<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Hi everyone,<br clear="all"></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Thank you for your contributions and suggestions for topics. We received 10 suggestions for topics for the next statement. The topics that received the most support were around the Domain Name System (DNS), DNS Abuse and Universal Acceptance. </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Please see the topics below (Bold = received most support) </font></div><div class="gmail_default"><ol><li><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New </span><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">gTLD</span><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Subsequent Procedures (Suggested by Barrack Otieno)</span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">AFRICA Region role to play (reflexion/perspective) on Next Round of NewgTLD - Africa Region (Suggested by Abdeljalil Bachar Bong). </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">[Modification: Impact of DNS abuse to the Internet community in Africa: Ways forward (suggested by Joshua J. Onuh)]</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:700;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Impact of COVID19 on domain name system in Africa : community role to play (Suggested by Abdeljalil Bachar Bong)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:700;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Impact of DNS abuse to the Internet community in Africa (Suggested by Abdeljalil Bachar Bong)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:700;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Universal Acceptance (UA) for better Internet development in Africa (Suggested by Abdeljalil Bachar Bong)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Improving AFRICA Community implication on ICANN during COVID19 pandemic (Suggested by Abdeljalil Bachar Bong)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Africa's Domain Name System amidst COVID19 pandemic: Emerging Trends or Threats? (Suggested by Timothy Ola Akinfenwa)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Breaking barriers: The effects of ICANN Multi-stakeholder Model toward Africa's Internet Connectivity (Suggested by Timothy Ola Akinfenwa)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Managed DNS Servers - benefits, impact of Internet stability and trust (Suggested by Abdelhakim Chattaoui)</span></li><li><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Zero-rating of free Internet provision to educational institutions (Suggested by Robert Nkambwe)</span></li></ol></div><div class="gmail_default"><p style="white-space:pre;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">A separate email will be sent to the drafting team for refinement of the topic and next steps on drafting of the statement.</font></span></p><p style="white-space:pre;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p style="white-space:pre;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">If you would still like to join the drafting team, please reach out offlist. </font></span></p></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Regards,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Sarah</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 9:43 AM Sarah Kiden <<a href="mailto:skiden@gmail.com">skiden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Hi all, <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Sending a kind reminder about the call for topics that ends tomorrow (Thursday, 27 August 2020). Please see the details in the email below. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Looking forward to hearing from you. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Thank you, <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Sarah</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 8:23 PM Sarah Kiden <<a href="mailto:skiden@gmail.com" target="_blank">skiden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-m_3516368015785947981gmail-m_5482749641415913992gmail-docs-internal-guid-73076eff-7fff-2e44-ac6e-b96fca9c8b95"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Colleagues,</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I hope this email finds you well. The ICANN69 Meeting is scheduled for 17 - 22 October 2020. This meeting will be virtual. As with previous ICANN meetings, we plan to hold the Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting and we would like to invite you to submit topics for this session. Our previous statements have focused on issues like: Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse, evolving the ICANN Multistakeholder model, New gTLD Subsequent Procedures, enhancing ICANN accountability, etc. Please see our previous statements</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/Joint+AFRALO-AfrICANN+Statements+Workspace" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-hei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9 Sept 2020</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">    </span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">      Send Statement to Staff for translation </span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kindly send your suggested topics by </span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thursday, 27 August 2020</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, after which the drafting team will be constituted to prepare a draft statement that will be shared with the rest of the members. If you would like to join the drafting team, kindly notify us offlist. </span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Looking forward to your contributions.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards,</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Sarah</span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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