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. <br>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.
<br><br>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).
<br><br>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.
<br><br>cheers<br>ar<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">alice</b> <<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks Anne-Rachel.<br>The assumption then is that most of the sponsored participants are from<br>the Africa region?<br><br>best<br>alice<br><br><br>Anne-Rachel Inné wrote:<br>> Hello Alice,<br>><br>> There will not be a specific African meeting because we are having
<br>> several meetings of the fellows who will come (every day for one hour)<br>> because for a lot of them, it will be their first ICANN meeting.<br>> Cheers<br>> ar<br>><br>><br>> On 6/8/07, alice <
<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>> wrote:<br>>> Hi Anne-Rachel<br>>><br>>> Thank you for this. Is there a plan to have an African meeting this time<br>>> around?<br>>><br>>> best
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