<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>Thank you Oga Ojedeji for the response (which I find fit to make it public).</div><div><br></div><div>My concern is that, having had an exposure to how ICANN Systems would respond to issues, just like any corporate body, the Board has to give a resolution. Africa Region has its space at Board level; therefore African issues should be channeled through that seat.</div><div><br></div><div>About contribution into this 'Transition' process?...there is more than a year or longer to do that. Therefore no rush on that. This has everything to do with the USGovt according to the media and informed bloggs which we active on this issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div>Yassin</div><div><br></div><div><br></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: Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji@gmail.com> <br>Date:18/09/2015 07:43 (GMT+02:00) <br>To: Yassin Mshana <ymshana2003@gmail.com> <br>Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] [AFRI-Discuss] Call for a theme for the Joint AFRALO/AfrICANN Meeting at ICANN 54 Dublin <br><br><p dir="ltr">Hi,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Addressing emerging issues within ICANN that concerns Africa is the goal and events may have gotten past our statement if we leave it till next ICANN meeting. This particular IANA transition happens to be unique because it has spanned across events.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sent from my Asus Zenfone2<br>
Kindly excuse brevity and typos.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 17 Sep 2015 18:51, "ymshana2003" <<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div>Fellows,</div><div><br></div><div>It is good to read this discussion taking place prior the "meeting" or "pub crawl in Ireland"... Bravo!</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe, for such meetings to be effective, they should have taken place muchearlier, then feed the Deliberations (Statement) to ICANN Systems through Africa Represention at the Board or its Constituents...? </div><div><br></div><div>Maybe meet at Dublin to produce the Statement for the next ICANN mtg? Otherwise, it will be business as usual. ..</div><div>Just a suggestion / thought:-)</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div>Yassin.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></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: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <u></u> <br>Date:17/09/2015 17:15 (GMT+02:00) <br>To: <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a> <br>Cc: <a href="mailto:directors@omadhina.net" target="_blank">directors@omadhina.net</a> <br>Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] [AFRI-Discuss] Call for a theme for the
Joint AFRALO/AfrICANN Meeting at ICANN 54 Dublin <br><br>As you know I doubt that you think much.<br><br>Using a number of email contributions from (mainly unaffected)<br>parties as a rationale is plain nonsense and confirms my doubts to<br>certainty, never mind that 2 out of a 100 shows exactly the<br>opposite.<br><br>I agree with you that this does concern this region. But, I did<br>not say that. I said it does not affect the ECONOMY (of this region).<br><br>Internet penetration has NOTHING to do with ICANN/IANA in particular<br>not the transition.<br><br>I also think if you underwent a reform it could affect how we use<br>the the tool called Internet. Or global warming, or aliens landing<br>in Ile-Ife. Could affect the Internet. Or not.<br><br>I am just trying to be efficient here. Since nobody in the ICANN<br>community gives a dead rat's fuzzy behind about what is shared (ie<br>these AFRALO resolutions), and they do indeed achieve nothing, we<br>should just go to the pub.<br><br><br>el<br><br><br>On 2015-09-17 16:41, Seun Ojedeji wrote:<br>> I don't think it's accurate to say this does not concern this<br>> region otherwise we will not have seen over 100+ contributions to<br>> ccwg on accountability with just 2 of the contributions from<br>> Africa! The fact that 98+ of the contributions came from other<br>> continents should at least be of concern and raise our curiosity<br>> on why other regions are taking this seriously.<br>> <br>> Maybe I should state 2 reasons why a developing region like Africa<br>> could be affected by ICANN accountability/IANA transition.<br>> <br>> - Internet penetration is increasing in the region, being part of<br>> it by using is not enough. Participating in determining how it<br>> should serve the region/world should be important to us as well.<br>> <br>> - ICANN as the global coordinator of the internet identifiers (the<br>> IANA operator) is undergoing a reform that could affect how we use<br>> the tool called internet<br>> <br>> So if we recognise this as an issue, the solution you refer will<br>> then (as usual) be collectively developed on the list and shared<br>> to the ICANN community (which is beyond AFRALO/Africann).<br>> <br>> Regards<br>> Sent from my Asus Zenfone2<br>> Kindly excuse brevity and typos.<br>> <br>> On 17 Sep 2015 14:46, "Dr Eberhard W Lisse" <<a href="mailto:el@lisse.na" target="_blank">el@lisse.na</a><br>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:el@lisse.na" target="_blank">el@lisse.na</a>>> wrote:<br>> <br>> I really do not have any idea how the IANA Transition and/or ICANN<br>> Accountability could in any, even marginal, way affect any<br>> developing economy.<br>> <br>> There might be a case for the effect, if any, on ccTLD Managers in<br>> developing countries, but then this would be a ccNSO issue, and in<br>> any case not even addressed by the CCWG/CWG/ICG work.<br>> <br>> Why don't you draft a solution, we agree to it on the list, saving<br>> the proposer the embarrassment of having to actually read it aloud,<br>> do with it whatever it is you guys do with these resolutions, and go<br>> to the pub instead on Wednesday afternoon.<br>> <br>> el<br>[...]<br>-- <br>Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse \ / Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (Saar)<br>el@lisse.NA / * | Telephone: <a href="tel:%2B264%2081%20124%206733" value="+264811246733" target="_blank">+264 81 124 6733</a> (cell)<br>PO Box 8421 \ /<br>Bachbrecht, Namibia ;____/<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net" target="_blank">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann</a><br></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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