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) PGP key-id 0x0016D0A9