Re: [ga] geographicals

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

Ladi and all assembly members,

Ladi wrote:

> Perhaps it's just me, but I always thought that part of the whole point
> of the Internet is the loss/lessening/blurring of geographical
> boundaries. There's reason why many of my friends and those I agree with
> the most live outside of my time zone and why many of those I disgree
> with a great deal live next door, no?
>
> Why not let candidates and representatives stand on their own with their
> own views?

  Agreed.  And this has been the predominant position that our members
[INEGroup]
have stood for some time now.  Although there are some good reasons
to insure geographical diversity amongst the BoD members, and this issue
has been discussed and debated at least three previous times here, it
should not matter to a great extent with respect to the most important
requirement of ICANN.

> Let the best (wo)man with the most popular views win.

  Here here!

> If an
> "area" -- ie, a group with a certain view -- feels underrepresented,
> then they can recruit new members to vote and to represent. Isn't this
> what happened to an extent in the last @large elections with some of the
> European candidates?
>
> Eric mentions the senate and the house of representatives as a model.
> Perhaps an acceptable compromise would use the complete congress as a
> model and create a body of representatives using geographical divisions
> and another that ignores them. Not that I particularly like more
> processes to get anything done, but it might make the most people happy.
>
> Just MHO,
>
> ~Ladi
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org] On Behalf Of Eric
> Dierker
> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 9:18 PM
> To: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: [ga] geographicals
>
> If you are going to stay geographically oriented then you have to
> balance it with popular.
>
> Why should I, a Norte Americano be able to vote for the rep. from
> Europe?
>
> Why should a man from down under be stuck with his rep, when he likes
> Jefsey's position more?
>
> Bad form and nonsensical.
>
> There are models, like senate and house that we may borrow from, but
> that one is all geographic and geographic populist.  Funny the term at
> large usually means at large, not segmented.  Also funny, two of my
> least favorite organizations use geographics for representation, Cosa
> Nostra and UN.  So the only logical conclusion is that BoD members
> elected by the at large or the GA have no geographic requirements.
>
> Eric
>
>

Regards,

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