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   1. Re: ICANN to Hold First-Ever Remote Public Meeting<br>
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<br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Pierre Dandjinou <<a href="mailto:pierre.dandjinou@icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">pierre.dandjinou@icann.org</a>><br>To: Fatimata Seye Sylla <<a href="mailto:fsylla@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">fsylla@gmail.com</a>>, Jacob Odame-Baiden <<a href="mailto:odamyte@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">odamyte@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: afri-discuss <<a href="mailto:afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a>><br>Bcc: <br>Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:34:09 +0000<br>Subject: Re: [AFRI-Discuss] ICANN to Hold First-Ever Remote Public Meeting<br>





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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning to all,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Fatimata has put an interesting question about possible impact on participation from our region.
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<p class="MsoNormal">While awaiting for more details on the ICANN first ever remote public meeting, could we share any ideas on possible ways to mitigate the adverse impact on participation from Africa?
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<p class="MsoNormal">The GSE Africa team will be happy to support.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pierre<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-- Dandjinou Pierre<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">RVP, Global Stakeholder Engagement, AFRICA<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tel : +229 66075787<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>To: </b>Jacob Odame-Baiden <<a href="mailto:odamyte@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">odamyte@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Re: [AFRI-Discuss] ICANN to Hold First-Ever Remote Public Meeting<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the update.  It would be good to see the impact on participation from our region.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Le jeu. 20 févr. 2020 à 09:45, Jacob Odame-Baiden <<a href="mailto:odamyte@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">odamyte@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Many thanks for the update Seun. Looking forward to the initial draft.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, 20 Feb 2020, 07:18 Seun Ojedeji, <<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The ICANN Board has decided not to hold a face 2 face meeting in Cancun instead the first remote based public meeting will be held.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">"<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:white">LOS ANGELES – 19 February 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (</span>ICANN<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333;background:white">)
 today announced that its ICANN67 Public Meeting, which was to be held in Cancún, Mexico, will now be held via remote participation-only. This decision was made as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, considered a public health emergency of international concern
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Seun Ojedeji - AFRALO Chair<u></u><u></u></p>
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Kindly excuse brevity and typos<u></u><u></u></p>
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