Hi,

As I say, lots of people live abroad...here, in addition to the two  
mentioned by Norbert, we have Adam (UK) in Japan, me (US) in  
Switzerland (and a member of the Euralo board).  For that matter,  
Milton's a half-time European now.

NC folks should be free to stand and free to elect unconstrained by  
passports.  It's 2008.

Bill

On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:16 PM, Adam Peake wrote:

> 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
>> --
>> If you want to know what is going on in Cambodia,
>> please visit us regularly - you can find something new every day:
>>
>> http://cambodiamirror.wordpress.com (English)
>> http://kanhchoksangkum.wordpress.com (Khmer)
>>
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