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Subject: FW: AfNOG 2011 Annoncement - ENGLISH)<br>To: "eric.akumiah" <<a href="mailto:eric.akumiah@gmail.com">eric.akumiah@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Nancy Dotse <<a href="mailto:nancy@ghana.com">nancy@ghana.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hi Eric,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Good afternoon. Grateful if you can kindly forward AfNOG
2011 Announcement to africann list. ( am</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">not subscribed to the list)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Deadline is 4<sup>th</sup> March and would like to reach as many
people as possible.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thank you</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Nancy</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> Nancy Dotse
[mailto:<a href="mailto:nancy@ghana.com" target="_blank">nancy@ghana.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 28, 2011 4:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> '<a href="mailto:afnog@afnog.org" target="_blank">afnog@afnog.org</a>'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> AfNOG 2011 Annoncement - ENGLISH)</span></p>
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<p><span>Hi All,</span></p>
<p><span>Please find below
Announcement for AfNOG 2011. Kindly send to various lists.</span></p>
<p><span>Please note Deadline for
receipt of Applications is 4<sup>th</sup> March 2011.</span></p>
<p><span>Regards</span></p>
<p><span>Nancy
Dotse
<span style="color:#1F497D">
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<p><span>AfNOG Secretariat</span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">AfNOG-12
and AfriNIC-14: Meetings 29 May - 10 June, 2011</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The African
Network Operators' Group (AfNOG) and the African Network Information Centre
(AfriNIC) are pleased to announce that the 12th AfNOG Workshop & Meeting and
the AfriNIC-14 Meeting would be held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania from 30<sup>th</sup>
May to 10 June 2011.</span><span></span></p>
<p><b><span>About the Entire Event</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt">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><span style="font-size:10.0pt">In addition,
several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration with other
organizations. </span><span></span></p>
<p><b><span>Local Host</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The
joint Local Host for AfNOG 2011 are Tanzania Communications Regulatory
Authority (TCRA) and Tanzania Network Information Centre (TzNIC)</span></p>
<p><b><span>Timetable</span></b></p>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" width="500" style="width:375.0pt">
<tbody><tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Unix
Boot Camp</span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">29
May 2011 (Sunday)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AfNOG
Workshop</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">CERT
Training (AAF/AfREN)
</span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">30
May – 3 June 2011 (Monday - Friday) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">30
May – 4 June 2011 (Monday – Saturday)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AfriNIC
IPv6 Workshop</span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">4
– 5 June 2011 (Saturday - Sunday)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AfREN
Meeting / AAF</span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">4
- 6 June 2011 (Saturday - Monday)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AfNOG
Tutorials</span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">5
- 6 June 2011 (Sunday - Monday)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AfriNIC
LIR Workshop</span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">6
June 2011 (Monday)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">ISOC
Day</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AfNOG-12
Meeting</span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">6
June 2011 (Monday)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">7
June 2011 (Tuesday)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AfriNIC-14
Meeting</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">8-
9 June 2011 (Wednesday - Thursday)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AfPIF</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AFGWG</span></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">10
June 2011 (Friday)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">10
June 2011 (Friday)</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<p><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">Venue
& Hotel</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Venue
& hotel for the event will be announced shortly. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">About AfNOG</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">AfNOG
(See <a href="http://www.afnog.org/" target="_blank"><http://www.afnog.org/>)</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><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p><b><span style="color:black">About AfriNIC</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">AfriNIC
(See <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/" target="_blank"><http://www.afrinic.net/>)</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"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span>http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/</a>>).</span></p>
<p><b><span style="color:black">AfNOG Workshop
on Network Technology</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">This
workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually
from 2000 to 2010 in eleven 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 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">network operations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The workshop
is divided into Six parallel tracks:</span></p>
<ul type="square">
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">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>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">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>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">NM
– Network Monitoring & Management (English)</span><span> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">AR
- Advanced Routing Techniques (English)</span><span> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">CT
- CERT Training (English)</span><span>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">SI-F
- Infrastructure Reseaux IP (en francais), similar to track SI-E, but
given in French. </span></li>
</ul>
<p><b><span>Workshop application
information is at </span></b><span>:<span style="color:red"> </span></span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/workshop/online_application_en.php" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/workshop/online_application_en.php</a></span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span><a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/workshop/online_application_fr.php" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/workshop/online_application_fr.php</a>
</span></p>
<p><span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red"> </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> **Workshop
Deadline – 25 February, 2011</span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></b></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt">AfREN /
Africa Asia Forum</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Africa
Research and Education Networking (AfREN) and Africa Asia Forum
communityl (AAF) will be holding a three-day meetings /turorials from 4
– 6 June 2011. 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 on AfREN /AAF 2011 will be provided shortly. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">AfNOG Tutorials</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">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>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Additional
information about AfNOG 2011 Tutorials will be availabe here: </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><<a href="http://afnog.org/afnog2011/tutorial/" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/tutorial/</a>></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">12th AfNOG Meeting</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The 12th AfNOG meeting will be held in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania on
7 June 2011. 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 2010 conference in Kigali, Rwanda 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: <br>
<<a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/conference/" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2011/conference/</a>>
</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red"> </span></p>
<p><b><span>AfriNIC-14<span style="color:black"> Meeting</span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The
AfriNIC-1</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">4</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> meeting will be held in </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania for two days from
8 – 9 June, 2011. AfriNIC Meetings are open to everyone and
provide an excellent opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions.
These policies, which describe<span style="color:black"> 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">http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/</a></span></span><span style="color:black">>. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="color:black">ISOC </span></b><b><span>DAY and AfPIF<span style="color:black">
Conference</span></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The
Intern</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">et
Society will be organizing an ISOC DAY on 6<sup>th</sup> June and </span><span>African Peering and Interconnection
Forum (AfPIF) </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">on
10th June 2011 in conjunction with the AfNOG 12 and
AfriNIC 14 meetings in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania<span style="color:black">. The conference will discuss the situation of Internet
Interconnection in Africa, the challenges as well as the solutions, including
Internet Exchange Points. </span><span style="color:#1F497D"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">The
meeting agenda will be available shortly. </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;color:black">Visa Requirements</span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Citizens
of certain countries require a visa to enter</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Tanzania<span style="color:black">.
Please check with the </span>Tanzania Embassy or Consulate in your country<span style="color:black"> </span></span></p>
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