Participation from all regions

[Patrick Vande Walle <patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Q7. What can be done to assist in the evolution of a more widely
informed participation from all regions from all interested
stakeholders, including governmental representatives?

Next to the 3 global ICANN meetings each year, short, sub-regional
meetings could be scheduled. As an example: a region like Asia-Pacific
is just too large geographically and too varied economically to be
considered coherent. Some of the Pacific Islands may want to send
representatives to a two day meeting in the Pacific, but cannot afford
to send someone for a full week on the other side of  the world. Such
meetings should be attended by a selected number of people from the
board, GAC, CCNSO, gNSO and ASO, with the goal of listening to the
sub-region community's concerns.


Patrick Vande Walle