<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Pastor Peters,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">By all means. Actually while drafting the proposed topic, i my mind was gravitating around the community though i used DNS to try and ensure we are within ICANNs remit. I support the proposed modification. We are facing new challenges such ad ZOOM overload, ZOOM bombing, managing group dynamics in an online context which requires a new form of resilience. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best Regards</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 21 May 2020, 11:14 pm Peters Omoragbon, <<a href="mailto:petersomoragbon@gmail.com">petersomoragbon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Dear All</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Thank you, Barrack, for your suggestion.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">May I modify the topic to read:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Enhancing the resilience of the Empowered Community within ICANN during a Pandemic.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Restricting it to the DNS is restricting our roles in ICANN to just the DNS. How do we at our different levels of involvement as stakeholders cope with a pandemic? How has the pandemic impacted on our involvement in ICANN? What proactive measures can we put in place against future pandemics?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large">Thank you</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,times new roman,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Pastor Peters Osawaru OMORAGBON<br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Financ<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"></span>ial Secretary, Central Association of Nigerians in the United Kingdom-CANUK<br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Executive President/CEO-Nurses Across the Borders-<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0)"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>An NGO in Special </i>Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nati<span></span>ons-ECOSOC<span></span></span></span><br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Designated Contact Person-United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-<i>UNFCCC</i><br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>International Liaison Officer-Nigerian Nurses Charitable Association-NNCA-UK<br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Board Member-Conference of NGOS in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations-CONGO<br></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000">-<font color="#9900ff">Member Steering Committee Regional Committee for Africa-CONGO<br></font></font></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#9900ff"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>General Secretary, Civil Society Network of NGOs on Climate Change<br></font></font></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#9900ff"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Fellow Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers-ICANN<br></font></font></font></font></b></div><b><font color="#9900ff"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif"><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#9900ff"><font color="#ff0000">-</font>Fellow Open Society Institute-Budapest</font></font></font></font></b></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 21 May 2020 at 20:29, Sarah Kiden <<a href="mailto:skiden@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">skiden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Hello all, <br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">We have received 2 suggestions so far about the topic for the meeting. Both topics (suggested by Liz Orembo and Barrack Otieno) are about participation in ICANN during this pandemic. <br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Barrack suggested this: Enhancing the resilience of DNS Infrastructure in the face of pandemics. <br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Kindly let us know if this topic is okay. The deadline to submit topics is tomorrow, <b>22 May 2020</b>.</div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">We have also received some expressions of interest to join the drafting team. If you are interested, please reach out offlist. <br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif">Regards, <br></div><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(53,28,117);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Sarah</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 11:26 AM Sarah Kiden <<a href="mailto:skiden@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">skiden@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><div style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="m_6574632716934967759gmail-m_-149275335943217656gmail-m_9170733219152733180gmail-docs-internal-guid-c2366951-7fff-d74a-f6f5-9d35fc120ea3"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Colleagues,</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I hope this email finds you well. The ICANN68 Meeting is scheduled for 22-25 June 2020. This meeting will be virtual. As with previous ICANN meetings, we plan to hold the Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting. We would like to invite you to submit topics for this session. Our previous statements have focused on issues like: Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse, evolving the ICANN Multistakeholder model, New gTLD Subsequent Procedures, enhancing ICANN accountability, etc. Please see our previous statements</span><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/Joint+AFRALO-AfrICANN+Statements+Workspace" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please see our proposed timeline:</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Call for topics and drafting team: 15 - 22 May 2020</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Drafting of Statement: 23 May - 6 June 2020</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Send Statement to Staff for translation: 7 June 2020</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please send your suggested topics by </span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Friday, 22 May 2020</span><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, after which the drafting team will be constituted to prepare a draft statement that will be shared with the rest of the members. If you would like to join the drafting team, kindly notify us offlist. </span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Looking forward to your contributions.</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards,</span></font></p><font size="2"><br></font><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sarah Kiden</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">AFRALO Secretariat</span></font></p></div></div></div>
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