<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Dear all,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>I also join the rest of the group in congratulating Rwanda on the re-delegation of the .rw ccTLD. I know the issue was always a sore point whenever you talked with Rwandans about ICANN. If I remember correctly, it was from Rwandans that I first heard the word "repatriate" used in the same sentence with "re-delegation."</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Again, congratulations, and bon courage!</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>Katim</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span
style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Anne-Rachel Inné <annerachel@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> africann@afrinic.net <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Eddy Kayihura <ekayihura@gmail.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 10, 2012 9:40 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] .rw - congratulation RICTA - (Fwd) [fellowships-alumni] Appreciation<br> </font> </div> <br>
Congratulations RICTA. Well done Team.<br>Now the big work is ahead as that other process was a piece of cake,<br>wasn't it Eddy, Jeff, :-)?<br><br>Best regards,<br>AR<br><br><br>On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Badru Ntege <<a ymailto="mailto:badru.ntege@nftconsult.com" href="mailto:badru.ntege@nftconsult.com">badru.ntege@nftconsult.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Congratulations Eddy<br>><br>> It's been a long journey and Ricta team never waiverd . It gives hope for others still in the process.<br>><br>><br>><br>> Badru Ntege<br>> CEO<br>> NFT Consult Ltd<br>> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nftconsult.com/">Www.Nftconsult.com</a><br>><br>> "Vision without execution is hallucination."<br>> -- Thomas A. Edison<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> On 10 Sep 2012, at 11:29, Vika Mpisane <<a ymailto="mailto:vika@zadna.org.za" href="mailto:vika@zadna.org.za">vika@zadna.org.za</a>>
wrote:<br>><br>>> Eddy, great congratulations! I know this has been a sometimes painful<br>>> journey & it helped that you & Ricta were never prepared to fail! I look<br>>> forward to .rw joining AfTLD & the ICANN ccNSO!<br>>><br>>> Regards,<br>>><br>>> Vika Mpisane | Tel: +27 11 314 0077<br>>><br>>><br>>> On 2012/09/10 2:01 AM, "Dr Paulos Nyirenda" <<a ymailto="mailto:paulos@sdnp.org.mw" href="mailto:paulos@sdnp.org.mw">paulos@sdnp.org.mw</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> RICTA,<br>>>> Eddy,<br>>>><br>>>> Congratulations, it is our hope that the Rwanda .rw ccTLD can now move<br>>>> forward, now that<br>>>> it has been brought home to Rwanda and to the AFTLD region.<br>>>><br>>>> Regards,<br>>>><br>>>> Paulos<br>>>> ======================<br>>>> Dr Paulos B
Nyirenda<br>>>> <a target="_blank" href="http://nic.mw/">NIC.MW</a> & .mw ccTLD<br>>>> http://www.registrar.mw<br>>>> AFTLD President<br>>>><br>>>> ------- Forwarded message follows -------<br>>>> Date sent: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 16:52:40 +0200<br>>>> Subject: [fellowships-alumni] Appreciation<br>>>> From: Eddy Kayihura <<a ymailto="mailto:ekayihura@gmail.com" href="mailto:ekayihura@gmail.com">ekayihura@gmail.com</a>><br>>>> To: <a ymailto="mailto:Fellowships-alumni@icann.org" href="mailto:Fellowships-alumni@icann.org">Fellowships-alumni@icann.org</a><br>>>> Keywords:<br>>>><br>>>> Dear All,<br>>>><br>>>> Last Friday, the ICANN re-delegated the .rw ccTLD to Rwanda ICT<br>>>> Association. (Ricta)<br>>>> The domain was previously managed from outside Rwanda
since 1996<br>>>> It has been a very long journey and the fellowship program ( especially<br>>>> the Dakar<br>>>> meeting) has been key in the redelegation success.<br>>>><br>>>> It was my first ICANN meeting and Mama J.'s encouragement to speak up and<br>>>> contribute have<br>>>> paid as one of the person who helped us a lot, was met due to some<br>>>> questions that i asked<br>>>> in one of the session.<br>>>><br>>>> We, at Ricta, expect this change to contribute much to the development of<br>>>> the local<br>>>> Internet.<br>>>><br>>>> Thanks again to Mama and i thought of sharing one more success story that<br>>>> benefited<br>>>> tremendously from the fellowship program.<br>>>><br>>>> Cheers,<br>>>><br>>>> Eddy<br>>>><br>>>> Technical
Advisor<br>>>> RICTA<br>>>> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ricta.org.rw/">www.ricta.org.rw</a><br>>>> ------- End of forwarded message -------<br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> AfrICANN mailing list<br>>>> <a ymailto="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net" href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br>>>> <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a><br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> AfrICANN mailing list<br>>> <a ymailto="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net" href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br>>> <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a><br>>><br>>
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