Dear Moderator for Africann et al,<div><br></div><div>Please see email below and below it the content of the communication in question that was not shared by the Group.</div><div><br></div><div>I do not expect that there is a possibility of 'blocking' any of us in this list - or there is? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Please Moderator will you clarify this?</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div>Yassin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sophia Bekele</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sophiabekele@yahoo.com">sophiabekele@yahoo.com</a>></span><br>
Date: 25 July 2012 20:38<br>Subject: Fw: [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [AfrICANN-44] Africa Strategic plan<br>To: "Dr. Yassin Mshana" <<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>
<div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif"><div><span>FYI. Dr,. Yassin</span></div><div><span>I have sent this email below and some people say they did not receive in their inbox, including me.</span></div>
<div><span>A similar posting I sent last month was not also posted.</span></div><div><span>Could you please help me send this to the group, since it seem like my emails have been blocked.</span></div><div><span>Thanks you very much.</span></div>
<div class="im"><div> </div><div><font size="1"><font size="4" color="#000000" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"></font></font></div><div><font size="1"><font size="4" color="#000000" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="5" color="#800000" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><i></i></font><i></i></font></font></div>
<div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana"><div><span></span><span style="font-size:8pt"><span style="font-style:italic">With best wishes,</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt"><br></span><font size="1"><font size="4" color="#000000" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="5" color="#800000" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><i>Sophia </i></font></font></font><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small">----- Forwarded Message -----</span></div>
</span></div></div><div><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16,16,255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px"><div style="font-family:tahoma,'new york',times,serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family:'times new roman','new york',times,serif;font-size:12pt">
<div dir="ltr"><font face="Arial"><div class="im"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Sophia Bekele <<a href="mailto:sophiabekele@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sophiabekele@yahoo.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> "<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>> <br>
</div><div class="im"><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Steve Crocker <<a href="mailto:steve@shinkuro.com" target="_blank">steve@shinkuro.com</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 25, 2012 1:04 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd: [AfrICANN-44] Africa Strategic plan<br> </div></font> </div> <br>
<div><div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,'new york',times,serif"><div class="im"><div><span><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Dear All-</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">It is known now the
whole minutes were cooked after the fact, people's complaint and after everyone
voiced their opinion on lack of information and exclusion from the meetings.
This is not correct at all.</span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">re: Pierre's comment:</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></div>
</span></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">I then hope the organizers of the 'African
meetings at ICANN 44 in Prague will provide minutes and other detailed
information. Btw, </span></i></div></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">a special list was set
up during the conference and I am copying this to it. I can only state
that African participants to Icann were invited to a meeting with Icann Board
and the incoming CEO.</span></div><div><span><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></div></span></div></blockquote><div><span>
<div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">
<div style="margin-bottom:12pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Well, who were organizers of an ICANN 44 in
Prague specifically? Myself and my delegation were there and we were not
invited. Can we at least know who the organizer's names and or
affiliation? Were they ICANN employees or an adhoc group? Or was it
the AU and or UNECA? If from the meetings minutes the organizer’s were
UNECA and AU, then Makane has seen me well before the meeting. Why
should there have been a special list just for this meeting?
Would the regular AfriICANN list </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">not</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">suffice</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">for
a transparent and inclusive invitation like any other meetings of
AfriICANN/AFRALO? Let us then have a disclosure of the special list of
names that was said to have been drafted by the organizers, as they have selected </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(not
elected)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">their friends again in this process.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:12pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">If the political organizations want their own representatives,
they can assign one directly to ICANN, however to gather around in the name of
ICANN and Africa and to</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">select a few people, who nominally are friends (or
cronies<span style="background:white">), on</span>
behalf of Africans to represent us Africans, using ICANN pedestal in an
exclusive list of invitees is wrong, very wrong. What does this mean:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">anyone
operating outside this strategic plan developed by the</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">self-selected/self-appointed</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">group</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">will
not be part of</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">ICANN and have its</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">voice represented at ICANN?
This will not be acceptable. And does ICANN’s validation of this</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">self-appointed
group sponsored by the political organizations mean that we as individuals are
excluded from ICANN? If this is the case it is a formula</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">for
disenfranchisement within the generally-accepted multi-stakeholder model.</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt"></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">We Africans on
this list should not leave any stone unturned to make sure that any processes
that are handled by Africans is transparent and not designed to serve the
vested interest of a few people, in particular like, Dr.Yassin warned when political organizations
are involved.</span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Therefore,
my views and objection on the nomination process to represent Africa</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">remains</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">the same like with many others on this list, which I guess is the
old “AfriIcann” list. Until the callers for Africa be it AU and UNECA know
how to organize themselves properly and inclusively, my formal interjection and
objection remains, and will continue</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">based on principles. </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">Let
me remind</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">everyone</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">that ICANN is a place we come because we feel
free to express our opinions and</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">expect that we would be</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">heard and we will protect that at any cost. If I have
to also make aware, in the new</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">multistakeholder</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">environment at ICANN,
community and public interest is transferable and equally treated to an</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">individual</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">as much as a community, which the later has been exploited so far as
a platform to gain advantage. To
illustrate Sophia Bekele is a community, a public interest and also an
individual and not necessarily in the order!</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">F</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">inally, I believe that
it is important for us to make a clean break from the existing practice of a
self-appointed, self-endorsing group always forcing down ideas down the throat
of the members of a consultative group. This defeats the objectives of
multi-stakeholder consensus. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in">
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">I hope that I have made my point on the need for
us to be always democratic and stop practicing dictatorship.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div>
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</div><div class="im"><div><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana"><div><span></span><span style="font-size:8pt"><span style="font-style:italic">With best wishes,</span></span><span style="font-size:8pt"><br></span><font size="1"><font size="4" color="#000000" face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"><font size="5" color="#800000" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><i>Sophia </i></font></font></font><span style="font-size:8pt"><br>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,times,serif;font-size:10pt"> <div style="font-family:times,serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"><div class="im"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Dr Yassin Mshana <<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com" target="_blank">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>><br>
</div><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a> <br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Steve Crocker <<a href="mailto:steve@shinkuro.com" target="_blank">steve@shinkuro.com</a>> <br>
<div class="im"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:50 PM<br> </div><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [***SPAM***] Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Fwd:
[AfrICANN-44] Africa Strategic plan<br> </font> </div><div><div class="h5"> <br>
<div>Hello Pierre,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for this communication and Minute of The Meeting. Much appreciated.</div><div><br></div><div>I am pleased to see that members of GAC from Africa were present (I recognize one).</div>
<div><br></div><div>The issue is that, although the actions taken was right, why not circulate the Minutes widely since this <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>> includes a large proportion of Africans? I have not heard a complaint that this list excluded anyone so far....</div>
<div><br></div><div>All in all, Why wasn't this sideline at ICANN-44 activity not communicated widely - before, during and after the event? It is history now...</div><div><br></div><div>My suggestion is to engage a Reverse Gear to this whole thing and let the CEO of ICANN know we are doing so. No harm doing that since a round of consultations need to take place - for inclusive purposes. In that case, ICANN-Toronto will not be the opportune time and place to deal with this. If ICANN has budgeted for this activity - not bad eh? They can hold fire until another ICANN meeting. That is a lesson we have learned - or is there a rush for this which would mislead ICANN and everybody concerned?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I am sorry to have to suggest a STOP to this for the moment - since it is better to get things in a right from the beginning. </div><div><br></div><div>I have taken the liberty to copy this to Steve Crocker for his attention please - since he ought to know about the suggestion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div>Yassin<br><br><div>On 25 July 2012 11:42, Dandjinou Pierre <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:pdandjinou@gmail.com" target="_blank">pdandjinou@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>All,</div>
<div>For your information,these minutes were prepared and circulated on the AfrICANN 44 list by Makane Faye at the end of the meeting with ICANN Board</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The subsequent threads below provide further details . </div>
<div> </div>
<div>I am sharing them here for further clarification and hope we Shall now move on and collectively deliver<br><br>Regards</div>
<div>Pierre</div>
<div> </div>
<div>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b>Makane Faye</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:mfaye@uneca.org" target="_blank">mfaye@uneca.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:11 AM<br>
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-44] Africa Strategic plan<br>To: Mary Uduma <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:mnuduma@yahoo.com" target="_blank">mnuduma@yahoo.com</a>>, AfrICANN-44 Participant List <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:africann-44@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann-44@afrinic.net</a>><br>
Cc: "<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:africa@gac.icann.org" target="_blank">africa@gac.icann.org</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:africa@gac.icann.org" target="_blank">africa@gac.icann.org</a>>, "<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:afgwg-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank">afgwg-discuss@afrinic.net</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:afgwg-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank">afgwg-discuss@afrinic.net</a>>, Steve Crocker <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:steve@shinkuro.com" target="_blank">steve@shinkuro.com</a>>, Makane Faye <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:faymakane@gmail.com" target="_blank">faymakane@gmail.com</a>>, Jamie Hedlund <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:jamie.hedlund@icann.org" target="_blank">jamie.hedlund@icann.org</a>><br>
<br><br>Dear Manal, Mary, Moktar and other Colleagues,<br><br>I wish to congratulate Alice for proposing a bottom up approach, which should be adopted by the IGFs which have not yet started their process. In this connection, I would like to echoe Moktar's proposal to strengthen the Committee which was established yesterday to depart from a Committee of 4 to a Committee of 7 taking into account representatives from the remaining 3 regions. <br>
<br>In this regard, I propose that Ms Palesa Legose of the Department of Communication in South Africa which is the Vice-Chair of the African Ministerial ICT Conference represents the Southern African sub-region. <br><br>
East African stakeholders are requested to consult among themselves and propose 1 member to the Committee; the Central African Group is also required to follow the same process.<br><br>I believe if we have Palesa and one representative each from East and Central Africa, the list of Committee members could be closed. May I take this opportunity to submit the minutes of yesterday's meeting.<br>
<br>Best regards,
<div>
<div><br><br>Mary Uduma <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:mnuduma@yahoo.com" target="_blank">mnuduma@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Dear All,</div>
<div>I wish to join in thanking Steve and his team for the productive meeting held today. The AF Community in ICANN has been encouraged by your show of support and commitment towards the different topics discussed today. Thank you so much. We look forward to working with the Board in actualissing the resolutions reached.<br>
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<div><br><span></span></div>
<div><span>Alice, the East Africa IGF is a good starting point. I have taken a cue from you to suggest to the coordinator of West Africa IGF to include such discussions at the forthcoming WAIGF in Sierra Leone 2 - 4 July. I have received a positive response urging me to be present for the discussion. <br>
</span></div>
<div><span><br></span></div>
<div><span>I wish to encourage AF community from West Africa to endeavor to attend the WAIGF meeting and make contributions to enrich the discussion. Check out www,<a rel="nofollow" href="http://waigf.org/" target="_blank">waigf.org</a> to register.<br>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">From:</span></b> "<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:alice@apc.org" target="_blank">alice@apc.org</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:alice@apc.org" target="_blank">alice@apc.org</a>><br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">To:</span></b> <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:africa@gac.icann.org" target="_blank">africa@gac.icann.org</a>; <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:afgwg-discuss@afrinic.net" target="_blank">afgwg-discuss@afrinic.net</a>; <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:africann-44@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann-44@afrinic.net</a>; <a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:africa@gac.icann.org" target="_blank">africa@gac.icann.org</a>; Jamie Hedlund <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:jamie.hedlund@icann.org" target="_blank">jamie.hedlund@icann.org</a>> <br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Cc:</span></b> Steve Crocker <<a rel="nofollow" href="mailto:steve@shinkuro.com" target="_blank">steve@shinkuro.com</a>> <br><b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:02 PM
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<div><br>Dear Colleagues,<br><br>We wish to thank Steve and other members of the board for making the time<br>to meet with African stakeholders this morning. It was a very productive<br>meeting.<br><br>We want to take this opportunity to again welcome the new CEO Fadi<br>
Chehadé and are grateful for your strong support and look forward to<br>working with you to increase Africa's participation and contribution to<br>ICANN.<br><br>We wish to inform you that the East Africa region plans to hold the<br>
regional IGF, the East Africa IGF in July 17 and 18th and before then each<br>EA country will hold their own national IGF. The Kenya one will take place<br>on 6th July in Nairobi.<br><br>As you will note from the programme (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.eaigf.or.ke/" target="_blank">www.eaigf.or.ke</a>) we have a session<br>
during the EAIGF that speaks to our engagement with ICANN by way of<br>introduction of what ICANN is, what it does and on new gTLDs.<br><br>We intend to begin discussions on the proposed Africa strategic plan<br>during this meeting to ensure that we have multi-stakeholder consultation<br>
on identifying the current challenges, proposing possible solutions and<br>exploring how we wish to participate and contribute to the ICANN process.<br><br>We look forward to sharing the outcome of the forum with you all. We hope<br>
that the inputs will form a part of the ICANN's Strategic plan under<br>development.<br><br>Thank you and kind regards<br><br>Alice Munyua<br>Kenya<br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN-44 mailing list<br>
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