Re: [ICANN-EU] not much nationalism

["JIM FLEMING" <jfleming@anet.com>]

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----- Original Message -----
From: Harald Alvestrand <Harald@Alvestrand.no>
To: Andreas Fügner <Andreas.Fuegner@lizenz.com>; <icann-europe@fitug.de>
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 3:20 AM
Subject: Re: [ICANN-EU] not much nationalism


At 19:23 09/09/2000 +0200, Andreas Fügner wrote:
>Dear all:
>
>At and during the beginning of our discussion many
>were concerned about nationalism.
>
>All candidates received endorsements from 2 or more
>countries.

without a breakdown, it is not possible to say if this was significant.
I think this rule was created when one thought the electorate would be 5000
people, with perhaps < 500 voters total in some of the geographical areas.

If someone gets 1000 endorsements from Andorra, and 1 endorsement each from
Spain and France, he still has not proven a wide base of support.
(random example!)
>
>I hope past concerns are eliminated.

Suspended, at least.

>
>Regards,
>
>Andreas Fuegner
>

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