<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Badru,</div><div><br></div><div>The alternative I have heard so far is to 'do nothing till your grandfather sits at the table'<br><br>The off the cuff advise of using national strategies turned out to be a non starter; does not show appreciation of ICANN as has been pointed out earlier by those who have developed national strategies :(</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Nii (speaking for my self)</div><div><br>On Sep 15, 2012, at 5:56, Badru Ntege <<a href="mailto:badru.ntege@nftconsult.com">badru.ntege@nftconsult.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br></div><div>Dr Yassin</div><div><br></div><div>Strategy in my book is like a compass that gives us a. Direction to start the journey. A number of colleagues are making valuable and well thought through suggestions and your insistence on "half cooked" undermines those who have contributed. </div><div><br></div><div>So what would be your suggested timeline ?</div><div><br></div><div>Your contribution should then be a full suggested timeline including suggested activities. That's what is needed now. Those of us on the list can then discuss the alternative and you never know we might just agree with you. But for now we are working with the plan on the table since that's all we have and it looks ok.</div><div><br></div><div>Can't comment on the Kenyan issue since all facts are not available.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Badru Ntege</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">CEO </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">NFT Consult Ltd </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><a href="http://Www.Nftconsult.com">Www.Nftconsult.com</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>“Vision without execution is hallucination.” </div><div>― Thomas A. Edison</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div></div><div><br>On 15 Sep 2012, at 03:08, Dr Yassin Mshana <<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Thank you Yaovi for this.</div><div><br></div><div>I mentioned about doing 'home work' before lashing forward with wonderful ideas. Please take a look at the URL below - the Title itself tells alot.</div><div>
<br></div><div><div class="title" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12px;border:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;line-height:14px"><a href="http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-209/computing/kenya-s-draft-ict-po/en" id="ctl00_main_organicResults_results_ctl06_title" style="font-style:inherit;font-size:16px;border:none;padding:0px;margin:0px;color:rgb(83,0,140)">"<b style="font-style:inherit;border:none;padding:0px;margin:0px">KENYA'S</b> DRAFT <b style="font-style:inherit;border:none;padding:0px;margin:0px">ICT</b> POLICY AND <b style="font-style:inherit;border:none;padding:0px;margin:0px">STRATEGY</b> NEGATES <b style="font-style:inherit;border:none;padding:0px;margin:0px">...</b></a></div>
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</div><div><br></div>I still want to hear Why the Rush to Toronto with half-cooked stuff? <div><br></div><div>Will it not be embarrassing when situation similar to one the above happens at a global meeting?</div><div><br>
</div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div>Yassin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 14 September 2012 20:19, Yaovi Atohoun <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yaovito@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">yaovito@yahoo.fr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><div><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif">
Hi all,<br><br>I can see from the provided link <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/icann-aswg" target="_blank">http://www.afrinic.net/en/community/icann-aswg</a> that there is a lot to read. <br>My opinion is that not too much can be done in a face to face meeting in Toronto. Through the list many african have access to the documents and can contribute. Let us share the link as we can.<br>
<br>Please help us to concentrate and bring our diverse opinions<br><br>Thank you<br>Yaovi ATOHOUN<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">
<div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">De :</span></b> Dandjinou Pierre <<a href="mailto:pdandjinou@gmail.com" target="_blank">pdandjinou@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">À :</span></b> <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Envoyé le :</span></b> Vendredi 14 septembre 2012 9h26<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Objet :</span></b> [AfrICANN-discuss] ASWG outputs : Clarifications<br> </font> </div><div><div class="h5"> <br>Dear All,<br><br>As you are taking time to go through the documents that were posted by<br>
the ASWG, I think these clarifications are in order, to contextualize<br>what we seek to achieve as Africans participants to ICANN<br><br>1- The Africa Strategy document was a request by the incoming CEO, who<br>wanted to have a special strategy for Africa;<br>
2- As per the timeline that has been posted, Africans should deliver<br>the outlines of the strategy by October and then ICANN will take it<br>from there to develop the Africa
strategy<br>3-The ICANN Africa strategy has nothing to do with our<br>national/regional ICT strategies which a few of us have been
helping<br>African countries develop these last years<br>4-Thus, your inputs are important for the outlines to be delivered to<br>ICANN in the specified timeline (end of September/early October)<br>5-Finally, this is not the end of it , as sessions have been planned<br>
to futher discuss the strategy in Totonto, .and also online.<br><br>So, what is requested NOW is that we go through the posted documents,<br>concentrate on the strategic Objectives, propose your owm priority<br>list and provide further comments and recommendations if any, to help<br>
cover all Africans' needs in the ICANN Africa Strategy for coming<br>three years..<br><br>I hope this clarifies..<br>Regards<br>Pierre<br><br>-- <br>Pierre Dandjinou<br>Cotonou - 229 90 087784 / 66566610<br>Dakar 221 77 639 30 41<br>
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