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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">I can confirm that I was one of those who was invited to and attended the the two meetings
that Fadi called on this as mentioned by Aziz Hilali here below to consult on this ICANN52
location issue.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Although I cannot hide my disappointment that the meeting was moved away from
Marrakech and to outside the Africa region I do understand but not fully appreciate the
motivations and these are well explained in the release from ICANN: </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-03-en</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">So, some consultations were indeed done before and after the decision was made and we
need to acknowledge these even though the final decision is disappointing.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">These are my personal opinions.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Regards,</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Paulos</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Dr Paulos B Nyirenda</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">NIC.MW & .mw ccTLD</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">http://www.registrar.mw</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Chair: AFTLD http://www.aftld.org</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Board member: AFRINIC http://www.afrinic.net</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Chair: MISPA http://www.mispa.org.mw</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">On 4 Nov 2014 at 14:59, Boubakar Barry <africann@afrinic.net> wrote:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> And what were the motivations?</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> B.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Aziz Hilali <hilaliaziz@yahoo.fr > wrote:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Dear Mwendwa</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     The CEO of ICANN and myself as organizer of Marrakech meeting, had a long discussion </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     before this decision. </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Fadi has met on two occasions all leaderships of Africa to explain extensively the </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     motivations of the ICANN Board to decide the postponement for early 2016.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Best</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Aziz</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Le Mardi 4 novembre 2014 11h13, Mwendwa Kivuva </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> a écrit :</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     I expect a protest from the AfriCANN community given that we have missed </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     our scheduled round of hosting the event. Through the continental rotation </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     process we are used to, it means we are loosing out. The board should give </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     us a proper reason why they postponed the meeting and why they could not </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     get an alternative venue. Probably Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Ethiopia ...</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     MK</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     ______________________</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     L: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lordmwesh</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     B: http://lord.me.ke/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     T: twitter.com/lordmwesh</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     On 4 November 2014 13:17, Dawda Jatta <dawda.jatta@utg.edu.gm> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     wrote:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Mathias, </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     I belief Africa still has a chance to host it in 2016 as indicated. I think </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     ICANN does not want to try another African country and the meeting is </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     poor attended. Let just hope that before 2016 the situation of Ebola in </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     the continent under control.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Regards,</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Dave</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Mathias Etheyemon HOUNGBO </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     <mathias@houngbo.net> wrote:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Le 04/11/2014 07:38, Bob Omondi a écrit :</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     > Dear Listers,</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     ></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     > Please see the below announcement concerning ICANN 52 by </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     ICANN.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     ></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     > https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2014-11-03-en</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     ></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     ></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     > Regards</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     > Bob.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     ></span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Why not another african country ?</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     "Mefies toi de la médiocrité, c'est la moisissure de l'esprit"</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     _______________________________________________</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     AfrICANN mailing list</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     --</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Best Regards,</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     Dawda Jatta</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     AfrICANN mailing list</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     AfrICANN mailing list</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     AfrICANN@afrinic.net</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     </span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">>     AfrICANN@afrinic.net</span></font></div>
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