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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" <alice@apc.org><BR>
To: "africann@afrinic.net" <africann@afrinic.net><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* < annerachel@gmail.com<BR>
> <<A HREF="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com">mailto:annerachel@gmail.com</A>>> wrote:<BR>
><BR>
> * <<<BR>
> <<A HREF="http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832">http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832</A>> *<BR>
> <BR>
> The East African Standard | Online Edition<BR>
> <<A HREF="http://www.eastandard.net/">http://www.eastandard.net/</A>><BR>
><BR>
> <BR>
><BR>
> <BR>
> <BR>
><BR>
> * Saturday September 1, 2007 *<BR>
><BR>
> <BR>
><BR>
> * Kenya bids to host top IT conference *<BR>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>
><BR>
> *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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