Re: [ICANN-EU] [Q&A] the exciting adventures of a nominee

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Andrew and all,

Andrew McLaughlin wrote:

> Joop:
>
> There's no mistake.  You are a resident of Asia/Pacific.  Voting is defined
> by residency.  Therefore you fall within Asia/Pacific for purposes of
> voting.  Candidacy is defined by citizenship.  Therefore, you fall within
> Europe for purposes of candidacy.

  And this is a very good example of gerrymandering!  Disgusting!  :(

>
>
> This cannot be news to you -- this structure has been discussed and debated
> since the very first ICANN meeting in Singapore.  You should review the
> various multimedia meeting archives, where you will find lots of discussion
> of this odd structure.  The Bylaws, representing an essential element of the
> underlying ICANN compromises from 1998, required that at least one Director
> be a citizen of each geographic region.  Citizenship is the test for
> Directors, therefore citizenship must be the test for candidates & nominees.
> However, ICANN does not have the capacity (with our one At Large staff
> person) to verify citizenship of individual At Large members.  Therefore,
> the mailing address used for the PIN letters provides the basis for regional
> assignment of members.
>
> Is that a clear explanation?
>
> Best regards,
>
> --Andrew
>
> [ -----Original Message-----
> [ From: Joop Teernstra [mailto:terastra@terabytz.co.nz]
> [ Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 12:59 PM
> [ To: mclaughlin@pobox.com; Griffini Giorgio
> [ Cc: icann-europe@fitug.de; Jeanette Hofmann
> [ Subject: RE: [ICANN-EU] [Q&A] the exciting adventures of a nominee
> [
> [
> [ Andrew,
> [
> [ You know that I have protested, lastly in Yokohama, about the
> [ discrimination against expatriates, due to the silly citizenship rules.
> [
> [ These rules create in fact a new "constituency", that of expatriate
> [ European and North American members.
> [
> [ Now I find out that I can only support European candidates (fine, no
> [ problem, I'll get used to it) BUT I CANNOT ASK THEM QUESTIONS THROUGH THE
> [ NEW WEB INTERFACE.
> [
> [ Upon login, I am forced into the Asia/Pacific area, where I am resident.
> [
> [ Could you please fix this anomalous segregation and let this list
> [ know when
> [ it is fixed?
> [
> [
> [
> [
> [ --Joop--
> [ www.idno.org
> [
> [

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