[AfrICANN-discuss] Kenya bids to host top IT conference
rafik dammak
rafik.dammak at gmail.com
Sat Sep 1 19:49:46 SAST 2007
Hi,
a little bit of competition for improving the bids of each country isn't so
bad idea.
but I think that we should have a regional round in African one time in
North africa, south of Africa (not the country :) ) in east part in west
etc.
I am sorry to say this but in general there are often the same few countries
which apply when there are more than 50 countries in Africa.
Regards
On 9/1/07, Vika Mpisane <vika at zadna.org.za> wrote:
>
> Hi Michael & Africanners,
>
> I'm personally not aware of other African bids, but if Egypt, Senegal &
> Uganda have put in bids or are planning to do so, then it means you will all
> be in for serious lobbying & we as by-standers will have to choose between
> our good friends (and needless to say we may have to loose some
> friendships).
>
> I suggest that as bidders, Kenya should try & find a way of lobbying the
> other African bidders. It would really give Africa a unified image if we
> were to have only one bid. I do think that with effective diplomacy and
> persuasion, some bidders may be willing to withdraw their bids and make it
> possible to have one or at least only 2 bids.
>
> Having said that, I wish Kenic & the other bidders (if any) all the
> best...
>
> *Vika Mpisane*
> .za Domain Name Authority
> Johannesburg, South Africa
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* africann-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces at afrinic.net]
> *On Behalf Of *Katundu , Michael
> *Sent:* 01 September 2007 13:48
> *To:* africann at afrinic.net
> *Cc:* MUGAMBI KINOTI
> *Subject:* RE: [AfrICANN-discuss] Kenya bids to host top IT conference
>
> Dear all;
> I hope this finds you fine. As you may be aware, Kenya, through the KENYA
> NETWORK INFORMATION CENTER (.ke CCTLD), has formally submitted a bid to host
> ICANN in November next year.
>
> I'm therefore appealing to you all to support the Kenyan bid. Moreover, I
> kindly appeal to those other African countries which may have submitted or
> intend to submit a similar bid, to please withdraw their bids and support
> Kenya this time around, and Kenya promises to in return support their bids
> in future.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Regards;
>
> Michael Katundu
> KENIC FOUNDER, KENIC BOARD MEMBER &
> KENYA GAC of ICANN REPRESENTATIVE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "alice" <alice at apc.org>
> To: "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net>
> Sent: 01/09/07 12:50
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Kenya bids to host top IT conference
>
> Hi rafik and all
>
> I understand that Egypt, Senegal and Uganda are also bidding. Perhaps
> Anne Rachel could give us more information. Egypt, South Africa and
> Ghana have previously hosted ICANN meetings.
>
> As a member of the KENIC board, I wish to request support from the ICANN
> African community to support Kenya's bid to host the ICANN meeting in
> November 2008.
>
> regards
>
> alice munyua
>
> >
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > there are other African countries candidates to host the ICANN meeting?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > On 9/1/07, *Anne-Rachel Inné* < annerachel at gmail.com
> > <mailto:annerachel at gmail.com <annerachel at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > * <<
> > <http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832> *
> >
> > The East African Standard | Online Edition
> > <http://www.eastandard.net/>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > * Saturday September 1, 2007 *
> >
> >
> >
> > * Kenya bids to host top IT conference *
> >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > *By Alari Alare*
> >
> > Kenya has submitted a bid to host the African round of the
> > Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann)
> > meeting set for November next year.
> >
> > The bid was submitted by the board of the Kenya Information Centre
> > (Kenic) on behalf of the private sector and the Government.
> >
> > Speaking during Kenic's annual general meeting on Friday, chairman
> > Anthony Mugambi, disclosed that a team comprising Government,
> > private sector and the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) will be
> > constituted to lobby for the bid.
> >
> > As a trustee for the dot. ke country-code-top-level-domain, Kenic
> > oversees the Kenyan Domain Name space by managing and
> > administering the dot .ke in conformity with global Internet
> policies.
> >
> > Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on
> > the other hand is responsible for managing and coordinating the
> > global Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure each address is unique
> > and that users of the Internet could find valid addresses. It does
> > this by overseeing the distribution of unique IP (Internet
> > Protocol) addresses and domain names.
> >
> > "In an effort to expose Kenya's vibrant ICT community to the rest
> > of the world, the
> >
> > Kenic Board has submitted a bid to host the African round of the
> > Icann meeting in November next year in Nairobi, Kenya", said
> Mugambi.
> >
> > "We are confident of winning the bid to host the event and we
> > shall be seeking your support in hosting the event," said Mugambi.
> >
> > During the meeting, a new board led by Mugambi was named to steer
> > the Centre's activities.
> >
> >
> >
> > << Back
> > <http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832>
> >
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