[AFRI-Discuss] [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: CALL FOR A THEME FOR THE JOINT AFRALO/AfrICANN MEETING AT ICANN 52 SINGAPORE

Beran Gillen - Yahoo berangillen at yahoo.com
Tue Dec 16 08:26:50 UTC 2014


+1 Yassin

Makes a lot of sense!!! We should do the ground work prior to ICANN meetings or the time allocated for these joint meetings wil never suffice. 

Beran Gillen 

"There is nothing more difficult to arrange and more dangerous to carry through than initiating change..." Machiavelli 

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> On 12 Dec 2014, at 06:54, ymshana2003 <ymshana2003 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello there....
> Another thought.....why don't Africans hold Sub-Region and then Regional brainstorming meetings on this before meeting during the ICANN meetings?
> 
> It seems to be a waste of resources by attending ICANN mtgs with no outcome. As it is, the ICANN mtgs are not there fir Africans to meet and deliberate in issues which should have been done as a homework. Otherwise nothing will be done effectively if this trend continued. 
> 
> Those who attend ICANN mtgs should be there to share ideas from Africa Region not to go there to meet amongst ourselves ...we should be mingling and exchanging ideas with others...
> 
> May I suggest that we make use of the resources provided in the African Strategy to do the homework?
> 
> Just a mere advice on this ...
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Yassin
> 
> 
> Sent from Samsung Mobile
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Arsene Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com> 
> Date:11/12/2014  19:37  (GMT+02:00) 
> To: AfrICANN list <africann at afrinic.net> 
> Cc: afri-discuss at atlarge-lists.icann.org 
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: [AFRI-Discuss] CALL FOR A THEME FOR THE
>    JOINT AFRALO/AfrICANN MEETING AT ICANN 52 SINGAPORE 
> 
> Dear Barack and Mwendwa,
> 
> In the Los Angeles meeting, the joint meeting had as theme 'IANA transition and ICANN accountability seen by the African community''. I am not sure there was a report out of this joint meeting.
> 
> If i do remember, we didn't have enough time to discuss everyting. It was mainly about explaining what those functions are and what the transition means but we didn't go any further, maybe due to time constraints.
> 
> I would suggest we keep the same theme to allow those from the African community who were not present in LA and who will be in Singapore to contribute. But also, to further discussions on what is the role of Africa to help meet the NTIA's deadline as Mwendwa said earlier.
> 
> Best regards,
> A
> 
> Arsene Tungali,
> Rudi International
> www.rudiinternational.org
> www.mabingwa-forum.com
> 
> Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)
> 
>> On 11 déc. 2014, at 19:06, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Barrack,
>> 
>> The trending thing in the next two ICANN meetings will still be the
>> IANA transition. Maybe we can have a theme centered around the role of
>> Africa in the process. Currently, three communities (names, numbers,
>> and protocol parameters) are working hard to ensure we meet the NTIA's
>> deadline. How has the continent contributed on the same?
>> 
>> Regards
>> ______________________
>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>> 
>> "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk
>> on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 11 December 2014 at 16:55, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> As has been the case in previous ICANN meetings, AFRALO will be holding
>>> a joint AFRALO/AfrICANN meeting to discuss issues or subjects of interest
>>> to our region at the scheduled ICANN 52 meeting in Singapore, which takes
>>> place from 8-12 February 2015
>>> 
>>> The purpose of this message therefore is to request you to  suggest a
>>> theme that is appropriate for the meeting. We are also looking forward
>>> for presentation of a "joint statement" to the attention of ICANN at
>>> the end of this meeting.  We would appreciate your proposal being sent
>>> as soon as possible (before 20 December 2014). Please note that beyond
>>> period,  If we do not receive any proposal; the Leadership ofAFRALO
>>> will constitute a drafting committee that will decide the theme and
>>> propose to the Community a draft statement to ICANN. This statement
>>> will be discussed at the meeting in Singapore.
>>> 
>>> The subject chosen should be relevant to the interest of two organizations:
>>> AfrICANN and AFRALO.
>>> It should be noted that the interest of this tradition, which we organize
>>> together since the Brussels meeting , is to express the point of view
>>> of the African
>>> ICANN community on current issues that are of interest to the ICANN community.
>>> 
>>> Best Regards
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Francais ci dessous
>>> 
>>> Bonjour à tous,
>>> 
>>> Comme cela a été le cas lors des réunions de l'ICANN précédentes,
>>> AFRALO tiendra  une réunion conjointe AFRALO / AfrICANN pour discuter
>>> des questions ou des sujets d'intérêt  pour notre région à la réunion
>>> 52 de l'ICANN prévue à Singapour, qui aura lieu du 8 au 12 Février
>>> 2015.
>>> Le but de ce message est donc de vous demander de suggérer un  thème
>>> approprié pour la réunion. Nous souhaitons également préparer une
>>> "déclaration commune" à l'attention d'ICANN à la fin de cette réunion.
>>> Nous apprécierions votre proposition que vous pouvez transmettre sur
>>> la liste avant le 20 Décembre 2014. S'il vous plaît noter que si au
>>> delà de ce délai, nous ne recevons aucune proposition; La direction
>>> d'AFRALO constituera un comité de rédaction qui choisira un thème et
>>> proposera à la Communauté un projet de déclaration à l'ICANN. Cette
>>> déclaration sera discutée lors de la réunion à Singapour.
>>> Le thème choisi devrait être pertinent pour l'intérêt des deux
>>> organisations: AfrICANN et AFRALO.  Il convient de rappeler que
>>> l'intérêt de cette tradition, que nous organisons  ensemble depuis la
>>> réunion de Bruxelles, est d'exprimer le point de vue de l'Afrique
>>> Communauté de l'ICANN sur les questions actuelles qui sont d'intérêt
>>> pour la communauté de l'ICANN.
>>> Cordialement
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