Re: [registrars] Nomination of Nezih Erkman

["Nezih Erkman" <nezih@erkman.com>]

Thank you all for considering me for the NC position. It would have been honor to serve in the NC. However, I understand that I'm
not qualified due to the geographical diversity requirements.

Again, thank you for the consideration. See you in Rio ;-)

Best Regards,

Nezih Jack Erkman
R & K GBS, Inc.
000Domains.com
501-779-1934
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>
To: "'Registrar Constituency'" <registrars@dnso.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:01 PM
Subject: [registrars] Nomination of Nezih Erkman


> I have been informed that under ICANN Board resolution 00.64, the United
> Nations Statistical Division document "Composition of macro geographic
> (continental) regions and component geographical regions" is the
> principal resource for determining which countries belong to which
> geographic regions.  The current version of this is at
> <http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm>.
>
> Under the UNSD document, Turkey (code 792) is designated to be in
> "Western Asia."  Therefore, citizens of Turkey are citizens of a country
> located in the Asia/Pacific region for purposes of Article VI, Section
> 2(3) of the ICANN bylaws.
>
> This is contrary to my initial presumption. Nezih is disqualified as a
> candidate under this round of elections due to the geographical
> diversity requirements of the GNSO Council etc. Nezih would have been an
> excellent asset to the Names Council and the Constituency, so I am a
> little bit disappointed with this result, however we fully understand
> the importance of these guidelines and therefore withdraw our
> nomination.
>
> Thanks to those of you that voiced your support for Nezih during his
> brief, but spectacular campaign ;)
>
> Regards,
>
>
>            -rwr
>
> -------------------------------
> Ross Wm. Rader
> Director, Innovation & Research
> Tucows Inc.
> tel: 416.538.5492
> fax: 416.531.1257
> email: ross@tucows.com
> pager: rwr@tucows.com
>
>