<div dir="ltr">Seun, that is called hitting the nail on the head.<div><br></div><div>We have a great email list run by AFRINIC on the IANA transition. <a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ianaoversight">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/ianaoversight</a></div>
<div>But so far, only the African region is lagging behind on discussions on that topic.</div><div><br></div><div>If we have nothing to say on this list before ICANN51, then we will have nothing to say in the one and a half hours allocated for the meeting.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br>
<br><div><span style="color:rgb(41,47,51);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;line-height:22px;white-space:pre-wrap">"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson</span><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 August 2014 16:41, Seun Ojedeji <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seun.ojedeji@gmail.com" target="_blank">seun.ojedeji@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
While i agree with Barrack i will also like to emphasis that we need to<br>
ways to get our region talking on these topics even before the face2face.<br>
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Many will not be at the face2face and so we should take advantage of the<br>
various mailing lists to deliberate on these issues.<br>
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Cheers!<br>
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On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
> Dear Colleagues,<br>
><br>
> I support the Chairs proposal. We have several representatives from<br>
> the African Community, Mohamed, Mary and Adiel, this could be a great<br>
> forum in which we can consolidate our position. We could also use this<br>
> forum to receive feedback from our representatives on the issues we<br>
> should focus on as a continent based on the deliberations they had in<br>
> London as well as on various mailing lists.<br>
><br>
> Thank you<br>
><br>
> Best Regards<br>
><br>
> On 8/24/14, Aziz Hilali <<a href="mailto:hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr">hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr</a>> wrote:<br>
> > [English]<br>
> ><br>
> > Dear all,<br>
> ><br>
> > As we have done in previous ICANN meetings, AFRALO will be holding a<br>
> joint<br>
> > AFRALO/AfrICANN meeting to discuss an issue or topic of interest to our<br>
> > region at the scheduled ICANN 51 meeting in Los Angeles, which takes<br>
> place<br>
> > from 12-16 October 2014.<br>
> ><br>
> > I would like to propose the following topic: "IANA Transition and ICANN<br>
> > Accountability seen by the African Community”<br>
> ><br>
> > Please provide your opinion on the choice of this subject and suggest an<br>
> > alternative one in case you think it is more relevant.<br>
> > We would appreciate your proposal, comments and suggestions within a<br>
> couple<br>
> > of weeks (before September 7, 2014). The theme must have the approval of<br>
> > both AfrICANN and AFRALO lists and should be relevant to the interest of<br>
> two<br>
> > organizations: AfrICANN and AFRALO.<br>
> ><br>
> > This meeting will issue as usual, a "joint statement" to the attention of<br>
> > ICANN. Those who want to participate in the drafting committee are<br>
> requested<br>
> > to express their interest. The committee will propose to the Community, a<br>
> > draft statement to be discussed at the joint meeting in Los Angeles.<br>
> ><br>
> > The AFRALO-AfrICANN joint meeting has become a tradition that we organize<br>
> > since Brussels. The objective is to express the views of the African<br>
> ICANN<br>
> > community on current issues that are of interest to our community.<br>
> ><br>
> > Best Regards<br>
> > Aziz Hilali<br>
> > AFRALO Chair<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > [French]<br>
> ><br>
> > Chers tous,<br>
> ><br>
> > Comme nous l'avons fait au cours des précédentes réunions de l'ICANN,<br>
> AFRALO<br>
> > organisera à Los Angeles la réunion conjointe AFRALO/AfrICANN pour<br>
> débattre<br>
> > d’une question ou d’un sujet d'intérêt pour notre région. Je voudrais<br>
> pour<br>
> > cela vous proposer le thème suivant : «Transition de l’IANA et<br>
> Redevabilité<br>
> > de l'ICANN vues par la Communauté Africaine»<br>
> ><br>
> > Le but de ce courriel est de vous demander votre opinion sur le choix de<br>
> ce<br>
> > sujet et de bien vouloir le cas échéant proposer un thème que vous pensez<br>
> > être plus pertinent. Prière envoyer vos remarques et propositions dans<br>
> une<br>
> > quinzaine de jours (avant le 7septembre 2014). Le sujet choisi devra<br>
> avoir<br>
> > l’approbation des deux listes AfrICANN et Afralo et devrait prendre en<br>
> > considération l'intérêt de deux organisations: AfrICANN et AFRALO.<br>
> ><br>
> > Cette réunion aboutira comme d’habitude à la présentation d'une<br>
> “déclaration<br>
> > commune” à l’attention de l'ICANN. Les personnes souhaitant participer au<br>
> > comité de rédaction sont priées de le signaler. Ce comité proposera à la<br>
> > Communauté, un projet de déclaration à l'ICANN qui sera discutée à la<br>
> > réunion de Los Angeles.<br>
> ><br>
> > Il est à noter que l'intérêt de cette tradition que nous organisons<br>
> ensemble<br>
> > depuis Bruxelles, est d'exprimer le point de vue de la communauté<br>
> africaine<br>
> > de l'ICANN sur les questions d'actualité et d'intérêt pour notre<br>
> communauté.<br>
> ><br>
> > Cordialement<br>
> ><br>
> > Aziz Hilali<br>
> > Président d’AFRALO<br>
> > _______________________________________________<br>
> > AFRI-Discuss mailing list<br>
> > <a href="mailto:AFRI-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org">AFRI-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org</a><br>
> > <a href="https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss" target="_blank">https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Homepage for the region: <a href="http://www.afralo.org" target="_blank">http://www.afralo.org</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Posting guidelines to ensure machine translations of emails sent to this<br>
> > list are more accurate:<br>
> ><br>
> <a href="http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/emec/method_emec/presentation.html#anexo1" target="_blank">http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/emec/method_emec/presentation.html#anexo1</a><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Barrack O. Otieno<br>
> +254721325277<br>
> +254-20-2498789<br>
> Skype: barrack.otieno<br>
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