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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Dear Fatimata,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your message and for the proposed theme for our upcoming joint meeting in Toronto.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>As I said previously and I’m sorry to repeat myself, the proposition of Mohamed was the best one and I was not seeing any conflict with the work of the ASWG. The ASWG is working to propose an ICANN strategy document for African with the inputs from the entire African Internet Community. I was thinking that the joint Afralo-Africann meeting on ICANN Africa Strategy can come out with a view of this specific community and a document presenting the most common propositions from that community. And that document can be exploited by the ASWG as far as AFRALO-AFRICANN and the ASWG are officially different entities. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>The theme you are proposed can simply be part of the propositions of Afralo-Africann community to the ASWG. We can manage to see how the Afralo-Africann joint meeting in Toronto can be organized before the ASWG one. If we organize our meeting on that theme, It will be like we are presenting the outcomes of the ASWG work before them and that can also conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Also, I would like to mention regarding to your proposed theme that the ICANN Fellowship is already there to support developing countries participation in ICANN and others mechanisms to support RALOs are already there. I think and others can agree with me that what we urgently need are mechanisms to develop domain industry in Africa. Domain names are one and the most important part of ICANN work (business) and I believe that Africa will never efficiently participate in ICANN if there is not real development of domain names industry in the continent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>I would also like to remind others colleagues that ICANN deals with domain names, IP addresses and policies around them; ICANN is not about global ICT development and we have to understand that and be more specific when formulating our propositions. We cannot ask ICANN to do everything for us, we have our homework to do too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Finally, if we like it or not, the next Afralo-Africann meeting in Toronto will have an impact on the work of the ASWG. So let us agree on that and organize a meeting that will be helpful to the work of the ASWG. We have a chance to propose outlines for an ICANN strategy plan for our continent, let us put all our energy on that and help ICANN comes out with a strategy that will really make Africa “visible” on the ICANN ecosystem.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Sorry for the quality of my English, I hope you will manage to understand what I’m trying to understand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Victor Ndonnang.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De :</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> africann-bounces@afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net] <b>De la part de</b> Fatimata Seye Sylla<br><b>Envoyé :</b> dimanche 16 septembre 2012 18:45<br><b>À :</b> afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org; africann@afrinic.net<br><b>Objet :</b> [AfrICANN-discuss] AFRALO-AfrICANN joint meeting theme for Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Hello All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Regarding the AFRALO-AfrICANN joint meeting in Toronto, the theme proposed by Mohamed Bashir on ICANN African Strategy and seconded by many of us, is a very good and timely one. However, as the ASWG is asking for inputs on the same theme, for the same period and from the same community, I don’t think it would be a good idea to run an almost parallel consultation on it. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Therefore, I would like to suggest for your appreciation “<b>the creation of a development Fund” initiated by ICANN</b>, to support the developing countries’ active participation in the whole ICANN process and to facilitate their integration in the Internet domain industry . This fund could be supported by other partners and its management style would have to be defined<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Please provide your feed-back as soon as possible and not later than Thursday 20 September 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Thank you all and best regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'>Fatimata<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><br>-- <br>Fatimata Seye Sylla<br><br> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>