> Yes, but North American seat are more active than other, isn't it ?
Each seat gets one vote. The North American seat will be the most
competitively sought, simply because there are so many more interested ICANN members
from this region than from any other.. but that cuts both ways.If you're in a
region where there are only 300 members, you only need to convince 30 people to support
you, in order to get on the ballot. Because it is not clear how long someone
must have been a member in order to support a nomination (and thus, there is no rule
on that), nomination stuffing may also occur there. Also, it's more likely
that in those smaller regions, everyone already knows everyone else.
Whereas in
North America, I believe I recently saw a number somewhere closer to 8000 members..
which means you need to convince 800 people to support you.. especially in a context
where very few of us know more than a small handful of other ICANN members.