September 2015 - AFRI-Discuss

Call for a theme for the Joint AFRALO/AfrICANN Meeting at ICANN 54 Dublin
by Aziz Hilali Sept. 16, 2015

Sept. 16, 2015

[English] Dear all,As we have done during the previous ICANN meetings, we will be holding a joint AFRALO/AfrICANN meeting to discuss issues or subjects of interest to our region at the scheduled ICANN 54 meeting in Dublin, which takes place from 18-22 October 2015.The purpose of this message therefore is to ask you to please, suggest a theme you think would be the most pertinent in this regard. We are also looking forward for presentation of a “joint statement” to the attention of ICANN at the end of this meeting. We would appreciate your proposal being sent within a week (before 26 September 2015). Please note that beyond a week, if we do not receive any proposal; the leadership of AFRALO will constitute a drafting committee that will decide the theme and propose to the Community a draft statement to ICANN. This statement will be discussed at the meeting in Dublin. The subject chosen should be relevant to the interest of two organizations: AfrICANN and AFRALO. It should be noted that the interest of this tradition is to express the point of view of the African ICANN community on current issues of interest to the ICANN community. Best RegardsAziz HilaliAFRALO Chair --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [French] Chers tous, Comme nous l'avons fait au cours des précédentes réunions de l'ICANN, nous allons organiser à Dublin la réunion conjointe AFRALO/AfrICANN pour débattre d’une question ou d’un sujet d'intérêt pour notre région. Le but de ce message est de vous demander de bien vouloir proposer un thème que vous pensez être le plus pertinent à cet égard. Cette réunion aboutira à la présentation d'une “déclaration commune” à l’attention de l'ICANN. Nous apprécierions que la proposition de thème soit envoyée dans une semaine (avant le 26 Septembre 2015). Veuillez noter qu'au-delà d'une semaine, si nous ne recevons pas de proposition; la direction d’AFRALO constituera un comité de rédaction qui décidera du thème et proposera à la Communauté un projet de déclaration à l’intention de l'ICANN. Cette déclaration sera discutée à la réunion à Dublin. Le sujet choisi devra avoir l’approbation des deux listes AfrICANN et Afralo. Il est à noter que l'intérêt de cette tradition est d'exprimer le point de vue de la communauté africaine de l'ICANN sur les questions d'actualité et d'intérêt pour la communauté de l'ICANN. CordialementAziz HilaliPrésident d'AFRALO

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Fwd: Working Party on Visa Issues
by Seun Ojedeji Sept. 11, 2015

Sept. 11, 2015

Hello, While this is not atlarge related, I think it could be of interest. So if you are interested kindly contact Farzaneh at farzaneh.badii(a)gmail.com Regards Sent from my Asus Zenfone2 Kindly excuse brevity and typos. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "farzaneh badii" <farzaneh.badii(a)gmail.com> Date: 11 Sep 2015 19:02 Subject: [fellowships-alumni] Working Party on Visa Issues To: "ICANN Fellowships Alumni" <Fellowships-alumni(a)icann.org> Cc: Dear Fellows, In light of the visa problems we often face to attend ICANN meetings, I think forming a working party on visas that includes members of all the stakeholder groups would be helpful. In order to discuss things further and provide constructive feedback for ICANN, I invite you to join me in this effort. If you would like to join, email me separately off the list. We will start by : drafting the preliminary objective of the working party, milestones and methods to achieve our goal which is : remove the visa obstacles for attending ICANN meetings. I think we should gather all sort of experiences and challenges with obtaining visa: having to travel to another city, another country, the high cost that has to be born by ICANN, the high emotional cost that has to be born by the applicants and ICANN staff that deal with travel arrangements and other things. Which visa processes have been the easiest, which have been the hardest and what were the potential reasons. We are looking for solutions. Best regards, -- Farzaneh _______________________________________________ Fellowships-alumni mailing list Fellowships-alumni(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/fellowships-alumni

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Welcome to At-Large!
by staff＠atlarge.icann.org Sept. 9, 2015

Sept. 9, 2015

Dear Eranga and Srimal, ICANN's At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) is pleased to inform you that Sri Lanka Next Generation (SLNG) has been certified as an At-Large Structure (ALS). The ALAC greatly appreciates your group's interest in involving individual users in APRALO and ICANN and looks forward to working with you and your colleagues. The ALAC is eager to promote a productive working relationship between your organization, other ALSes, and the ALAC (and ICANN in general), and your input on how we can make this a success would be greatly appreciated. It¹s very important to keep the members of your organization informed (about significant news from ICANN and information on ICANN policy-development efforts) and engaged in activities of interest. Here are a few of the tools members of At-Large find useful: The At-Large wiki space is where you can find most of the relevant information: The At-Large introductory page <https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2265510> will help you navigate through the wiki contents. This is where you can find the latest announcements, and subscribe to the At-Large Google calendar <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Calendar> at the bottom of the page. This will ensure you never miss a meeting! >From any chosen page in the At-Large wiki, you can find your bearings easily by navigating via the purple box at the top left hand corner of the page. It is very convenient to be able to consult the latest At-Large Policy Development Activity <https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=2265510> , find out more about the Regional At-Large Organizations (RALOs) <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/Regional+At-Large+Organisations > , and about At-Large Working Groups <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+Working+Groups> . For the most up to date information about At-Large meetings during ICANN Public meetings, <https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/ICANN+Meetings> it is worth bookmarking this wiki page! 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/> At-Large Mailing Lists. There are many At-Large email lists, for each region, you can sign up to them and manage your subscriptions at: http://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo . The primary and secondary points of contact you have identified in the application form 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. ALAC website. The ALAC website <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> ICANN website: The ICANN website <https://www.icann.org/> is where all announcements <https://www.icann.org/news> are posted, and where you can find practical information about ICANN Public meetings <http://meetings.icann.org/> . Skype chat: At-Large community members and staff use Skype group chats extensively. A group chat exists for most Working Groups and RALOs. So please don¹t hesitate to send At-Large Staff your Skype ID and we¹ll gladly add you to the relevant chats. Please click here <www.skype.com> if you don¹t have a Skype account. It¹s free and staff are available to help if you run into any trouble. Facebook: The At-Large community has its own Facebook page <https://www.facebook.com/icann.atlarge?fref=ts> . It¹s useful to keep up with announcements and helpful information Twitter: Members of At-Large tweet extensively and are particularly active during ICANN Public meetings. Follow At-Large on Twitter <https://twitter.com/ICANN_AtLarge?lang=fr> ! We will forward the At-Large Beginners¹ guide shortly, as it is in the process of being updated. In the meantime, please refer to the recording of our Informal Welcome Webinar for new ALSes <https://icann.adobeconnect.com/p2zgjaka0ml/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true& pbMode=normal> which took place in July. Another webinar will take place before the end of the year. 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 ---------------------------

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Re: [AFRI-Discuss] Request for Input on the AFRALO Outreach Strategy F16
by Daniel Nanghaka Sept. 6, 2015

Sept. 6, 2015

Dear AFRALO and Outreach & Engagement Sub-Committee, I would like to request for your comments on the AFRALO Outreach Strategy FY16 http://bitly.com/AFRALO-Outreach-FY16 Comments and input is highly appreciated. Regards Daniel Nanghaka AFRALO Co-Chair - ICANN Outreach and Engagement SC ISOC Uganda Chapter Tel: +256 772 898298 ᐧ

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Re: [AFRI-Discuss] AFRALO comments on the ICG and CCWG proposals
by Remmy Nweke Sept. 4, 2015

Sept. 4, 2015

I see and thanks for explanation. Remmy Nweke Sent from my Windows Phone ------------------------------ From: Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji(a)gmail.com> Sent: ‎04/‎09/‎2015 17:45 To: Remmy Nweke <remmyn(a)gmail.com> Cc: afri-discuss <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org>; Etienne Tshishimbi <news.tkeb(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [AFRI-Discuss] AFRALO comments on the ICG and CCWG proposals Hello Remmy, There is the option to remove board members at board level (which currently exist)[1]. What is being proposed by the CCWG is the ability to remove board members by the community. Usually in most organisation, removal of board members by the organisation members does not require the board's approval and that is what the CCWG proposes. However we (AFRALO) are saying that the process to spill the entire both should be more difficult by requiring it to be initiated by more than 1 community within ICANN. I hope that helps clarify. Regards 1. https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/governance/bylaws-en/#VI-11 Sent from my Asus Zenfone2 Kindly excuse brevity and typos. On 4 Sep 2015 14:34, "Remmy Nweke" <remmyn(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Paragraph 415 > : > We think that to recall the Entire ICANN Board, atleast one SO > and one AC should be required to sign a petition to trigger the process > > Comment: > I would suggest like its done in corporate world, 2-3rd members on the > board must endorse the petition, not just one SO and AC. > > Remmy Nweke > @ITRealms > > ____ > REMMY NWEKE, Lead Strategist/Group Executive Editor, > DigitalSENSE Africa Media Ltd [*Multiple-award winning medium*] > (DigitalSENSE Business News > <http://www.digitalsenseafrica.com.ng/businessnews>; ITREALMS > <http://www.itrealms.com.ng>, NaijaAgroNet > <http://www.naijaagronet.com.ng>) > Block F1, Shop 133 Moyosore Aboderin Plaza, Bolade Junction, Oshodi-Lagos > M: 234-8033592762, 8023122558, 8051000475, T: @ITRealms > <http://www.twitter.com/ITRealms> > Author: A Decade of ICT Reportage in Nigeria > <https://www.facebook.com/adecadeofictreportageinnigeria‎> > NDSF 2016 > <https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153112418861429&set=a.11921636142…> > _________________________________________________________________ > *Confidentiality Notice:* The information in this document and attachments > are confidential and may also be privileged information. It is intended > only for the use of the named recipient. Remmy Nweke does not accept legal > responsibility for the contents of this e-mail. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify me immediately, then delete this document and do > not disclose the contents of this document to any other person, nor make > any copies. Violators may face court persecution. > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:48 PM, Etienne Tshishimbi <news.tkeb(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Bonjour à tous, >> >> Comment allez vous? Je suis heureux de voir tout le travail effectue. >> >> Je voudrai savoir s'il y a des versions françaises des deux documents >> envoyés. >> >> Merci >> >> 2015-08-29 18:50 GMT+01:00 Aziz Hilali <hilaliaziz(a)yahoo.fr>: >> >>> Dear AFRALO members, >>> >>> Please find attached for your comments the draft statement that AFRALO >>> wants to make commenting on the ICG proposal and the CCWG second report >>> that Tijani BEN JEMAA and Seun Ojedeji prepared. These Documents would >>> represent the opinion of AFRALO in response to public comments, which will >>> be closed on 8 September 2015 for ICG Public comment and 12 September for >>> CCWG Public comment. >>> >>> Please read them and give your comments before Friday 4 September 2015 >>> at 12:00 noon UTC to include your comments in the final version on time. >>> >>> Best Regards >>> >>> Aziz Hilali >>> AFRALO Chair >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> AFRI-Discuss mailing list >>> AFRI-Discuss(a)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#… >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> AFRI-Discuss mailing list >> AFRI-Discuss(a)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#… >> > > > _______________________________________________ > AFRI-Discuss mailing list > AFRI-Discuss(a)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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AFRALO comments on the ICG and CCWG proposals
by Aziz Hilali Sept. 4, 2015

Sept. 4, 2015

Dear AFRALO members, Please find attached for your comments the draft statement that AFRALO wants to make commenting on the ICG proposal and the CCWG second report that Tijani BEN JEMAA and Seun Ojedeji prepared. These Documents would represent the opinion of AFRALO in response to public comments, which will be closed on 8 September 2015 for ICG Public comment and 12 September for CCWG Public comment. Please read them and give your comments before Friday 4 September 2015 at 12:00 noon UTC to include your comments in the final version on time. Best Regards Aziz HilaliAFRALO Chair

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REMINDER: Meeting invitation & Agenda / AFRALO September Teleconference / 02 September 2015 at 1830 UTC
by ICANN At-Large Staff Sept. 1, 2015

Sept. 1, 2015

If you require a dial-out please contact At-Large staff at staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> with your preferred number. Please remember that it is now possible to connect your audio via the AC room, without using your telephone. You need a stable internet connection. If you would like a reminder of how to connect please let staff know. Si vous avez besoin d'un dial-out, merci de le communiquer au personnel At-Large à staff(a)atlarge.icann.org<mailto:staff@atlarge.icann.org> avec votre numéro d'appel préféré. Nous vous rappelons que vous pouvez désormais utiliser l'audio de l'Adobe Connect room afin de vous connecter sans utiliser votre ligne téléphonique. Il vous faut une connexion internet stable. 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> ** Version Française à la suite de la version Anglaise ** Dear All, The next AFRALO Monthly call is scheduled on Wednesday, 02 September 2015 at 18:30 UTC. The draft agenda and call details are available at: https://community.icann.org/x/vYdCAw 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 02 Septembre 2015 au 18:30 UTC. L'ordre du jour et détails de l'appel sont disponible à: https://community.icann.org/x/vYdCAw 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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