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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>All,<BR>
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Primarily, the management do what is necessary to meet the requirements of the meeting location expectations, this is done by traveling to all the locations to validate the application.<BR>
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The board votes on the location of choice based on capacity within the host country.<BR>
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It is important to note that the meeting location has to meet certain logistical criterion. <BR>
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With thanks,<BR>
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Njeri,<BR>
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On 9/3/07 9:40 AM, "Dr Paulos Nyirenda" <paulos@sdnp.org.mw> wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">> <BR>
> All,<BR>
> <BR>
> Bravo Kenya for submitting an ICANN meeting bid and openly announcing <BR>
> it. However, I think some competition should be encouraged, details <BR>
> of the bids should be made public at some point after submission and <BR>
> lobying encouraged so that we can see a transparent process leading <BR>
> to the winner. I hope the other countries will also openly reveal <BR>
> when they have submitted their bids.<BR>
> <BR>
> I expect that ICANN does have a clear process for choosing the <BR>
> winner, can someone please let us know how the final decision is <BR>
> made. Is it by a Board vote or is there a more objective scoring <BR>
> process?<BR>
> <BR>
> Regards,<BR>
> <BR>
> Paulos<BR>
> ======================<BR>
> Dr Paulos B Nyirenda<BR>
> .mw ccTLD<BR>
> <a href="http://www.registrar.mw">http://www.registrar.mw</a><BR>
> <BR>
> <BR>
> On 1 Sep 2007 at 11:51, rafik dammak wrote:<BR>
> <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> <BR>
>> Hi Alice,<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Tunisia prevously hosted ICANN meeting in 2003 I think.<BR>
>> I think that Kenya can host ICANN meeting as country from the east <BR>
>> part of Africa .<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Regards<BR>
>> <BR>
>> Rafik<BR>
>> <BR>
>> On 9/1/07, alice <alice@apc.org> wrote: <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 <BR>
>> 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>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> <BR>
>>> Hi everybody,<BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> there are other African countries candidates to host the ICANN <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> meeting?<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> <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>
>>> <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> <a href="http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832"><http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832></a> *<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> <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>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> -------<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> <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 <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> Centre<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> (Kenic) on behalf of the private sector and the Government.<BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> Speaking during Kenic's annual general meeting on Friday, <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> chairman<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> 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, <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> Kenic<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> oversees the Kenyan Domain Name space by managing and<BR>
>>> administering the dot .ke in conformity with global Internet <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> policies.<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> <BR>
>>> Icann, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> on<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> 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 <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> does<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> 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 <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> rest<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> 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 <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> Mugambi.<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> <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 <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> Mugambi.<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> <BR>
>>> During the meeting, a new board led by Mugambi was named to <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> steer<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> the Centre's activities.<BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> << Back<BR>
>>> <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> <a href="http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832"><http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143973832></a><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> <BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> _______________________________________________<BR>
>>> AfrICANN mailing list<BR>
>>> AfrICANN@afrinic.net <a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net"><mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net></a><BR>
>>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> <BR>
>>> --<BR>
>>> Research student / Computer Engineer<BR>
>>> RIADI Lab ENSI /STMicroelectronics<BR>
>>> IEEE/IEEE-CS/ComSoc/IPSJ/IEICE-IS Student member<BR>
>>> Contact: rafik.dammak@ieee.org <a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@ieee.org"><mailto:rafik.dammak@ieee.org></a><BR>
>>> rafik.dammak@computer.org <BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> <a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@computer.org"><mailto:rafik.dammak@computer.org></a><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> ---<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">>>> <BR>
>>> _______________________________________________<BR>
>>> AfrICANN mailing list<BR>
>>> AfrICANN@afrinic.net<BR>
>>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#008000">>> <BR>
>> <BR>
>> _______________________________________________<BR>
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>> <BR>
>> <BR>
>> --<BR>
>> Research student / Computer Engineer<BR>
>> RIADI Lab ENSI /STMicroelectronics<BR>
>> IEEE/IEEE-CS/ComSoc/IPSJ/IEICE-IS Student member<BR>
>> Contact: rafik.dammak@ieee.org<BR>
>> rafik.dammak@computer.org <BR>
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