Conrad is right. I am sorry I overlooked the ALAC position that went to Dave. Indeed the position had been reserved for Africa. And Nnenna is also right about competence being the key consideration. The problem in Africa is that there is usually not an effective outreach program ny Nom_Com, ICANN or even stakeholders to find well qualified candidates. It is just lucky that ICANN rules reserve some slots for Africa in pursuance of the Geographic Diversity requirements. All the same we badly need more Africans in there. We need especially another person on the Board beyond the diversity requirement. Waudo On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:45 -0500, "Nnenna Nwakanma" <nnenna@nnenna.org> wrote:
I like to think that Mauritius is in Africa. Ergo Africa is represented in the name of Dave Kissoondoyal
Same here. In fact, there were 23 European Statements of Interest received and I do not see anybody from the European Union..
That one too cries out loud if judgments were to be made on continental basis. But I do believe that competence should be valued above every/any other considerations
Best regards
Nnenna
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