Re: more Re: [alac] ICANN regions

["Siavash Shahshahani" <shahshah@xxxxxxxx>]

I'm still trying to figure what meaningful questions can be addressed to
the at-large public about this matter. As a ccTLD manager(my other hat)
I've been questionning the ICANN regional classification since its
inception but the concerns of a ccTLD manager are perhaps not immediately
significant to the public. For example, a ccTLD manager in Western Asia
may not be happy about having to travel 8 hours to an Asia/Pacific meeting
in Eastern Asia when he can travel only 4 hours to a similar meeting in
Europe. Further, he has been getting his IPs from RIPE not APNIC since
Internet started, which makes the association technically cumbersome. I've
always thought that a regional classification along RIR lines is more
meaningful. But these mean little to the general public even though they
have their effect on indirect representation in the ICANN process.
Conclusion: Maybe we should just alert certified ALSs and other at-large
conduits to the existence of the questionnaire and ask for opinions where
any exist.
Siavash


> Hi Hong! (when are you coming to visit me, by the way???)
> The idea I have is that we put the questions in the various languages
> too. Then the ALS's can point people directly to the survey URL. We
> should try it with one question.  I'll send you mail when I get home
> from work tonight!
> JP
>
> At 11:56 AM +0800 10/16/06, Hong Xue recently said:
>>Dear Mom,
>>
>>Sure, I can provide you the Chinese equivalences for  "Yes, No, Don't
>>know, Tell us more". But the website is still in English interface.
>>Would Chinese users be able to use it?
>>
>>Hong
>>
>>
>>On 10/15/06, Jean Armour Polly <mom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Also,  if native speakers could give me the questions in languages
>>> other
>>>  than English, why couldn't those go on the same survey as another
>>> sentence
>>>  in the English question? I'd need responses in the other languages
>>> too.
>>>  (Yes, No, Don't know, Tell us more (for the free response-type
>>> questions).
>>>  SurveyMonkey doesn't support Unicode yet.
>>>  http://surveymonkey.com/
>>>  SurveyMonkey says
>>>  "We currently support almost all Western languages based on Roman
>>> character
>>>  sets.  If you are unsure, try creating a simple one question survey as
>>> a
>>>  test.
>>>  Currently, SurveyMonkey does not support multi-byte (Unicode)
>>> character sets
>>>  such as Japanese or Chinese.  This is a feature we are working on
>>> adding
>>>  soon."
>>>
>>>  SurveyMonkey is the only one I've used, it does give great results and
>>> it's
>>>  easy to drill into the responses. If someone else is familiar with
>>> another
>>>  survey tool, especially one that does Unicode-- let us know.
>>>  JP
>>>
>>>  At 11:38 PM +0200 10/14/06, Roberto Gaetano recently said:
>>>  Folks,
>>>  This year a revision of the ICANN regions should take place, since the
>>> last
>>>  one was done in Montreal, 2003, and according to the ICANN Bylaws the
>>>  revision shall take place every 3 years.
>>>  Although the matter has not come up in Board discussions, I would
>>> expect a
>>>  decision to be taken in Sao Paulo.
>>>  In view of this deadline, the ccNSO has launched a questionnaire
>>>  (http://survey.icann.org/cgi/ccnso/) to poll the ccTLD
>>>  managers about their opinions.
>>>  I wonder whether ALAC should open a similar discussion, and gather
>>> Internet
>>>  user (and ALSes) input on the subject, in order to present a position
>>>  reflecting consensus points, if any, and Internet users concerns.
>>>
>>>  Regards,
>>>  Roberto Gaetano
>>>  ALAC
>>>  ICANN Board Liaison
>>>
>>>
>
>


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