<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13056" dir="ltr"><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="" class="">hello,</span><br style="" class=""> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13031" style="" class=""></span></span><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13031" style="" class=""><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="" class="">I</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13049" style="" class="">move that the committee</span> <span style="" class="">is in place</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18116" style="" class="">and provides</span> <span style="" class="">the theme</span> <span style="" class="">for thought</span> <span style="" class="">to</span> <span style="" class="">who will</span> <span style="" class="">be</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13050" style="" class="">the joint meeting</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13051" style="" class="">AFRALO</span> <span style="" class="">/</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13052" style="" class="">AfrICANN</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13053" style="" class="">in Singapore.</span></span></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12991" style="" class=""></span></span><br><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12991" style="" class=""></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13055" style="" class="">This will also</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13062" style="" class="">facilitate the preparation of</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12815" style="" class="">African</span> Declaration .<span style="" class=""></span><br style="" class=""> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18144" style="" class=""><br></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18145" dir="ltr"><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18144" style="" class="">The challenges</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18146" style="" class="">are many and</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18147" style="" class="">we</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12814" style="" class="">must</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12807" style="" class="">objectively</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13057" style="" class="">define</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13054" style="" class="">the theme.</span><br style="" class=""> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18143" style="" class="">Furthermore,</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12628" style="" class="">for the</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13061" style="" class="">case</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18117" style="" class="">of Africa</span><span style="" class="">, we must</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12806" style="" class="">remember to include</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18142" style="" class="">regional organizations.</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13060" style="" class="">Like</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13059" style="" class="">europe</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12805" style="" class="">when the European Union</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13001" style="" class="">and the Council</span> <span style="" class="">of Europe</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12629" style="" class="">who actively participate in</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_13058" style="" class="">these</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12804" style="" class="">discussions.</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18140" dir="ltr"><br><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="" class="">It is necessary that</span> <span style="" class="">all stakeholders</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18141" style="" class="">in African countries</span> <span style="" class="">are concerned</span> <span style="" class="">and</span> <span style="" class="">give</span> <span style="" class="">their views</span><span style="" class="">.</span> <span style="" class="">This process</span> <span style="" class="">can only be</span> <span style="" class="">possible if</span> <span style="" class="">these organizations</span> <span style="" class="">with the African Union</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18170" style="" class="">are involved.</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18155" dir="ltr"><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"> <span style="" class="">We do not have</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18118" style="" class="">to reinvent the wheel</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18119" style="" class="">but we must</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18120" style="" class="">seize</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12803" style="" class="">every opportunity</span><span style="" class="">.</span><br style="" class=""> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18162" style="" class="">We all</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18157" style="" class="">call for the</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18156" style="" class="">multi-</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12630" style="" class="">stakeholder</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12639" style="" class="">approach</span><span style="" class="">, but</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12640" style="" class="">then we have to</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12641" style="" class="">be</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12637" style="" class="">realistic and pragmatic</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12638" style="" class="">.</span><br style="" class=""> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18163" style="" class=""><br></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18165" dir="ltr"><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18163" style="" class="">I propose</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12636" style="" class="">that this discussion on</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12631" style="" class="">IANA transition s</span><span style="" class="">hould</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18164" style="" class="">figure more prominently</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18166" style="" class="">in the</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18167" style="" class="">IGF</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12632" style="" class="">programs</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12633" style="" class="">at national,</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18168" style="" class="">regional</span> <span style="" class="">and continental levels.</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18597" dir="ltr"><br><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18613" style="" class="">An African conference on</span> IANA <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18600" style="" class="">Transition</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18607" style="" class=""></span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18598" style="" class="">organized by the African</span> <span style="" class="">Union</span> <span style="" class="">can be</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18614" style="" class="">considered</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18599" style="" class="">in&nbsp;</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18612" style="" class="">2015</span><span style="" class="">.</span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_12635"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18642">&nbsp;</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_19088" dir="ltr"><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span style="" class="">These are suggestions</span> <span style="" class="">of</span> <span style="" class="">Team</span> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_19087" style="" class="">CAFEC during our General Assembly.</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_19087" style="" class=""></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_19089" dir="ltr"><span style="" id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_19087" style="" class="">Baudouin<br></span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18624"><br></div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18154" class="signature"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_1_1418366991398_18169">&nbsp;<br>COORDINATION NATIONALE CAFEC<br>&nbsp;</strong>ICANN/AFRALO Member<br>ISOC Member<br>courriel:cafec3m@yahoo.fr <br>téléphone: +243 998983491/+243813684512</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> Le Vendredi 12 décembre 2014 7h42, ymshana2003 &lt;ymshana2003@gmail.com&gt; a écrit :<br> </font> </div>  <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv3406921062"><div><div>Dear colkeagues abd friends,</div><div><br></div><div>It is good to read about what our Continent aspires to do and has done in these processes.</div><div>May I suggest that we follow some developments in the USA regarding current situation? The deadline of Sept 2015 might be a dream since it deoends on what the USGovt decides to do.</div><div>In that case, it is suggestible that we look at tangible things sych as the intensifying the effort being made to further develop Internet-based ecinomic activities....there is more to be done in that area while contributing in the current 'politics of the Internet' which are US based. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Just a thought on this...</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div>Yassin Mshana</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:9px;color:#575757;">Sent from Samsung Mobile</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Mwendwa Kivuva  <br>Date:11/12/2014  19:06  (GMT+02:00) <br>To: Barrack Otieno ,AfrICANN list  <br>Cc: afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org <br>Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Re: [AFRI-Discuss] CALL FOR A THEME FOR THE
  JOINT AFRALO/AfrICANN MEETING AT ICANN 52 SINGAPORE <br><br>Thanks Barrack,<br><br>The trending thing in the next two ICANN meetings will still be the<br>IANA transition. Maybe we can have a theme centered around the role of<br>Africa in the process. Currently, three communities (names, numbers,<br>and protocol parameters) are working hard to ensure we meet the NTIA's<br>deadline. How has the continent contributed on the same?<br><br>Regards<br>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><br>"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk<br>on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson<br><br><br><br>On 11 December 2014 at 16:55, Barrack Otieno &lt;otieno.barrack@gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br>&gt; Dear all,<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; As has been the case in previous ICANN meetings, AFRALO will be holding<br>&gt; a joint AFRALO/AfrICANN meeting to discuss issues or subjects of interest<br>&gt; to our region at the scheduled ICANN 52 meeting in Singapore, which takes<br>&gt; place from 8-12 February 2015<br>&gt;<br>&gt; The purpose of this message therefore is to request you to&nbsp; suggest a<br>&gt; theme that is appropriate for the meeting. We are also looking forward<br>&gt; for presentation of a "joint statement" to the attention of ICANN at<br>&gt; the end of this meeting.&nbsp; We would appreciate your proposal being sent<br>&gt; as soon as possible (before 20 December 2014). Please note that beyond<br>&gt;&nbsp; period,&nbsp; If we do not receive any proposal; the Leadership ofAFRALO<br>&gt; will constitute a drafting committee that will decide the theme and<br>&gt; propose to the Community a draft statement to ICANN. This statement<br>&gt; will be discussed at the meeting in Singapore.<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp; The subject chosen should be relevant to the interest of two organizations:<br>&gt;&nbsp; AfrICANN and AFRALO.<br>&gt;&nbsp; It should be noted that the interest of this tradition, which we organize<br>&gt;&nbsp; together since the Brussels meeting , is to express the point of view<br>&gt; of the African<br>&gt;&nbsp; ICANN community on current issues that are of interest to the ICANN community.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Best Regards<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Francais ci dessous<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Bonjour à tous,<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&nbsp; Comme cela a été le cas lors des réunions de l'ICANN précédentes,<br>&gt; AFRALO tiendra&nbsp; une réunion conjointe AFRALO / AfrICANN pour discuter<br>&gt; des questions ou des sujets d'intérêt&nbsp; pour notre région à la réunion<br>&gt; 52 de l'ICANN prévue à Singapour, qui aura lieu du 8 au 12 Février<br>&gt; 2015.<br>&gt; Le but de ce message est donc de vous demander de suggérer un&nbsp; thème<br>&gt; approprié pour la réunion. Nous souhaitons également préparer une<br>&gt; "déclaration commune" à l'attention d'ICANN à la fin de cette réunion.<br>&gt; Nous apprécierions votre proposition que vous pouvez transmettre sur<br>&gt; la liste avant le 20 Décembre 2014. S'il vous plaît noter que si au<br>&gt; delà de ce délai, nous ne recevons aucune proposition; La direction<br>&gt; d'AFRALO constituera un comité de rédaction qui choisira un thème et<br>&gt; proposera à la Communauté un projet de déclaration à l'ICANN. Cette<br>&gt; déclaration sera discutée lors de la réunion à Singapour.<br>&gt;&nbsp; Le thème choisi devrait être pertinent pour l'intérêt des deux<br>&gt; organisations: AfrICANN et AFRALO.&nbsp; Il convient de rappeler que<br>&gt; l'intérêt de cette tradition, que nous organisons&nbsp; ensemble depuis la<br>&gt; réunion de Bruxelles, est d'exprimer le point de vue de l'Afrique<br>&gt; Communauté de l'ICANN sur les questions actuelles qui sont d'intérêt<br>&gt; pour la communauté de l'ICANN.<br>&gt;&nbsp; Cordialement<br>&gt; _______________________________________________<br>&gt; AFRI-Discuss mailing list<br>&gt; AFRI-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org<br>&gt; https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Homepage for the region: http://www.afralo.org<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Posting guidelines to ensure machine translations of emails sent to this list are more accurate: http://www.funredes.org/mistica/english/emec/method_emec/presentation.html#anexo1<br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN mailing list<br>AfrICANN@afrinic.net<br>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net" href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a><br><br><br></div>  </div> </div>  </div> </div></body></html>