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I agree with Rebecca's suggestion that members take a look at the document on geographic regions and consider submitting comments if there are issues of concern to you - and please bring any concerns back to the group, so we may consider a constituency position if warranted. Thank you.<div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Robin</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 4, 2009, at 2:26 AM, Rebecca MacKinnon wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">ICANN's review of geographic regions is one of the many issues beyond the NCUC charter which should be of concern to civil society and non-commercial Internet users. <div><br></div><div>The document can be found here:<div> <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/topics/geographic-regions/initial-report-geo-regions-review-wg-31jul09-en.pdf">http://www.icann.org/en/topics/geographic-regions/initial-report-geo-regions-review-wg-31jul09-en.pdf</a></div> <div><br></div><div>The members of the working group are as follows: </div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Adiel Akplogan (CEO, AfriNIC) </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">David Archbold (ccNSO member - .ky) Chair </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Fahd Batayneh (ccNSO member - .jo) </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Olga Cavalli (GNSO Council member) Deputy Chair </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Zahid Jamil (GNSO Council member) </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Janis Karklins (GAC Chair) </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Cheryl Langdon-Orr (ALAC Chair) </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Carlton Samuels (LACRALO Secretariat) </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Paul Wilson (Director General, APNIC) </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "> NCUC members from developing countries and states with non-democratic regimes in particular may want to examine this reoprt and submit comments on whether you think that their recommendations make it easier or harder for non-corporate, non-governmental people from your region to participate in and influence ICANN.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">If people have issues with it, I would suggest that NCUC might consider developing a position. However, I think it would be more powerful if the substance of that position is not initiated by North American or European members of NCUC.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Best,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">Rebecca</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "> <br></div><br>-- <br>Rebecca MacKinnon<br>Open Society Fellow | Co-founder, GlobalVoicesOnline.org<br>Assistant Professor, Journalism & Media Studies Centre, University of Hong Kong<br><br>UK: +44-7759-863406<br>USA: +1-617-939-3493<br> HK: +852-6334-8843<br>Mainland China: +86-13710820364<br><br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:rebecca.mackinnon@gmail.com">rebecca.mackinnon@gmail.com</a><br>Blog: <a href="http://RConversation.blogs.com">http://RConversation.blogs.com</a><br> Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/rmack">http://twitter.com/rmack</a><br>Friendfeed: <a href="http://friendfeed.com/rebeccamack">http://friendfeed.com/rebeccamack</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div>IP JUSTICE</div><div>Robin Gross, Executive Director</div><div>1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA</div><div>p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451</div><div>w: <a href="http://www.ipjustice.org">http://www.ipjustice.org</a> e: <a href="mailto:robin@ipjustice.org">robin@ipjustice.org</a></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></div></body></html>