FW: Comments of ENRED and LACTLD

["Andrew McLaughlin" <mclaughlin@pobox.com>]

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>From: Raul  Echeberria <raul@inia.org.uy>
>Subject: ENRED comments about ICANN bylaws' changes proposed.
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>On behalf of the Latinamerican Network Forum - ENRED, we support the
>following comments from LACTLD on the proposed amendments of the ICANN's
>bylaws.
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>Subject: LACTLD opposes proposed amendments to Art V, Section 6
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>Article V, Section 6. INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION
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>(1) at least one citizen of a country located in each of the geographic
>regions listed in this Section 6 shall serve [as an At Large Director] on
>the Board (other than the Initial Board) at all times [and];
>.........................................................................
>COMMENT:
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>LACTLD strongly opposes this particular amendment, which we deem contrary
>to the geographical diversity principle reflected in the present version of
>ICANN bylaws, outcome of a long consensus process.
>
>Should this amendment be approved, the BoD could possibly lack
>representativity of one or more of the established regions, which in turn
>would weaken ICANN regarding those regions. To confine (or limit) the GD
>principle to the directors to be elected in a future time by the At Large
>membership is contrary to ICANN's genesis to be an international,
>geographically diverse organization, and to the established consensus.
>
>Furthermore, it could also be seen as a new postponement of the legitimate
>claims of no representation arosen from the Latin American Internet
>community since the composition of the Board in place was first announced.
>
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>2) no more than one-half (1/2) of the total number of At Large Directors
>serving at any given time shall be citizens of countries located in any one
>Geographic Region, {and (3) no more than one-half (1/2) of the total number
>of Directors, in the aggregate, serving at any given time pursuant to
>selection by the Supporting Organizations shall be citizens of countries
>located in any one Geographic Region.}[The selection of Directors by each
>Supporting Organization shall comply with all applicable geographic
>diversity provisions of these Bylaws or of any Memorandum of Understanding
>referred to in these Bylaws concerning the Supporting Organization.]
>..........................................................................
>
>COMMENT:
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>LACTLD strongly opposes this particular amendment, which we deem contrary
>to the geographical diversity principle reflected in the present version of
>ICANN bylaws, outcome of a long consensus process.
>
>Should this amendment be approved, the BoD could possibly consist of a
>majority of individuals from one region, which could reduce its
>universality of criteria, and drive it to favour the adoption of policies
>or determinations which, being appropriate in that region could however not
>be appropriate elsewhere.
>
>Furthermore, the perception of ICANN as a geographically diverse
>organization could be diluted in that case. The reinforcement of GD on the
>SOs, which LACTLD supports, does not fulfill the need for that same GD in
>the composition of the BoD.
>
>[This proposed amendment seems to ignore all comments previously submitted
>in favour of GD, -including sound protests from Latin American Internet
>community members-, and are not the outcome of any down-to-top decision
>procedure we are aware of.]
>
>
>Raul Echeberria
>raul@inia.org.uy
>
>

Raul Echeberria
raul@inia.org.uy