RIPE TLD-WG Action List

On Thu, 18 Sep 1997 22:30:46 +0000 you said:
>RIPE-27-TLD-5:
>      - RIPE to nominate European candidate to iPOC seat.
>	[?]

As a former IAHC and iPOC member let me ask a few questions:

a) How does one define what Europe is?
b) If you use the conventional definition of Europe, then why would not
Africa, North America, Asia and the Middle East each request a seat?
c) How do you then not make the process political - rather than functional?
d) Europe has 2 people currently sitting on iPOC: Geert Glas, appointed
by INTA (a lawyer) and Patrik Falstrom appointed by the IAB (a techie from
Tele2).  How do these people *not* serve a *European* perspective? (Don't
forget the WIPO and ITU reps who live and work in Geneva who also sit
on the iPOC - and you get to a total of 4 resident Europeans currently
on the iPOC - a number way out of proportion to Europe's size)

Regards,
Hank



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