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    Perhaps a note about how APEC deals with this might be helpful? 
    Dangerous turf....<br>
    cheers stephanie<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-04-13 8:00, Edward Morris
      wrote:<br>
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        <div>Hi Ayden.</div>
        <div> </div>
        <div>Thank you very much for your hard work on this. </div>
        <div> </div>
        <div>Is there some place in the document we can either clarify,
          define, add to or modify the word 'state'.?</div>
        <div> </div>
        <div>Quick example: Taiwan is represented in the GAC. I and 22
          countries of the world, including Panama, for example,
          consider Taiwan to be a state. Yet, the United Nations does
          not. If we create further regions based upon culture and Asia
          is divided into multiple groups it is conceivable that Taiwan
          would automatically be lumped i with Chins where the criteria
          used in assignment would not normally generate that outcome.
          There are other examples of this, in the Middle East being
          another.</div>
        <div> </div>
        <div>Thanks for considering how and where this could fit ion to
          our comment.</div>
        <div> </div>
        <div>Kind Regards,</div>
        <div> </div>
        <div>Ed Mporris </div>
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            font-size: 10pt;"><b>From</b>: "Ayden Férdeline"
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:icann@FERDELINE.COM"><icann@FERDELINE.COM></a><br>
            <b>Sent</b>: Tuesday, April 12, 2016 6:18 PM<br>
            <b>To</b>: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br>
            <b>Subject</b>: Re: AW: [NCSG-Discuss] Geographic Regions
            Review Working Group Report - NCSG Response</span>
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                  <div><font>Hello all,</font></div>
                  <div> </div>
                  <div><font>Just a reminder that the deadline to submit
                      our comments on the final report of the Geographic
                      Regions Review Working Group is fast approaching.
                      If we agree to submit something (and I will
                      confess I am not too sure of process here - do we
                      want to submit something? Is this something best
                      discussed on Thursday's open policy call?) it
                      would be helpful to have your feedback in by next
                      Tuesday. This is because the deadline for comments
                      is 24 April.</font></div>
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                  <div><font>I was reading the statement that was <a
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                        by the Registries Stakeholder Group</a>
                      yesterday. They began with an interesting remark
                      which I would like to quote in full - I don't
                      think there is value in us echoing it, but it
                      might be something we'd like to note in our
                      response to the Draft Framework of Principles for
                      Cross Community Working Groups, if we respond:</font></div>
                  <div> </div>
                  <div><font><i>“The RySG notes that it has been nearly
                        nine years since the concerns about the
                        definition and use of Geographic Regions were
                        highlighted by the ccNSO in 2007 and almost
                        three years since the WGGR produced its final
                        report in June 2013. The reason for these
                        exceptionally long timelines is unclear but they
                        might be cause of concern for some RySG
                        members.” </i></font></div>
                  <div> </div>
                  <div><font>Just for ease of reference, here is a link
                      to the statement I have drafted so far which
                      incorporates the inputs of around 20 NCSG members.
                      I am not precious about the words. If you would
                      like to change something, please go ahead and
                      re-phrase it:
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                  <div><font>I look forward to hearing your thoughts.</font></div>
                  <div> </div>
                  <div><font>Best wishes,</font></div>
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                    <div>Ayden Férdeline</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 10:48 PM,
                  Ayden Férdeline <span dir="ltr"> <a
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                            <div><font>Hi Glenn, and others,<br>
                                <br>
                                Thanks for your comments. Regarding the
                                Fellowship, as you know, ICANN takes a
                                rather economically deterministic view
                                in assessing eligibility. In order to be
                                eligible for a Fellowship, a candidate
                                must be a citizen of a country classed
                                by the World Bank as a low,
                                lower-middle, or upper-middle economy. I
                                don't happen to see anything wrong with
                                means testing this programme. Nor do I
                                see anything wrong with deferring to a
                                recognised third-party to make the call
                                as to whether someone can afford or not
                                to participate (it's hardly within
                                ICANN's remit to be doing this). But
                                still, the eligibility criteria is
                                broken.</font></div>
                            <div><br>
                              <font>The biggest issue I see is this:
                                just because a country is supposedly
                                high-income does not mean the Fellow
                                comes from such a background. It does
                                not mean that a country invests in
                                education, nor is looking to build the
                                capacity of its citizenry in Internet
                                governance matters. I can only speak
                                from personal experience here — living
                                in the UK, higher education is very much
                                another commodity to be exported, not
                                something that the State sees a
                                responsibility to invest in. The other
                                flaw is in the data set. We're relying
                                on data self-reported by States to the
                                World Bank. Some countries do not report
                                accurate data and it is unclear what
                                repercussions (if any) there are for
                                doing so. The figures that Argentina,
                                for instance, reports are questionable
                                in accuracy. This is a country that goes
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                                  the Economist's Big Mac Index</a> (by
                                imposing price controls on Big Macs); I
                                would put forward that the figures they
                                are reporting to the World Bank are
                                intended for domestic consumption and
                                not grounded in reality. The very real
                                impact here, however, is that Argentines
                                are not eligible for ICANN Fellowships,
                                because Argentina has self-reported
                                itself to the World Bank as a
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                            <div> </div>
                            <div><font>My preference would be for the
                                Fellowship programme to be extended to
                                those of all nationalities. Of course
                                there should be some way to recognise
                                and account for privilege, but
                                particularly for early career
                                participants and those without
                                institutional backing, it doesn't matter
                                which country you come from — funding to
                                participate in ICANN activities is going
                                to be an issue.</font></div>
                            <div> </div>
                            <div><font>To your other comments, Glenn, I
                                am glad that Ed has taken ownership of
                                this matter and will seek a response
                                from the relevant parties.  </font></div>
                            <div> </div>
                            <div><font>Best wishes,</font></div>
                            <div> </div>
                            <div><font>Ayden</font></div>
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                          <div>On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 6:39 PM, Glenn
                            McKnight <span dir="ltr"> <a
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                              <div dir="ltr">We have  been bringing up
                                'forever' the issue of First Nations
                                from North America and elsewhere which
                                are denied access to the  fellowship. 
                                Also the 15 islands under NARALO for
                                 the South Pacific.  These members are
                                deemed part of the rich west and not
                                eligible.  Meanwhile American Samoa or
                                the Hopi Reservations make less many of
                                the countries ie. Barbados and others
                                who are deemed worthy  to be fellows.  
                                I am speaking with Loris Taylor of
                                 Native Public Media and she is working
                                with the Tribal elders in the US to join
                                 GAC since  US tribes which are treaty
                                countries  are eligible.  No one from
                                ICANN has responded to them. 
                                <div><br>
                                  Glenn</div>
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                                    <div dir="ltr">Glenn McKnight<br>
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                                        target="_blank">mcknight.glenn@gmail.com</a><br>
                                      skype  gmcknight<br>
                                      twitter gmcknight<br>
                                      .</div>
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                                <div>On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 1:06 PM,
                                  Kathy Kleiman <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                                  wrote:
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                                      text="#000000">Hi Tracy, Ayden and
                                      All,<br>
                                      I came from the South School of
                                      Internet Governance last week
                                      (organized by Olga Cavalli) and
                                      learned that a lot of time is
                                      being spent arguing about and
                                      within regions. And there is much
                                      work and so many other issues to
                                      argue about!<br>
                                      <br>
                                      To Ayden's questions below, which
                                      did not make it to me earlier, let
                                      me respond: I think that it is
                                      people who should organize their
                                      regions within ICANN. Israel, for
                                      example, might object to being in
                                      the Middle Eastern region; as
                                      their citizens are so often denied
                                      entrance to conferences in nearby
                                      countries, they normally go to
                                      Europe and other areas for their
                                      meetings. Why should their young
                                      people have no chance at getting a
                                      NextGen scholarship if it is only
                                      regional and they can't attend
                                      anything in their regions? That's
                                      just one example.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      The ones Tracy points to below is
                                      another example - and solution.<br>
                                      <br>
                                      I dislike "recreating the wheel"
                                      and my guess is that others have
                                      solved this issue many times and
                                      in many ways over the years. What
                                      has worked?<br>
                                      Ayden, as a traveler of the world,
                                      I certainly vote for you to help
                                      solve this interesting problem!<br>
                                      Best,<br>
                                      Kathy
                                      <div>
                                        <div> 
                                          <div><br>
                                            On 4/6/2016 2:56 PM, Tracy
                                            F. Hackshaw @ Google wrote:</div>
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                                            <p dir="ltr">For these
                                              reasons and more, the GAC
                                              deliberately avoids
                                              recognition of "regions"
                                              in the ICANN space.</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">In terms of the
                                              Americas - geography
                                              certainly does not rule
                                              even re: the RIRs and the
                                              Caribbean is probably the
                                              best/worst example:</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">Consider this
                                              (via the NRO)</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr"><b><u>The ARIN
                                                  Caribbean</u></b></p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">US VIRGIN
                                              ISLANDS<br>
                                              BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS<br>
                                              ANGUILLA<br>
                                              ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA<br>
                                              BAHAMAS<br>
                                              BARBADOS<br>
                                              BERMUDA<br>
                                              CAYMAN ISLANDS<br>
                                              DOMINICA<br>
                                              GRENADA<br>
                                              GUADELOUPE<br>
                                              JAMAICA<br>
                                              MARTINIQUE<br>
                                              PUERTO RICO<br>
                                              SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS<br>
                                              SAINT LUCIA<br>
                                              SAINT VINCENT AND THE
                                              GRENADINES<br>
                                              TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr"><u><b>The
                                                  LACNIC Caribbean</b></u></p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">ARUBA<br>
                                              CUBA<br>
                                              DOMINICAN REPUBLIC<br>
                                              FRENCH GUIANA<br>
                                              GUYANA<br>
                                              HAITI<br>
                                              NETHERLANDS ANTILLES<br>
                                              SURINAME<br>
                                              TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr"><b><u>The RIPE
                                                  NCC Caribbean</u></b></p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">MONTSERRAT</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">SAINT MARTIN?</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr"><b><u>Unclear</u></b></p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">Caribbean
                                              Netherlands - Bonaire,
                                              Sint Eustatius, and Saba -
                                              LACNIC ?</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">Curacao -
                                              LACNIC?</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">Sint Maarten -
                                              LACNIC?</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">Saint Martin -
                                              RIPE NCC?</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr"><b><u>Other
                                                  idiosyncrasies
                                                  (defying geography):</u></b></p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">Malawi - ARIN<br>
                                              Antarctica - ARIN</p>
                                            <p dir="ltr">(I could be
                                              missing one or two island
                                              territories/States)</p>
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                                                        <div>Hi Kathy,</div>
                                                        <div><br>
                                                          Thanks for
                                                          your comments.
                                                          I just wanted
                                                          to pick up on
                                                          something; you
                                                          mentioned that
                                                          (similar,
                                                          presumably)
                                                          legal
                                                          structures
                                                          should be one
                                                          of our guiding
                                                          instruments in
                                                          the new
                                                          geographic
                                                          regions
                                                          framework.
                                                          What were you
                                                          thinking of
                                                          here? That in
                                                          the GAC, ICANN
                                                          should be
                                                          measuring how
                                                          many members
                                                          have common
                                                          and civil law
                                                          along with,
                                                          say, Sharia
                                                          law
                                                          provisions, in
                                                          relation to
                                                          the total
                                                          number of
                                                          countries in
                                                          the world with
                                                          those legal
                                                          systems? How
                                                          valuable would
                                                          that be? </div>
                                                        <div> </div>
                                                        <div>I am not a
                                                          lawyer so my
                                                          understanding
                                                          of this topic
                                                          is very
                                                          limited: I
                                                          thought every
                                                          country's
                                                          legal system
                                                          had its own
                                                          identity -
                                                          though some
                                                          have been <font>inherited
                                                          from or
                                                          influenced by
                                                          colonialism,
                                                          or another
                                                          factor - so
                                                          I'm not
                                                          certain as to
                                                          what we would
                                                          be trying to
                                                          achieve here.
                                                          What type of
                                                          diversity
                                                          would you like
                                                          to see in
                                                          terms of legal
                                                          structures?</font></div>
                                                        <div> </div>
                                                        <div>Many
                                                          thanks,</div>
                                                        <div><br>
                                                          Ayden</div>
                                                        <div> </div>
                                                        <div>
                                                          <div> 
                                                          <div>On Thu,
                                                          Mar 31, 2016
                                                          4:07 PM, Kathy
                                                          Kleiman <span
                                                          dir="ltr"> <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:kathy@KATHYKLEIMAN.COM"
                                                          target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kathy@KATHYKLEIMAN.COM">kathy@KATHYKLEIMAN.COM</a></a></span>
                                                          wrote:
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                                                          I am not sure
                                                          that the
                                                          technical
                                                          regions need
                                                          to be our
                                                          guiding point
                                                          here. As
                                                          Wolfgang
                                                          points out,
                                                          the technical
                                                          regions are a
                                                          little skewed.
                                                          I would like
                                                          language,
                                                          culture, legal
                                                          structure,
                                                          civil society
                                                          structures,
                                                          and business
                                                          structures
                                                          should be our
                                                          guide here.
                                                          Quick note
                                                          that Mexico
                                                          was “deemed”
                                                          part of the
                                                          Latin American
                                                          region at the
                                                          founding of
                                                          ICANN for
                                                          these reasons.
                                                          Tx for the
                                                          work and
                                                          discussion!
                                                          Best, Kathy On
                                                          3/31/2016 7:25
                                                          AM,
                                                          “Kleinwächter,
                                                          Wolfgang”
                                                          wrote: >
                                                          All this can
                                                          be understood
                                                          only in the
                                                          historical
                                                          context: Look
                                                          at the service
                                                          region for
                                                          today´s RIPE
                                                          NCC(<a
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href="https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/info/list-of-members/europe"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/info/list-of-members/europe">https://www.ripe.net/participate/member-support/info/list-of-members/europe</a></a>)
                                                          which - as the
                                                          “European” RIR
                                                          - inlcudes
                                                          Middle East
                                                          and Central
                                                          Asien
                                                          countries.
                                                          When AFRINIC
                                                          was formed in
                                                          the early
                                                          2000s they
                                                          took mainly
                                                          sub-saharian
                                                          countries
                                                          which were
                                                          served
                                                          previously by
                                                          ARIN and RIPE
                                                          and left some
                                                          middle east
                                                          countries with
                                                          RIPE.
                                                          Difficult to
                                                          explain . But
                                                          the good news
                                                          is: It
                                                          works.... >
                                                          > wolfgang
                                                          > >
                                                          -----Ursprüngliche
                                                          Nachricht-----
                                                          > Von:
                                                          NCSG-Discuss
                                                          im Auftrag von
                                                          Shane Kerr
                                                          > Gesendet:
                                                          Do 31.03.2016
                                                          13:06 > An:
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                                                          > Betreff:
                                                          Re:
                                                          [NCSG-Discuss]
                                                          Geographic
                                                          Regions Review
                                                          Working Group
                                                          Report - NCSG
                                                          Response >
                                                          > Seun,
                                                          > >
                                                          While ARIN
                                                          predates
                                                          ICANN, when
                                                          ICANN was
                                                          formed ARIN
                                                          was still the
                                                          RIR > for
                                                          North America,
                                                          South America,
                                                          and
                                                          sub-Saharan
                                                          Africa.
                                                          Certainly in
                                                          > the case
                                                          of Jamaica,
                                                          since the
                                                          official
                                                          language is
                                                          English it
                                                          made a >
                                                          certain amount
                                                          of sense for
                                                          them to have
                                                          stayed with
                                                          ARIN as an
                                                          RIR. > >
                                                          The Caribbean
                                                          islands all
                                                          have unique
                                                          backgrounds,
                                                          and I suspect
                                                          trying > to
                                                          group them to
                                                          get any kind
                                                          of regional
                                                          consensus is
                                                          always going
                                                          to > be
                                                          problematic.
                                                          :) > >
                                                          Cheers, >
                                                          > -- >
                                                          Shane >
                                                          > At
                                                          2016-03-29
                                                          21:55:41 +0100
                                                          > Seun
                                                          Ojedeji wrote:
                                                          > >>
                                                          That
                                                          particularly
                                                          amazed me
                                                          Tracy. There
                                                          is an ARIN
                                                          meeting that
                                                          will be
                                                          >>
                                                          holding in
                                                          Jamaica
                                                          sometime in
                                                          April. It was
                                                          quite
                                                          interesting
                                                          for me to
                                                          >> learn
                                                          that based on
                                                          ICANN
                                                          categorisation,
                                                          .jm fall under
                                                          the LAC zone
                                                          even >>
                                                          though it's
                                                          within the
                                                          ARIN region
                                                          (RIR wise).
                                                          Don't know how
                                                          much this
                                                          >>
                                                          impacts on the
                                                          work of the
                                                          NCSG but I
                                                          believe it
                                                          does for the
                                                          At-Large
                                                          >>
                                                          community.
                                                          >>
                                                          >>
                                                          Considering
                                                          that ARIN
                                                          predates
                                                          ICANN, one
                                                          would expect
                                                          there is
                                                          already
                                                          >>
                                                          existing data
                                                          set to work
                                                          with.
                                                          Nevertheless,
                                                          I guess there
                                                          may have been
                                                          >> some
                                                          other reason
                                                          that informed
                                                          their decision
                                                          which ofcourse
                                                          is currently
                                                          >> be
                                                          out of my
                                                          reach/grasps
                                                          >>
                                                          >>
                                                          Regards
                                                          >>
                                                          >> Sent
                                                          from my LG G4
                                                          >>
                                                          Kindly excuse
                                                          brevity and
                                                          typos >>
                                                          On 29 Mar 2016
                                                          9:08 p.m.,
                                                          “Tracy F.
                                                          Hackshaw”
                                                          >>
                                                          wrote:
                                                          >>
                                                          >>>
                                                          See ARIN -
                                                          LACNIC split
                                                          in the
                                                          Caribbean
                                                          region.
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          Sent from my
                                                          Fire
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          On March 29,
                                                          2016, at 3:26
                                                          PM, Ayden
                                                          Férdeline
                                                          >>>
                                                          wrote:
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          Hi Karel,
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          While that
                                                          concern was
                                                          raised, my
                                                          understanding
                                                          is that it was
                                                          not carried
                                                          >>>
                                                          forward into
                                                          the
                                                          recommendations.
                                                          The Working
                                                          Group did not
                                                          recommend
                                                          >>>
                                                          moving most of
                                                          the Caribbean
                                                          region from
                                                          the ICANN silo
                                                          of Latin
                                                          America to
                                                          >>>
                                                          North America
                                                          because it
                                                          feared the two
                                                          regions would
                                                          be split on
                                                          >>>
                                                          geographical
                                                          and linguistic
                                                          lines (I would
                                                          suggest they
                                                          already are.),
                                                          >>>
                                                          among other
                                                          reasons of
                                                          “practicality”.
                                                          It does,
                                                          however, have
                                                          provisions in
                                                          >>>
                                                          place to allow
                                                          a country's
                                                          government to
                                                          voluntarily
                                                          request to
                                                          move to
                                                          >>>
                                                          another
                                                          region. The
                                                          procedures
                                                          around how
                                                          this would
                                                          happen have
                                                          not yet
                                                          >>>
                                                          been developed
                                                          by Staff.
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>> I
                                                          welcome any
                                                          comments or
                                                          suggestions
                                                          you might have
                                                          for our
                                                          statement,
                                                          >>>
                                                          and I look
                                                          forward to
                                                          reading your
                                                          additions.
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          Best wishes,
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          Ayden
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          On Tue, Mar
                                                          29, 2016 at
                                                          7:59 PM, Karel
                                                          Douglas
                                                          >>>
                                                          wrote:
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>>
                                                          Good work - I
                                                          read the NCUC
                                                          report which
                                                          caused me to
                                                          immediately
                                                          >>>>
                                                          read the final
                                                          report of the
                                                          WG.
                                                          >>>>
                                                          >>>>
                                                          I'm glad that
                                                          the issue of
                                                          the Caribbean
                                                          region was
                                                          discussed as
                                                          it is a
                                                          >>>>
                                                          very topical
                                                          issue.
                                                          >>>>
                                                          >>>>
                                                          Carlton
                                                          Samuels was on
                                                          the WG and
                                                          would have
                                                          highlighted
                                                          the concerns
                                                          >>>>
                                                          that we have.
                                                          >>>>
                                                          >>>>
                                                          I will
                                                          certainly try
                                                          to add a few
                                                          comments on
                                                          your document.
                                                          >>>>
                                                          >>>>
                                                          regards
                                                          >>>>
                                                          >>>>
                                                          Karel
                                                          >>>>
                                                          >>>>
                                                          On Tue, Mar
                                                          29, 2016 at
                                                          1:26 PM, Ayden
                                                          Férdeline
                                                          >>>>
                                                          wrote:
                                                          >>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          Hello, team-
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          I have drafted
                                                          a response to
                                                          the final
                                                          report of the
                                                          Geographic
                                                          Regions
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          Review Working
                                                          Group.
                                                          Comments are
                                                          due in about
                                                          25 days time
                                                          but if we do
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          decide to
                                                          reply, I hope
                                                          we can submit
                                                          something in
                                                          advance of
                                                          that
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          deadline. I've
                                                          shared my
                                                          first draft on
                                                          Google Docs
                                                          here
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          and have also
                                                          attached it to
                                                          this email for
                                                          those without
                                                          access to that
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          website.
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          <a
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href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-c2vVT2DNO73l89wfZTvKtY70rmaid8g7XBO-Vto9SM/edit"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-c2vVT2DNO73l89wfZTvKtY70rmaid8g7XBO-Vto9SM/edit">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-c2vVT2DNO73l89wfZTvKtY70rmaid8g7XBO-Vto9SM/edit</a></a>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          You can read
                                                          the Working
                                                          Group's final
                                                          report here:
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          <a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en"
                                                          target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en</a></a>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          I suspect that
                                                          we will have a
                                                          wide birth of
                                                          opinions on
                                                          this topic, so
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          please know
                                                          that I'm very
                                                          much open to
                                                          reviewing or
                                                          rethinking
                                                          anything
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          that appears
                                                          in this early
                                                          draft. I am
                                                          also new to
                                                          writing public
                                                          comments
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          like this one
                                                          so welcome any
                                                          feedback you
                                                          would be kind
                                                          enough to
                                                          share. I
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          look forward
                                                          to hearing
                                                          your thoughts.
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          Best wishes,
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          Ayden
                                                          Férdeline
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          [image: File]
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          Ayden
                                                          Ferdeline -
                                                          Response -
                                                          WGGR
                                                          Report.pdf
                                                          36KB
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          Download
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          [image:
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          Logo]
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>>
                                                          >>>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          Ayden
                                                          Férdeline
                                                          >>>
                                                          Statement of
                                                          Interest
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          >>>
                                                          Ayden
                                                          Férdeline
                                                          >>>
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