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title=eakumiah2001@yahoo.com href="mailto:eakumiah2001@yahoo.com">Eric
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Ghnog] FW: AfNOG 2010 ANNOUNCEMENT (ENGLISH)</DIV></DIV>
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<P><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 15pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfNOG-11
and AfriNIC-12: Meetings 23 May-4 June, 2010</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">The
African Network Operators' Group (AfNOG) and the African Network Information
Centre (AfriNIC) are pleased to announce that the 11th AfNOG Meeting and the
AfriNIC-12 Meeting would be held in Kigali, Rwanda during May & June
2010.</SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">About
the Entire Event</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfNOG
and AfriNIC are jointly organizing a two-week event that includes the AfNOG
Workshop on Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long
hands-on workshop), several full-day Advanced Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG
Meeting, and a two-day AfriNIC Meeting. </SPAN></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">In
addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration
with other organizations. </SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">Timetable</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">Unix
Boot Camp</SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">23
May 2010 (Sunday)</SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfNOG
Workshop</SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">24
- 28 May 2010 (Monday - Friday) </SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfriNIC
IPv6 Workshop</SPAN></P></TD>
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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in">
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">29
- 30 May 2010 (Saturday - Sunday)</SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfREN
Meeting / AAF</SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">29
- 30 May 2010 (Saturday - Sunday)</SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/tutorial/" target=_blank
rel=nofollow><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">AfNOG
Tutorials</SPAN></A></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD id=contents
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in">
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">30
- 31 May 2010(Sunday - Monday)</SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfriNIC
LIR Workshop</SPAN></P></TD>
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style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in">
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">31
May 2010 (Monday)</SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/conference/" target=_blank
rel=nofollow><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">AfNOG-11
Meeting</SPAN></A></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD id=contents
style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-TOP: 0in">
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">1
June 2010 (Tuesday)</SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'"><A
href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri', 'sans-serif'">AfriNIC-12
Meeting</SPAN></A></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">2-
3 June 2010 (Wednesday - Thursday)</SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">Africa
INET Day</SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">4
June 2010 (Friday)</SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">Venue
& Hotel</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">Venue
& hotel for the event will be announced shortly. </SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">About
AfNOG</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfNOG
(See <A href="http://www.afnog.org/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'"><http://www.afnog.org/>)</SPAN></A>
is a forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between
operators of Internet-connected networks in Africa. AfNOG has organized an event
like this one every year since 2000.</SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">About
AfriNIC</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfriNIC
(See <A href="http://www.afrinic.net/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'"><http://www.afrinic.net/>)</SPAN></A>
is a Regional Internet Registry (RIR), responsible for Internet Number resources
Management in the Africa region. AfriNIC organizes two Public Policy meetings
every year (see <<A href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/" target=_blank
rel=nofollow><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'">
http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/</SPAN></A>>).</SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfNOG
Workshop on Network Technology</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">The
AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people
who are in the process of developing and enhancing an Internet-connected network
with regional and international connectivity. The target audience includes
senior and mid-level technical staff of commercial Internet service providers
(ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or NGO networks.</SPAN></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">This
workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually from
2000 to 2009 in ten different African countries, and also the Internet Society's
INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000 at eight locations around the
world. The workshop's instructors are an international team with many years of
experience operating large networks and teaching about network
operations.</SPAN></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">The
workshop is divided into four parallel tracks:</SPAN></P>
<UL type=square>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">SA-E - Unix System
Administration (in English), focused on using a Unix-like operating system as
a platform for delivery of Internet services. </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">SS-E - Scalable
Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation of email,
web, and other Internet services, in ways that can scale to handle large
numbers of end users. </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">SI-E - Scalable
Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and operation of
networks using routers and switches, in ways that can scale to handle large
numbers of interconnected sites. </SPAN>
<LI class=MsoNormal style="COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">SI-F -
Infrastructure Reseaux IP (en francais), similar to track SI-E, but given in
French. </SPAN></LI></UL>
<P id=contents><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">Workshop application
information is available here</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">: </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><SPAN><A
href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/workshop/online_application_en.html"
target=_blank>http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/workshop/online_application_en.html</A>
<A href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/workshop/online_application_fr.html"
target=_blank>http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/workshop/online_application_fr.html</A>
</SPAN></P>
<P> </P>
<P><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfREN
Meeting</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">The
Africa Research and Education Networking community will be holding a two-day
meeting on 29 - 30 May 2010. The meeting will discuss issues of interest to the
NREN community such as coordination on activites in the region, advocacy,
bandwidth consortia, regional RENs etc. <BR><BR>Additional information about
AfREN 2010 will be provided shortly. </SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfNOG
Tutorials</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfNOG
will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. <BR><BR>Tutorials
take place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on
practical component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are
technically oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology
already deployed or soon to be deployed on networking and related services
provisioning for ISP operations. <BR><BR>Additional information about AfNOG 2010
Tutorials will be availabe here: <<A
href="http://afnog.org/afnog2010/tutorial/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/tutorial/</SPAN></A>></SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">11th
AfNOG Meeting</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">The
11th AfNOG meeting will be held in Kigali, Rwanda on 01 June 2010. AfNOG
conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of technical
information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and
operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on relevance
to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2009
conference in Cairo, Egypt drew over 150 participants, mainly consisting of
network engineering staff from national service providers, and members of the
research and education community. <BR><BR>Additional information and the
Conference schedule will be available here: <<A
href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/conference/" target=_blank
rel=nofollow><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2010/conference/</SPAN></A>>
</SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">AfriNIC-12
Meeting</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">The
AfriNIC-12 meeting will be held in Kigali, Rwanda for two days from 02-03 June,
2010. AfriNIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an excellent opportunity
to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which describe how
Internet Number Resources should be managed and distributed, are developed by
the community. The meeting will include tutorials, presentations, update on the
various working groups and the AfriNIC Public Policy Meeting. The two day
meeting will be preceeded by a two-day IPv6 training. The meeting will focus on
the IPv6 protocol and its deployment, especially in Africa and the issue of the
exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of address space. There will be an opportunity to
discuss the challenges which our region will be facing with IPv4 address space
exhaustion. <BR><BR>Further information will be available at <<A
href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'">http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/</SPAN></A>>.
</SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">ISOC -
INET Africa Conference</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">The
Internet Society will be organizing an INET Africa Conference on 4th June 2010
in conjunction with the AfriNIC 12 and AfNOG 11 meetings in Kigali, Rwanda. The
conference will discuss the situation of Internet Interconnection in Africa, the
challenges as well as the solutions, including Internet Exchange Points.
</SPAN></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">The
meeting agenda will be available shortly. </SPAN></P>
<P id=contentshd1><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">Visa
Requirements</SPAN></B></P>
<P id=contents><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'">Citizens
of certain countries require a visa to enter Rwanda. Please check with the
Rwandan </SPAN></P>
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