October 2015 - AFRI-Discuss

New ALS Application received
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org April 8, 2016

April 8, 2016

Dear all, This is to inform you that we received an ALS application from ISOC Zimbabwe. It is based in Harare, Zimbabwe, and would be a member of AFRALO if accepted. Please find the application form attached. Staff are preparing the Due Diligence. Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge Twitter: @ICANN_AtLarge

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Welcome to At-Large!
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org April 5, 2016

April 5, 2016

Dear Verengai and Nomsa, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that (225) ISOC Zimbabwe been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The purpose of ALS certification is to recognize that your organization meets the necessary criteria to involve individual Internet users at the local or issue level in ICANN activities, and that your organization will support its individual members' informed participation in ICANN efforts that affect end-users. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALS, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. We would like to offer some initial tools to help your organization keep its members informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest: - Point of Contact for your Organisation: Please send an email to mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org identifying the names and email addresses of one or two individuals who will be the point of contact for information and correspondence regarding ICANN At-Large. If this changes, please let us know. - At Large Mailing Lists. There are many At Large email lists, for each region; you can sign up for them and manage your subscriptions at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo . The points of contact you identify will automatically be added to your region's list just for accredited ALSes to discuss regional issues and to the mailing list for Staff announcements (only Staff can post messages to that list); you are invited to join others as you wish. - ALS information. Information about your organization will be shared with the At-Large community to enable individuals interested in your group's activities to contact you, and to encourage cooperation with other groups interested in ICANN activities in your geographic region. Please complete and email the form at the bottom of this note to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. - ALAC website. The ALAC website (http://www.atlarge.icann.org <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> ) is a good source for ICANN news and information of interest to individual Internet users. We encourage you to provide your members with a link. The ALAC relies on volunteers to translate information into multiple languages. Translations of documents on the website are welcome and should be sent to <mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> - At-Large Regional Websites. Regional wiki webpages also have been created to distribute information (including in local languages) on activities, events and issues of particular interest to people in each region. These are maintained by the community. They are: African Region: http://www.afralo.org Asia/Australia/Pacific Region: http://www.apralo.org <http://www.apralo.org/> European Region: http://www.euralo.org <http://www.euralo.org/> Latin America/Caribbean Region: http://www.lacralo.org <http://www.lacralo.org/> North American Region: http://www.naralo.org <http://www.naralo.org/> We have included an Starter Kit that includes key information on ALAC and At-Large communication tools. We have also included the ALS Beginners Guide which explains how best to engage within At-Large. We look forward to working with you and your organization's members to advance individual Internet users' interests within ICANN. If you have any questions, or need additional information, please contact us at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org. Sincerely, The At-Large Advisory Committee http://www.atlarge.icann.org <http://www.atlarge.icann.org/> staff(a)atlarge.icann.org --------------------------- Name: Location (city/country/region; whatever is relevant to your membership): Mission: Member benefits: Contacts (name/s and email address/es -- title/s optional): Website: Other (additional informational you would like included):

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Meeting invitation & Agenda / AFRALO November Teleconference / 04 November 2015 at 1830 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Nov. 3, 2015

Nov. 3, 2015

** Version Française à la suite de la version Anglaise ** Dear All, The next AFRALO Monthly call is scheduled on Wednesday, 04 November 2015 at 18:30 UTC. The draft agenda (to be updated) and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/trNYAw Conference ID: EN 1638 FR 1838 Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo<http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo/> Please remember that it is now possible to connect your audio via the AC room, without using your telephone. If you would like a reminder of how to connect please let staff know. *Please confirm your participation and dial-out , with if required, with your number, to staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> If you are unable to attend the call please send an email indicating your absence and we will note this information on the agenda. Thank You. Regards, ---------- Cher Membres de l'AFRALO, Le prochain appel AFRALO mensuel est maintenant prévue le mercredi 04 Novembre 2015 au 18:30 UTC. L'ordre du jour et détails de l'appel sont disponible à: https://community.icann.org/x/trNYAw Conference ID: EN 1638 FR 1838 Adobe Connect: http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo<http://icann.adobeconnect.com/afralo/> Nous vous rappelons que vous pouvez désormais utiliser l'audio de l'Adobe Connect room afin de vous connecter sans utiliser votre ligne téléphonique. Veuillez demander à staff si vous avez besoin d'information à ce sujet. *Merci de nous confirmer votre participation et dial-out - si nécessaire - ainsi que votre numéro à: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Si vous ne parvenez pas à assister à l'appel, merci de nous envoyer un courriel indiquant votre absence et nous allons en prendre note sur l'ordre du jour. Merci. Cordialement, Regards, Heidi Ullrich, Silvia Vivanco, Ariel Liang, Gisella Gruber, Nathalie Peregrine and Terri Agnew ICANN Policy Staff in support of ALAC E-mail: staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> Facebook: www.facebook.com/icann<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge>atlarge<https://www.facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge>ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> _______________________________________________ AFRI-Discuss mailing list AFRI-Discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org<mailto:AFRI-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss Homepage for the region: http://www.afralo.org 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#…

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Fwd: The Journey to Dublin and Beyond - IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability
by Seun Ojedeji Oct. 30, 2015

Oct. 30, 2015

Hello, This short article of mine could be of interest to some. Regards Sent from my Asus Zenfone2 Kindly excuse brevity and typos. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Seun Ojedeji" <seun.ojedeji(a)gmail.com> Date: 28 Oct 2015 17:08 Subject: The Journey to Dublin and Beyond - IANA Stewardship Transition and ICANN Accountability To: <ianaccwg(a)nira.org.ng> Cc: Hello, I wrote something about the recent ICANN 54. Hope you find it useful: http://www.afrinic.net/blog/21-the-journey-to-dublin-and-beyond-iana-stewar… Regards Sent from my Asus Zenfone2 Kindly excuse brevity and typos.

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Re : English Audio Clip of Speech
by Aziz Hilali Oct. 24, 2015

Oct. 24, 2015

Thank you Glenn Have a safe type see you all in Marrakech Aziz Envoyé depuis Yahoo Mail pour Android De:"Glenn McKnight" <mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com> Date:sam. j oct. PM à 13:28 Objet:English Audio Clip of Speech Hi Here is the English Version of your presentation https://soundcloud.com/gmcknight/dr-aziz-hilali-speech-at-icann-dublin Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com skype gmcknight twitter gmcknight .

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Reminder : Joint meeting of African community in Dublin "IANA Stewardship transition and ICANN accountability - Africa perspective"
by Aziz Hilali Oct. 20, 2015

Oct. 20, 2015

[English] As you know, AFRALO will hold the joint AFRALO/AfrICANN meeting during ICANN54 in Dublin on the "IANA Stewardship transition and ICANN accountability - Africa perspective" You will find attached the draft statement (French & English) of the joint AFRALO/AfrICANN meeting due to take place tomorrow. You are kindly invited to come and participate to this AFRALO/AfrICANN joint meeting, in Face-to-Face or in remote participation if you are not in Dublin. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, 21 October 2015, between 14.00 and 15.30 in the Wicklow H1 Room, floor 2. Please attend to make your voice heard on these important issues for the future of ICANN and of the governance of the Internet unique identifiers. Adobe Connect : https://icann.adobeconnect.com/dub54-wicklowhall1/ Agenda: Theme: IANA and ICANN accountability transition - Africa perspective"Welcome Address (5 min) Aziz Hilali, AFRALO Chair Opening Address (20 min) Alan Greenberg, ALAC Chair, Pierre Dandjinou, Global Stakeholder Engagement Vice President for Africa Rinalia Abdul Rahim, Board member Fadi Chehadé, President and CEO of ICANN Introduction of the topic (10 min): Mohamed El Bashir, AFRALO Vice Chair and Vice Chair of the ICG, Tijani BEN JEMA, ALAC, Vice Chair and FMAI Executive Director Presentation of the draft Statement (10 min): Seun Ojedeji, incoming ALAC member and member of the CWG Discussion, modification and adoption of the statement (40 min) - All Closing remarks (5 min) - Aziz Hilali, AFRALO Chair Best Regards Cordialement Aziz Hilali AFRALO Chair [FRANCAIS] Comme vous le savez, AFRALO tiendra demain la réunion conjointe AFRALO/AfrICANN durant ICANN54 à Dublin, sur le thème "Transition des fonctions IANA et Responsabilité-Redevabilité de l'ICANN, Perspectives pour l’Afrique".Vous trouverez ci-joint le projet de déclaration (français et anglais) de la réunion AFRALO / AfrICANN conjointe qui aura lieu demain.Vous êtes cordialement invités à venir participer demain à cette réunion conjointe AFRALO/AfrICANN, en face-à-face ou en participant à distance si vous n'êtes pas à Dublin. La réunion aura lieu le mercredi 21 Octobre 2015, entre 14h00 et 15h30 dans la salle Wicklow H1 au deuxième étage. Adobe Connect: https://icann.adobeconnect.com/dub54-wicklowhall1/.Nous vous remercions de votre participation pour faire entendre votre voix sur ces questions importantes pour le futur de l’ICANN et pour la gouvernance de l'Internet des identificateurs uniques. Best Regards Cordialement Aziz Hilali AFRALO Chair Programme,Modérateur : Aziz Hilali, président d'AFRALO Thème : Transition de la supervision de l'IANA et de la responsabilité de l'ICANN - perspective africaine"Paroles de bienvenue (5 min) - Aziz Hilali, président d'AFRALO Discours d'introduction (20 min) Alan Greenberg, président de l'ALAC Pierre Dandjinou, vice-président de la participation des parties prenantes mondiales pour la région Afrique Rinalia Abdul Rahim, membre du Conseil d'administration Fadi Chehadé, Président-directeur général de l'ICANN - (à confirmer) Introduction au thème (10 min) Mohamed El Bashir, vice-président d'AFRALO et vice-président de l'ICG, Tijani BEN JEMA, vice-président de l'ALAC et directeur exécutif de FMAI Présentation de la déclaration préliminaire (10 min)Seun Ojedeji, membre entrant de l'ALAC et membre du CWG Discussion, modification et adoption de la déclaration (40 min) - Tous Discours de clôture (5 minutes) - Aziz Hilali, président d'AFRALO

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Africa Strategy session , Tuesday 20th, 11-12.15, Room L4 Foyer
by Barrack Otieno Oct. 20, 2015

Oct. 20, 2015

Dear Listers, You may want to join this remotely. Timezone is UTC +1 Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:48:10 +0100 Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Africa Strategy session , Tuesday 20th, 11-12.15, Room L4 Foyer To: "africann(a)afrinic.net" <africann(a)afrinic.net> Dear Participants to ICANN 54 and listers, Chers Participants a ICANN 54 et listiers, As you already know, there will be an update on the implementation of ICANN's Africa Strategy at a session scheduled for Tuesday 20th, from 11-12.15 in Room L4 Foyer. Here is the proposed agenda : Comme vous le savez, il est prevu une mise a jour sur la mise en oeuvre de la strategie africaine de l'ICANN pour l'Afrique le Mardi 20 Octobre de 11 a 12.15 dans la salle L4 Foyer; Voici l'ordre du jour propose : - Welcome and presentation of the Africa Strategy (20mn) - Q/A (25mn) - Preparations for Marrakech (10mn) - Q/A (10mn) - AoB (a-Funding mechanisms for the Africa strategy; b-ICANN's presence in Africa..) (10mn) Remote participation will be possible at https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/tue-africa-strategy Pierre Dandjinou Cotonou - 229 90 087784 / 66566610 Dakar 221 77 639 30 41 www.scg.bj skype : sagbo1953 -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fwd: [technology taskforce] ICANN54 Meeting app
by Beran Dondeh -Yahoo Oct. 17, 2015

Oct. 17, 2015

I believe this will be of benefit to everyone Beran Sent from my iPad Mini Begin forwarded message: > From: Dev Anand Teelucksingh <admin(a)ttcsweb.org> > Date: 16 October 2015 at 15:38:32 GMT+1 > To: "ttf(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org" <ttf(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> > Subject: [technology taskforce] ICANN54 Meeting app > > Try http://meetingapp.icann.org/icann54 > for iOS it will prompt for you to download the app and I imagine on Android, it would do the same (Android users please confirm) > > The url will work for viewing the mobile site on a desktop or mobile browser. > > Dev Anand > _______________________________________________ > ttf mailing list > ttf(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org > https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ttf

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Fwd: [Chapter-delegates] Call for PIR Director Nominations
by Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong Oct. 16, 2015

Oct. 16, 2015

Friends and Colleagues, For those interested in positions on the board of the Public Interest Registry(PIR) , I’d like to share with you an mail from Dear Jason Livingood. Cordialement ---------------------------------ABDELDJALIL BACHAR BONG DGA & Co-Fondateur - ZIYARA Sarl E-mail:bachar@ziyara.td http://www.ziyara.td https://twitter.com/bacharbong Tél:0023566274284 N'djaména(Tchad) |AFRINIC Fellow|ISOC CHAD Member|ICANN/AFRALO Member| Le 16 oct. 2015 15:11, "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood(a)cable.comcast.com> a écrit : In 2016, there will be three open Director positions on the board of the Public Interest Registry (PIR). I am pleased to announce that the Internet Society’s PIR Nominations Committee is now accepting nominations for those Director roles, beginning today and until 30 November 2015 at 23:00 UTC. The Call for Nominations with all of the details and requirements is here: http://www.internetsociety.org/pir-call-nominations The timetable for nominations and appointment is here: http://www.internetsociety.org/pir-board-directors-appointment-process-time… Please forward this information to any interested groups, communities, or individuals! And don’t hesitate to ask any questions. Thanks, Jason Livingood Internet Society Board of Trustees Chair, PIR Nominations Committee _______________________________________________ As an Internet Society Chapter Officer you are automatically subscribed to this list, which is regularly synchronized with the Internet Society Chapter Portal (AMS): https://portal.isoc.org

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Joint meeting of African community in Dublin "IANA and ICANN accountability transition - Africa perspective"
by Aziz Hilali Oct. 10, 2015

Oct. 10, 2015

Dear colleagues, Please find below the email we sent on October 7, 2015.As some have not received this email, we inform you that the deadline to submit comments was postponed to Sunday, October 11, 2015. Please provide your comments on this draft before this date, to allow us to include them before printing the final version. Best Regards Aziz Hilali AFRALO Chair [English] AFRALO will hold the traditional joint meeting AFRALO / AfrICANN during the next ICANN meeting in Dublin. The theme proposed by the members of AFRALO will be "IANA and ICANN accountability transition - Africa perspective" You will find attached the draft statement of the joint AFRALO/AfrICANN meeting due to take place on Wednesday 21 October 2015.Would you please provide your comments on this draft before the end of Saturday, October 10, 2015, to allow us to include them before printing the final version and then distribute it to the participants in the meeting for discussion, modification if any and adoption. Best Regards Aziz Hilali AFRALO Chair [French]AFRALO organisera la traditionnelle réunion conjointe AFRALO / AfrICANN lors de la réunion de l'ICANN qui aura lieu la semaine prochaine à Buenos Aires. Le thème proposé par les membres d’AFRALO sera "Transition des fonctions IANA et Redevabilité de l'ICANN, Perspectives pour l’Afrique".En fichier attaché, prière trouver le projet de déclaration de la réunion conjointe AFRALO – AfrICANN qui aura lieu à Dublin le mercredi 21 Octobre 2015. Je vous prie de donner vos remarques sur ce projet au plus tard le Samedi 10 Octobre 2015, pour que l’on puisse les inclure avant d’imprimer la version finale et ensuite la distribuer aux participants à la réunion pour discussion, modification s’il y a lieu et adoption. Cordialement Aziz HilaliPrésident d’AFRALO

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