<div dir="ltr">**wearing NO hat**<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 April 2017 at 14:02, Barrack Otieno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p>Hi Mukom,</p>
<p>Understood, i raised this point because i am aware of the fact that it has not been easy to get the Afrinic Government working group going and this could be a great area of engaging this group since most of the shutdowns can be attributed to lack of knowledge by key actors and sheer ignorance.</p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The job of building capacity with governments is important and definitely will continue - not just from AFRINIC, but also from other stake-holders - irrespective of the outcome of this proposal. But that's a side issue.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p> As a key stakeholder it would be great idea to include them in this conversation.</p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't see any attempt to exclude them. The AFRINIC PDP is open to all. Each and every person that has ever been to the AFGWG knows about this mailing list and how to take part in it. I'm hoping that they are following and we'll be seeing contributions from them soon (some already have responded)</div><div><br></div><div>My point was that there's no room in the PDP for the community to wait ad-infinitum for a response from them. </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p> The proposal is well intentioned but the outcome might be in the interest of proponents of Internet shutdowns.</p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It would greatly enhance this discussion if you could state how this will be in their interest. </div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>Mukom Akong T.<br><br><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukom" target="_blank">LinkedIn:Mukom</a> </span> | twitter: @perfexcellent <div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:17px;color:rgb(51,51,51)"><form action="https://www.linkedin.com/profile/vanity-name-submit" name="UNIQUE_ID_SafeHtmlFilter_vanityUrlForm" method="POST" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"><ul style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;font-variant:inherit;line-height:inherit"></ul></form></div>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>“When you work, you are the FLUTE through whose lungs the whispering of the hours turns to MUSIC" - Kahlil Gibran<br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br></div></div></div>
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