Re: [council] Bylaws Amendments relating to SO elections for ICANN Director

["YJ Park" <yjpark@nic.or.kr>]

Dear Andrew,

With regard to the "Bylaws Amendments", there have been "TWO" points 
I would like to get them clarified by the ICANN staff. 

>GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY

>The Initial Board felt that an effort to dictate specific
>geographic regions would be inconsistent with the basic autonomy of each SO,
>and would be nearly impossible to enforce. Instead, the Initial Board will
>apply the requirement that at least one director be a citizen of each of the
>five geographic regions by means of the At-Large elections.

First,
According to this, ICANN Bylaws are going to stick to "CITIZENSHIP"
instead of "residenceship" when it comes to "geographical diversity"?
Therefore, will ICANN Board use "CITIZENSHIP" in the future election?

>     - As to the Directors elected by the Supporting Organizations, the net
>result of the various applicable geographic diversity requirements -- which
>are set forth in the ICANN Bylaws relating to the DNSO, in the ASO
>Memorandum of Understanding (when completed), and the PSO Memorandum of
>Understanding -- is that no more than four of the nine SO-elected Directors
>can be citizens of countries in the same geographic region.


Second,
I am sort of puzzled by the number, "FOUR".
As far as I know there have been "THREE" SOs so far within the ICANN.
in other words, if geographical diversity must be considered within the ICANN,
"ONE" from DNSO, "ONE" from ASO, "ONE" from PSO,
therefore the sum will be "THREE" instead of "four".

Am I missing something?

>Thus, the Bylaws amendment maintains (and, indeed, strengthens) the overall
>principle that no more than half of all ICANN Directors can be citizens of
>countries in the same geographic region.


I hope we can have better and more clear-cut understanding on Bylaws.

Regards,

YJ Park