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

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

Jefsey and all,

  I for one sympathize with your position and feelings here.  As
I have many relatives that live in France (The Avignon Area)
whom are of course INEGroup members, and some that also
live in and around Paris, I can personally also agree with your
position as well.  On a professional level I agree, that ICANN
seems to be grossly inept or is actively practicing some bizarre
form of racism in the application of their At-Large election
process.  It is at least disgusting and repulsive...

Jefsey Morfin wrote:

> Dear Andrew,
> I wish to underline that this absurd and dangerous approach does not
> stand anyway the French case.
>
>  > At 17:32 11/09/00, you wrote:
>  > 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.
>
> There are French citizens from all the regions as France has national
> territories in NA, SA, AA, Africa and Europe. I certainly accept to be
> an European candidate as most of the national territory is located there,
> but I definitly resent - I am not agressive but certainly very serioius
> about it - not to be able to discuss the regional concens of my country
> with the candidates of their area. I also resent that my fellow citizens
> from Mayotte, La Reunion, La Guyanne, La Martinique et la Guadeloupe,
> Saint Perre et Miquelon, Noumea, Thaiti, etc.. could not dialog with the
> French or the other European Community candidates. They are as good
> French citizen as me. Pretending and acting otherwise purposedly
> would be pure racism or offence against my country.
>
> I am therfore sorry to have to do it, but I must solemny protest against
> what is most probably a mistake in the site design. But it imposes
> ethnical, cultural and geographical discrimination between my fellow
> citizens and separtes more than one million of them from the national
> community. Would you accept that he US citizens from Alaska and
> Hawaii could not talk to US candidates?
>
> I will not juge from one case, but it is however important and childish
> enough to have some concern about the ability of the current ICANN
> culture to manage basic international operations.
> Jefsey Morfin

Regards,

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