Hi Sam et al,
Thanks for your interesting
comments. I like that you've started from the basic
question of why do we even have or need regions.
I've been thinking about that this morning - I think
geographical boundaries and ensuring diversity here
matters,
but I struggle to understand how
much it matters. As best I can
tell, ICANN established regions to ensure
'diversity' on the Board of Directors, and from that
the regions have come to be seen as a mechanism for
ensuring population diversity in ICANN activities.
As Milton noted there are other areas where we can
forge commonalities (languages, economic grounds,
cultural factors) -- and probably more effectively
-- so should we ask for a new regions framework
(rather than a geographic regions framework)?
There is now a second
draft of our statement
on Google Docs. For those who have read the first
draft, the only additions are paragraphs 3, 4, 5,
and 7. I think paragraphs 5 and 7 could be a little
contentious. I'm not precious about language; if
anyone would like to revise or reword it, please do.
This is just a draft. Once I have some feedback from
the community on these points, I'll look to
strengthen the conclusion of the statement in a
third draft by adding some 'asks'. Please feel free
to edit the document and to add new bullet points or
arguments I may have missed.
The deadline for consultation responses on
this report is 24 April. I'd like to get a 3rd draft
ready by next Tuesday (12 April) with a view to
submitting this to the Comments Forum on 19 April.
I welcome and look forward to hearing your
thoughts.
Best wishes,
Ayden
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