Geographic Regions Review Working Group Report - NCSG Response

[Remmy Nweke]

Good job Ayden

Remmy Nweke
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Mueller, Milton L <milton at gatech.edu>
wrote:

> Great to see you taking the initiative to get comments underway, Ayden.
>
> I added some comments to the Google doc.
>
> Personally, I believe that the statement overstates the significance of
> geographic diversity when what we are really interested in is overall
> population diversity, which might involve language and other culture,
> religion or ideology, economic status, etc. Geography is but a rough proxy
> for social differences, and often a bad one. I would like to see a comment
> raising consciousness about this. Given how arbitrary some of these
> dividing lines are (e.g., is Mexico North America – which it is
> geographically – or LAC, or which tiny Caribbean island gets placed where)
> It might clarify things to state the actual purpose of these regional
> divisions.
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> *From:* NCSG-Discuss [mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] *On Behalf Of
> *Ayden Férdeline
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 1:27 PM
> *To:* NCSG-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> *Subject:* Geographic Regions Review Working Group Report - NCSG Response
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>
>
> Hello, team-
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> 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
> <https://links8.mixmaxusercontent.com/aMjjKHWxnLSD3SEwj/l/Dd5veWqTH5ASiyVjh?rn=IyczV3YzlGZgc2cj5mI&re=gI1RWZuIXez5idyV2c0NXasB0czV3YzlGZtc2cj5mI>
> and have also attached it to this email for those without access to that
> website.
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> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-c2vVT2DNO73l89wfZTvKtY70rmaid8g7XBO-Vto9SM/edit
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> You can read the Working Group's final report here:
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> https://www.icann.org/public-comments/geo-regions-2015-12-23-en
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> 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.
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> Best wishes,
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> Ayden Férdeline
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