Dear Pierre -<br>
<br>
I am going to respond to this for the record only. I showed you
my power point presentation you and few others together, on the
corridors and i asked for you to put it on the agenda for presentation
to the group, which you said you will. Some people commented on
the background music from Mali and you saw the whole thing and
commented that the only thing missing in yours was the
'governance model', which overnight you sent me a copy of what you saw
on my computer as yours and wanted me to support it.<br>
<br>
While I may not consider that plagiarism like some of your colleagues,
because the governance model is that of 'dotasia' and they have made it
public property as the have allowed me to copy it and I have had
extensive discussions with them on how to construct dotafrica etc...(if
anyone, they should be the one complaining).<br>
<br>
If one is not suffering from 'selective hearing' re: dotafrica, one should also be aware of the updates I provided in the past.<br>
<br>
Having said that Pierre, I am still open to present a business case of
why the model we proposed will work and not necessarily what you
presented, if your colleagues that is, do not keep threatening us
with unfriendly weapons. <br>
<br>
Reference to one of the comments, my credentials do not come from
attending talk-shops, I am into implementation. I already know
the issues. That is why we are trying to get broadband for Africa, so
the farmers do not have to come to town, rather, the town goes to the
farmers. <br>
<br>
Respectfully,<br>
Sophia<br>
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<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 23/10/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dandjinou Pierre</b> <<a href="mailto:pdandjinou@gmail.com">pdandjinou@gmail.com</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;">
<div>Sophia,</div>
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<div>Unfortunately, you never showed me your presentation! You promised, but forgot to forward it..</div><span class="sg">
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<div>Pierre<br><br> </div>
</span><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Pierre Dandjinou</b> <<a href="mailto:dandjinou.pierre@undp.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
dandjinou.pierre@undp.org</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Eric,</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">For sure, I had AfrISPA in my mind as well…which reminds me we should finish off the on going MoU arrangement with AfriNIC.
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Good day.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Pierre</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> <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><span style="font-weight: bold;">
On Behalf Of </span></b>Eric M.K Osiakwan<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:22 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
africann@afrinic.net</a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Resending letter to ccTLDManagers(.Africa'sposition)</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear Pierre,</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AfrISPA
would like to lend support to the Af* efforts at dot Africa and i agree
with you that we must consolidate and present one solid proposal and
BP.
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Eric here</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On 23 Oct 2007, at 17:13, Pierre Dandjinou wrote:</span></font></p></div>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Hi Sophia,</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Thanks for providing these answers to Vika's questions.</span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Good
to know you are progressing on the dot Africa, but a bit tricky that
some of us whom you approached some time ago, no longer heard of this,
especially when you were told that the AF* (Afnog, Afrinic, Aftlds,
Afren,Aftld..) have been working on a dot Africa model. You were asked
to join forces and avoid duplication and you promised!
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">It
is fine to respond that the dot Africa is (will be?) owned by the
African people, but one should go beyond this response and present a
business model..which speaks for itself. </span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Best regards</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">Pierre Dandjinou</span></font></p>
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