Re: [ICANN-EU] Horizontal organization

[Geza Giedke <ggiedke@fe-c705.uibk.ac.at>]

Vittorio Bertola writes:
> Since it does not seem feasible to me to have a mailing list with
> 35'000 subscribers, I guess that the European community should be
> broken down into local communities, where "local" can be conceived in
> a variety of meaning: by country, by type (business, no-profit,
> underground...), by job, by age... However, the most natural way to
> proceed seems to me to be by nation, for one simple reason: the
> language. Everyone feels more comfortable with his own mother tongue,
> and not everyone speaks English.

I support the intent of horizontal pan-european organization of
netizens. But I think it should be *avoided* to break this down in
local communities! Isn't this what we have right now? 
If it is really difficult to set up a mailing list for 10^4-10^5
subscribers, then I'd suggest a newsgroup.

I think we need a forum frequented by people from all countries. 
Concerning elections: the advantage that German speaking candidates
have at the moment is that they are well known to many @Large members
thanks to NGs and MLs. If more EU-wide fora existed, this sort of
national advantage would be reduced.

regards
 Geza