Thank you Sarah for your mail.

I’m proposing here a timeline for this operation:
31/1 – 07/2  Call for topics
       07 February         Announcement of the selected Topic
07 - 11 February  Call for volunteers for the drafting team
       11 February        Announcement of the drafting team composition
11 - 18 February Drafting of the statement (1st draft).
       18 February Publishing of the 1st draft for comments
18 - 23 February        Comment period for the 1st draft of the statement 
23 - 28 February       Drafting of the final version
       01 March              Final draft published

On the other hand, and to help the community, here is a list of hot topics currently discussed in ICANN and that can be addressed by our African community:

My preference goes to New gTLD Subsequent Procedures: Neustar proposal on the upcoming rounds.

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Tijani BEN JEMAA
Executive Director
Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (FMAI)
Phone: +216 98 330 114
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Le 30 janv. 2019 à 20:08, Sarah Kiden <skiden@gmail.com> a écrit :

Dear Colleagues,

I hope this email finds you well. The ICANN64 meeting in Kobe, Japan is about 1.5 months away. We plan to have the Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting. This is a call for topics for the statement for the meeting. Previous statements can be accessed here.

As is the norm, the topic that receives the most support will be selected. A drafting team will then be constituted to prepare the statement. Please note that the final statement should be prepared early to allow translation into French. Please send your suggestions by Wednesday, 6 February 2019.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Kind regards,

Sarah Kiden
AFRALO Secretariat
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