<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219946"><span>@Mike,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219946"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219946">As an academic, I might be suffering the same illusion as Paulos :-),</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219946"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219946">I think what he was saying is that the current board</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219946"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219946" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/board-of-directors" class="enhancr2_4c11f774-eae9-7ae0-6184-63cab1a37ab7" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219980">Board of Directors - ICANN</a><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219988"><br></div><div id="enhancr2_4c11f774-eae9-7ae0-6184-63cab1a37ab7" class="yahoo-link-enhancr-card ymail-preserve-class ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" contenteditable="false" data-url="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/board-of-directors" data-type="yenhancr" data-category="article" data-embed-url="" data-size="medium" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/board-of-directors" style="text-decoration:none !important; 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line-height:19px; margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;word-break:break-word;">ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee Announces Selections - ICANN</h2> <div class="card-description" style="font-size:11px;line-height:15px;color:#999;word-break:break-word;"></div> </td> <td style="text-align:right;padding:16px 12px 16px 0;"> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_220167"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947" dir="ltr">Is not diverse (should I dare say black?) enough?</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947">My academic training seems to agree with this observation.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947" dir="ltr">I remember my interest in ICANN was actually provoked by the days when Alice, Katim et al were on the board.</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947" dir="ltr">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?</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947" dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_219947" dir="ltr">walu.<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_220096" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_220095"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_220094"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_220098"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_220097"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_220101"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Mike Silber <silber.mike@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Dr Paulos B Nyirenda <paulos@sdnp.org.mw> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> community-discuss@afrinic.net; members-discuss@afrinic.net; AfrICANN Community List <africann@afrinic.net>; aftld-members@aftld.org<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, August 31, 2016 3:50 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [members-discuss] [SPAM] Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN 2016 Nominating Committee Announces Selections - unfortunate Africa d<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472488093553_220093"><br>Paulos<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On 31 Aug 2016, at 14:38, Dr Paulos B Nyirenda <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:paulos@sdnp.org.mw" href="mailto:paulos@sdnp.org.mw">paulos@sdnp.org.mw</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> This does not reduce how glaringly <br clear="none">> disparate the observed situation is and no one in this discussion is challenging the <br clear="none">> observation.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none"><br clear="none">I will challenge that observation.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I suspect you are affirming the consequent, a logical fallacy that surprises me in an academic such as yourself.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Regards<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Mike<div class="yqt0084771377" id="yqtfd89681"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Members-Discuss mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Members-Discuss@afrinic.net" href="mailto:Members-Discuss@afrinic.net">Members-Discuss@afrinic.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/members-discuss</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>