[AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Meeting in San Juan - 25-29 June 2007

[Alan Levin]

Alice,

btw, ISOC-ZA put forward a good candidate - our vice-chairman of 4  
years - which was declined.
Apparently only 4 Africans were supported.

hth

Alan


On 12 Jun 2007, at 10:21 PM, Anne-Rachel Inné wrote:

> No at all Alice. The fellows are from all regions and given that  
> this meeting is in the Caribbeans, we are sponsoring most people  
> from the region.
> So what I meant was that the regional meetings this time are for  
> the region and also for all the newcomers. We will not have an  
> African Region meeting. People can come to the fellows meeting  
> everyday though. This way they will meet the new faces and help us  
> in getting them started and perhaps even mentor them.
>
> It is common for ICANN to have meetings for the region in the  
> region where meetings are taking place ( or closer --- like in  
> Lisbon where it was cheaper to have people from Africa and Middle  
> East than from the Caribbean).
>
> Now if those who will be in San Juan from the Africa region want to  
> meet sometime, someday to exchange, that is good. Usually when  
> people want to do that, I try to find a meeting space at the  
> meeting venue. Given that this time again we are short on rooms, I  
> cannot promise this will be possible.
>
> cheers
> ar
>
>
>
> On 6/12/07, alice <alice at apc.org> wrote: Thanks Anne-Rachel.
> The assumption then is that most of the sponsored participants are  
> from
> the Africa region?
>
> best
> alice
>
>
> Anne-Rachel Inné wrote:
> > Hello Alice,
> >
> > There will not be a specific African meeting because we are having
> > several meetings of the fellows who will come (every day for one  
> hour)
> > because for a lot of them, it will be their first ICANN meeting.
> > Cheers
> > ar
> >
> >
> > On 6/8/07, alice < alice at apc.org> wrote:
> >> Hi Anne-Rachel
> >>
> >> Thank you for this. Is there a plan to have an African meeting  
> this time
> >> around?
> >>
> >> best
> >> alice
> >>
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