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color=#0000ff size=2>Hi Michael & Africanners,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff 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>
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color=#0000ff 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 class=843013516-01092007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Having said that, I wish Kenic & the other bidders (if
any) all the best...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=843013516-01092007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2><STRONG>Vika Mpisane</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>.za Domain Name Authority</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Johannesburg, South Africa</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> africann-bounces@afrinic.net
[mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Katundu ,
Michael<BR><B>Sent:</B> 01 September 2007 13:48<BR><B>To:</B>
africann@afrinic.net<BR><B>Cc:</B> MUGAMBI KINOTI<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE:
[AfrICANN-discuss] Kenya bids to host top IT conference<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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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
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*<BR>> <BR>> The
East African Standard | Online Edition<BR>> <<A
href="http://www.eastandard.net/">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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