Hi,<br><br>a little bit of competition for improving the bids of each country isn't so bad idea.<br>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.
<br>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.<br><br>Regards<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Vika Mpisane</b> <<a href="mailto:vika@zadna.org.za">vika@zadna.org.za</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;">
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Hi Michael & Africanners,</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">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).</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">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.</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Having said that, I wish Kenic & the other bidders (if
any) all the best...</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"><strong>Vika Mpisane</strong></font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">.za Domain Name Authority</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">Johannesburg, South Africa</font></span></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2"></font></span> </div><br>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Katundu ,
Michael<br><b>Sent:</b> 01 September 2007 13:48<br><b>To:</b>
<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">africann@afrinic.net</a><br><b>Cc:</b> MUGAMBI KINOTI<br><b>Subject:</b> RE:
[AfrICANN-discuss] Kenya bids to host top IT conference<br></font><br></div><div><span class="e" id="q_114c223c98d12953_1">
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<p><font size="2">Dear all;<br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Thank
you in advance.<br><br>Regards;<br><br>Michael Katundu<br>KENIC FOUNDER, KENIC
BOARD MEMBER &<br>KENYA GAC of ICANN
REPRESENTATIVE <br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: "alice"
<<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">alice@apc.org</a>><br>To: "<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
africann@afrinic.net</a>"
<<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">africann@afrinic.net</a>><br>Sent: 01/09/07 12:50<br>Subject: Re:
[AfrICANN-discuss] Kenya bids to host top IT conference<br><br>Hi rafik and
all<br><br>I understand that Egypt, Senegal and Uganda are also bidding.
Perhaps<br>Anne Rachel could give us more information. Egypt, South Africa
and<br>Ghana have previously hosted ICANN meetings.<br><br>As a member of the
KENIC board, I wish to request support from the ICANN<br>African community to
support Kenya's bid to host the ICANN meeting in<br>November
2008.<br><br>regards<br><br>alice munyua<br><br>><br>> Hi
everybody,<br>><br>> there are other African countries candidates to host
the ICANN meeting?<br>><br>> Regards<br>><br>> On 9/1/07,
*Anne-Rachel Inné* < <a href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">annerachel@gmail.com</a><br>> <<a href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
mailto:annerachel@gmail.com</a>>>
wrote:<br>><br>> *
<<<br>> <<a href="http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832
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*<br>> <br>> The
East African Standard | Online Edition<br>> <<a href="http://www.eastandard.net/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.eastandard.net/</a>><br>><br>>
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<br>><br>> * Saturday September 1,
2007
*<br>><br>> <br>><br>>
* Kenya bids to host top IT conference *<br>>
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*By Alari Alare*<br>><br>> Kenya has submitted a
bid to host the African round of the<br>> Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(Icann)<br>> meeting set for November next
year.<br>><br>> The bid was submitted by the board
of the Kenya Information Centre<br>> (Kenic) on
behalf of the private sector and the
Government.<br>><br>> Speaking during Kenic's
annual general meeting on Friday, chairman<br>>
Anthony Mugambi, disclosed that a team comprising
Government,<br>> private sector and the Kenya Tourism
Board (KTB) will be<br>> constituted to lobby for the
bid.<br>><br>> As a trustee for the dot. ke
country-code-top-level-domain, Kenic<br>> oversees
the Kenyan Domain Name space by managing and<br>>
administering the dot .ke in conformity with global Internet
policies.<br>><br>> Icann, the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers on<br>>
the other hand is responsible for managing and coordinating
the<br>> global Domain Name System (DNS) to ensure
each address is unique<br>> and that users of the
Internet could find valid addresses. It does<br>>
this by overseeing the distribution of unique IP
(Internet<br>> Protocol) addresses and domain
names.<br>><br>> "In an effort to expose Kenya's
vibrant ICT community to the rest<br>> of the world,
the<br>><br>> Kenic Board has submitted a bid to
host the African round of the<br>> Icann meeting in
November next year in Nairobi, Kenya", said
Mugambi.<br>><br>> "We are confident of winning
the bid to host the event and we<br>> shall be
seeking your support in hosting the event," said
Mugambi.<br>><br>> During the meeting, a new board
led by Mugambi was named to steer<br>> the Centre's
activities.<br>><br>><br>><br>> <<
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