<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Good suggestion. Can you draft the message? <br><br><div>************</div><div>Victor Ndonnang</div><div><a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/VictorNdonnang" style="font-size: 13pt;">https://twitter.com/VictorNdonnang</a></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">~Sent from my iPhone~</span></div></div><div><br>On Sep 24, 2014, at 2:47 AM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <<a href="mailto:el@lisse.na">el@lisse.na</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Not "despite", but "because".</span><br><span></span><br><span>"Stakeholder Staff"? PULEEEZE!!!</span><br><span></span><br><span>We should maybe raise this in the Public Forum.</span><br><span></span><br><span>el</span><br><span></span><br><span>On 2014-09-24, 08:11 , Mwendwa Kivuva wrote:</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Gala night was scrapped in ICANN51.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Despite that, ICANN does not have budgetary problems. They can subsidize</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>requirements for accreditation for developing countries and still follow</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>their tradition.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>In the African Strategy, one of the key points was to work towards</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>increase of ICANN accredited registrars in the region. Maybe one of the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Stakeholder staff in the region can give us a brief on this.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Regards</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>______________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a> <<a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh">http://twitter.com/lordmwesh</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 24 September 2014 03:30, Victor Ndonnang <<a href="mailto:ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz">ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz">mailto:ndonnang@nvconsulting.biz</a>>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> +1 Dr. Lisse,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> This is an excellent proposition. We can see how to integrate</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> it into the ICANN ongoing work exploring how to support</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> development of the Domain Name industry in developing</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> countries...</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/kick-starting-dns-industry-growth-in-underse">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/kick-starting-dns-industry-growth-in-underse</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> rved-regions</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/kick-starting-dns-industry-growth-in-underse">https://www.icann.org/news/blog/kick-starting-dns-industry-growth-in-underse</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> rved-regions></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/dns-underserved-2014-05-14-en">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/dns-underserved-2014-05-14-en</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Finding ways to support the ICANN registrar accreditation</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> process for small businesses from developing world, especially</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Africa has been the main focus of participation in ICANN since</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> years. I talk about this during the first Africa DNS</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> forum...I called it "positive discrimination" and this will be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> perfectly in line with ICANN Fellowship program.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> I support the idea 100% and will proudly join the campaign.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Ps. The starting money of that fund can come from the</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> NewgTLDS auctions...</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/auctions</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Best regards,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Victor.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> -----Original Message-----</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> From: <a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net">africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net">mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> [<a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net">mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> <<a href="mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net">mailto:africann-bounces@afrinic.net</a>>] On</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Behalf Of Dr Eberhard W Lisse</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 6:23 PM</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> To: <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">africann@afrinic.net</a> <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">mailto:africann@afrinic.net</a>></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Statment of the joint meeting of African</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> community</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Oh by the way,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> why are we not campaigning that ICANN stop wasting money on galas and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> instead pump that money and the corresponding donations into a fund that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> subsidizes the general liability insurance requirement for start-up</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> Registrars from developing countries?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span> el</span><br></blockquote><span>[...]</span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar)</span><br><span><a href="mailto:el@lisse.NA">el@lisse.NA</a> / * | Telephone: +264 81 124 6733 (cell)</span><br><span>PO Box 8421 \ /</span><br><span>Bachbrecht, Namibia ;____/</span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>AfrICANN mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>