Re: [ga] International? Was: [icann-announce] Kent Crispin ...

["James Love" <love@cptech.org>]

I work with lots of international organizations, and many have definite
limits on the number of persons hired from any one country, because,
they understand and everyone understands that this is a real issue in
giving different cultures, regions and interests a voice in the
organizations, where the staff plays an important role in developing and
carrying out policy.

  Jmaie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Roberto Gaetano" <roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com>
To: <ga@dnso.org>; <marc@fuchsia.bijt.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:58 AM
Subject: [ga] International? Was: [icann-announce] Kent Crispin ...


> William X Walsh wrote:
> >
> >If only it was that easy, Marc.  It really isn't.  Not in the US
> >anyway.
> >
>
>
> The question is not whether it is easy or not easy, the question is
whether
> ICANN wants to claim to be "international" or not.
>
> As observed already by others, there might be many qualified people
willing
> to relocate to California. The problem hinted by WXW might be related
to the
> work permit in the US.
> Well, I can't imagine that the problem can't be solved, if willingness
> exists, given also the many contacts ICANN has with USG officials: it
is
> solved all the time for many immigrants (hint: I have worked myself
for many
> years in California, and I know many others in a similar situation).
>
> IMHO, there is no substance to the claim that it is very difficult to
obtain
> green cards for few people to be hired by a wannabe "international"
> organization: either nobody in ICANN is willing to put the small
effort in
> this, or there is a definite decision (coming from inside or outside
ICANN?)
> of preferring US citizens even for normal employees (this being
already the
> case for the two CEOs and the two Chairmen of the Board).
> Whatever the reason, the result is that ICANN appears to be less and
less
> "international" and more and more "US-centric": to the best of my
knowledge,
> the only non-US staff is Herbert Vitzhum (who is not based in MdR
anyhow).
>
> Regards
> Roberto
>
>
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