fact that other ICANN structures - for
>example the Board - may have their own regional diversity criteria), as we
>have among ourselves (at least) two cases where this may be important:
>
>Having worked 18 years in Cambodia (and my Internet related work dates back to
>1994 in Cambodia, which I did mainly in cooperation and with advice and
>assistance from others in Asia), I would feel very strange if - for whatever
>reason - the NCSG would consider me according to the "national citizenship"
>criterion as a European.
>And Mary Wong, who is now a GNSO Council member, send by the NCUC, might at
>some other time fulfill some function for the NCSG as an Asian (though she is
>a resident of North America).
>
>I think your suggestion  "as determined by national citizenship or residency"
>would leave us most flexibility, and I support your suggestion.
>
>
>Norbert
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