I agree with Rebecca's suggestion that members take a look at the document on geographic regions and consider submitting comments if there are issues of concern to you - and please bring any concerns back to the group, so we may consider a constituency position if warranted. Thank you. Best, Robin On Aug 4, 2009, at 2:26 AM, Rebecca MacKinnon wrote: > ICANN's review of geographic regions is one of the many issues > beyond the NCUC charter which should be of concern to civil society > and non-commercial Internet users. > > The document can be found here: > http://www.icann.org/en/topics/geographic-regions/initial-report- > geo-regions-review-wg-31jul09-en.pdf > > The members of the working group are as follows: > Adiel Akplogan (CEO, AfriNIC) > David Archbold (ccNSO member - .ky) Chair > Fahd Batayneh (ccNSO member - .jo) > Olga Cavalli (GNSO Council member) Deputy Chair > Zahid Jamil (GNSO Council member) > Janis Karklins (GAC Chair) > Cheryl Langdon-Orr (ALAC Chair) > Carlton Samuels (LACRALO Secretariat) > Paul Wilson (Director General, APNIC) > > NCUC members from developing countries and states with non- > democratic regimes in particular may want to examine this reoprt > and submit comments on whether you think that their recommendations > make it easier or harder for non-corporate, non-governmental people > from your region to participate in and influence ICANN. > > If people have issues with it, I would suggest that NCUC might > consider developing a position. However, I think it would be more > powerful if the substance of that position is not initiated by > North American or European members of NCUC. > > Best, > Rebecca > > > -- > Rebecca MacKinnon > Open Society Fellow | Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org > Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Centre, University > of Hong Kong > > UK: +44-7759-863406 > USA: +1-617-939-3493 > HK: +852-6334-8843 > Mainland China: +86-13710820364 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Blog: http://RConversation.blogs.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rmack > Friendfeed: http://friendfeed.com/rebeccamack IP JUSTICE Robin Gross, Executive Director 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask]