Re: [ICANN-EU] At Large Members Meeting (Los Angeles, Nov. 12)

[SCGupta@aol.com]

Only two points, Jefsey.

1. Who's going to represent the interests of at-large individuals and small 
business in South Asia, which populates more than 1.5 billion people, has the 
largest concentration of technically educated and trained professionals, and 
which is exporting the largest percentage of intellectual capital to the most 
technically advanced nations, such as the U.S., Western Europe, Canada, and 
Australia? There was not a single candidate (nominated or selected) from 
South Asia in the current election! 

Asia is big, but it is diverse, too. If we keep ignoring countries in the 
Indian subcontinent and China, we'd have the situation we have today 
regarding the nuclear arms. We will also be ignoring 2/3rd of the World's 
population. After all the there is some reason for "Indo" in "Indo-European 
languages".

2. There should be a small fee for membership so that it is taken seriously, 
but neither ICANN nor any registrar or ISP should have any part in it. An 
elected member of the "at-large council" can handle it or a nonprofit 
organization such as Common Cause.


Best Regards,
<A HREF="www.indiasamaj.com/subhash.htm">Subhash Gupta</A>
Info Technology & Business Process Engg.
<A HREF="www.indiasamaj.com">AsiaSamaj</A> and <A 
HREF="http://indiasamaj.com/">IndiaSamaj</A>  - South Asian & Asian Indian 
Portals