<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Thanks Tijani for the clarification,</div><div><br></div><div>We do not want to make them unhappy. At the end I trust your ability to express in the Wednesday meeting the necessary support for the African strategy and to show that the fund is in line with what has been presented on Monday in our African initial plan for the strategy. So I will leave this to you for proper handling as you see it right.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div>Tarek<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Sep 16, 2012, at 5:16 PM, "<a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org">tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org">tijani.benjemaa@fmai.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sorry Tarek, the mail wasn’t finished when I pressed wrongly the send key.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">What I wanted to say is that the intention at the beginning was to support the work of the ASWG by a statement to the board from the African ICANN Community to show that the initiative is largely supported, and that the noise made by DCA is not significant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">When you asked me not address this topic, I hardly convinced my colleagues to change it. And with the time constraint, the replacement proposal was for the fund proposed to ALAC by Jean Jacques. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I will try again to change the theme, or perhaps cancel the meeting regarding the time pressure, but believe me, they will not be happy. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#002060">----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Tijani BEN JEMAA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">M</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">editerranean<b> F</b>ederation of <b>I</b>nternet <b>A</b>ssociations<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Phone : + 216 70 825 231<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Mobile</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">: + 216 98 330 114<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fax : + 216 70 825 231<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">----------------------------------------------------------</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:icann-aswg-bounces@afrinic.net">icann-aswg-bounces@afrinic.net</a> [mailto:icann-aswg-bounces@afrinic.net] <b>De la part de</b> Tarek KAMEL<br><b>Envoyé :</b> lundi 17 septembre 2012 00:11<br><b>À :</b> Mouhamet Diop<br><b>Cc :</b> <a href="mailto:icann-aswg@afrinic.net">icann-aswg@afrinic.net</a><br><b>Objet :</b> Re: [Icann-aswg] Report about my Khartoum mission and report ICANN board committee in LA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks Mohamed for your wishes, I think we have a wonderful chance with the new CEO Fadi as he is very motivated. We need to use his motivation rightly for Africa, and I think I will be able given my new role to empower the implementation of our plans to support Africa.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Tijani, I hope you are following the discussions on the African lists regarding the AFRALO- AFRICANN session on Wednesday in Toronto. We need to make sure that there are no duplications with our session on Monday about the African strategy. The Fund proposal is already, as you know, included in our new strategy as the Internet foundation. We have discussed that in Mauritius and it is already included in our proposed initial plan of the strategy as illustrated in the documents on the Afrinic website. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Any ideas are generally welcome, but I hope the Wednesday session can maybe focus on AFRALO specific issues rather than any duplications with the African Strategy session on Monday. The Monday session is planned to include all of the ASWG members plus Steve and Fadi and maybe some other board members will be invited to comment.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Tijani please tell me what do you think? And <span class="apple-style-span">anybody who wants to comment?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Nii has already put a lot of effort in the last few days in explaining to the African list the role of the ASWG.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Awaiting your feedback.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Tarek<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Senior Advisor to the President of ICANN<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Brussels <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Mobile: +33626487835<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Sep 16, 2012, at 3:48 PM, "Mouhamet Diop" <<a href="mailto:mouhamet@gmail.com">mouhamet@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Tarek,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I was good to see you again during this retreat in Mauritius.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Very Full Agenda. Hope CEO, board and staff will actively help you achieve (y)our goals for Africa.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Warm regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Mouhamet Diop <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">2012/9/15 Tarek KAMEL <<a href="mailto:tarek.kamel@icann.org">tarek.kamel@icann.org</a>><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi everybody,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">I have given a report this week in LA about our work in progress of our African strategy to the ICANNs board committee on global relations BGRC during the board retreat this week in LA.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">It was well received by the board members attending the committee. I have also spoken to many other board members here in LA about our good work and they have been very supportive including Fadi. Ray has also been helping in that.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Last week I was in Khartoum attending the African ministerial ICT meeting and our work was also positively received as attached.<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">The following is a report about my mission to Khartoum:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">- I have spoken at the ministerial meeting on behalf of Steve Crocker and Fadi Chehade.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">I have thanked the African Union for the invitation. My talk focused on the Internet evolution in Africa, ICANNs and Afrinic role in Internet development, the ICANNs Senegal meeting and the exchanged high level letters, ICANNs new internationalisation plans, the work in progress of new ICANNs strategy for Africa, Africa as a the first region that ICANN is starting with to implement its internationalisation plans and strategies, an invitation for wider participation in ICANNs constituencies and GAC (noting that there will be a HLM for governments this time in Toronto.)<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">- I have been invited also to speak at the closing of the experts meeting on the day before the ministerial meeting started<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">- The attitude of the African Union by Commisioner Elham Ibrahim and Moctar Yedaly has been very positive towards us and they have welcome our participation (Mike Silber was also there and he had some good opportunties for networking). The Commissioner has mentioned ICANN three times in her opening speech in the presence of the President of Sudan. Her references to ICANN were in relation to the build-up of the relations after the Senegal meeting last October and her views and expectations from ICANN in the coming months. <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">After my talk there was a general welcome for the new signals about ICANNs internationalisation plans and the new African strategy for ICANN.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">- I have met briefly with Aida Bogoda from UNECA and she looks forward to our participation in the African IGF in October and I have confirmed to her that we will have participation from ICANN and the African Workgroup to promote the African strategy<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">- I have met with the new minister in Senegal Abdou LO and he was interested to learn about the progress since the last ICANNs meeting in Senegal last October. He is relatively young, motivated, open minded and he studied and lived in Germany for many years. I speak little French, he speaks little English so we had our conversation in German. He can be a good asset for our future African strategy implementation on a government level.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">- I also spoke with the minister of Burundi and the minister of Borkina Fasso and they were eager to learn about ICANNs internationalisation plans and our African strategy.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">- I have spoken in details with the new Minister of ICT in Egypt, Hani Mahmoud. He used to work for vodaphone before he was hired as the chair of the postal authority in Egypt just before I left.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">- I had brief talks with the minister of Zambia, as he is taking over the chairmanship of the African council of ICT ministers for the next two years. We need to keep a dialogue with them.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><br><span style="color:#0023A3"><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">They all expect to see a stronger presence of ICANN in Africa on the ground in the coming phase. <o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">I think we have a good chance to make a difference in Africa.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">I travelling a lot, Oslo, Mauritius, Khartoum, in the last weeks. This week in LA and next week I am with Fadi and Steve Crocker in DC. Then I have also India, Kuwait for some government meetings and the Arab IGF and all before Toronto.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">So please bear with me when I am not always fully online with you.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Please keep our good work going on.<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>Best regards<br>Tarek<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Senior Advisor to the President of ICANN<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Brussels <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal">Mobile: <a href="tel:%2B33626487835" target="_blank">+33626487835</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>_______________________________________________<br>Icann-aswg mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Icann-aswg@afrinic.net">Icann-aswg@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/icann-aswg">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/icann-aswg</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="1" width="100%" noshade="" style="color:#ACA899" align="center"></div><p class="avgcert">Aucun virus trouvé dans ce message.<br>Analyse effectuée par AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.fr">www.avg.fr</a><br>Version: 10.0.1390 / Base de données virale: 1518/3785 - Date: 24/07/2011<br>La Base de données des virus a expiré.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></body></html>