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[Michele Neylon - Blacknight]

So ICANN’s diversity is measured in degrees of “blackness”?

Are we stuck in some kind of time warp and gone back to the 19th century?

Regards

Michele


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From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>, "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net>
Date: Wednesday 31 August 2016 at 14:05
To: Mike Silber <silber.mike at gmail.com>, Dr Paulos B Nyirenda <paulos at sdnp.org.mw>
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Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] [members-discuss] [SPAM] Re: ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee Announces Selections - unfortunate Africa d

@Mike,

As an academic, I might be suffering the same illusion as Paulos :-),

I think what he was saying is that the current board

Board of Directors - ICANN<https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/board-of-directors>





Board of Directors - ICANN





Joined by the new nominees @

ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee Announces Selections - ICANN<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2016-08-29-en>






ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee Announces Selections - ICANN





Is not diverse (should I dare say black?) enough?

My academic training seems to agree with this observation.

I remember my interest in ICANN was actually provoked by the days when Alice, Katim et al were on the board.

Without doubting the capability of the incoming members, it is important that Nomcom takes the issue racial diversity alot more seriously.  After all, that is WHY ICANN is trying to be as 'international' as it can get.  Why not begin at the top?

walu.
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From: Mike Silber <silber.mike at gmail.com>
To: Dr Paulos B Nyirenda <paulos at sdnp.org.mw>
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Subject: Re: [members-discuss] [SPAM] Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee Announces Selections - unfortunate Africa d

Paulos

> On 31 Aug 2016, at 14:38, Dr Paulos B Nyirenda <paulos at sdnp.org.mw<mailto:paulos at sdnp.org.mw>> wrote:
>
> This does not reduce how glaringly
> disparate the observed situation is and no one in this discussion is challenging the
> observation.
>

I will challenge that observation.

I suspect you are affirming the consequent, a logical fallacy that surprises me in an academic such as yourself.

Regards

Mike

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