I will like to propose the implication of new gTLD geographic names as pertains to Africa. Regards,Adetokunbo Abiola From: Daniel Nanghaka <daniel.nanghaka@isoc.ug> To: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> Cc: Afri-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org>; AfrICANN Community List <africann@afrinic.net> Sent: Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 12:39 Subject: Re: [AFRI-Discuss] Call for a theme for the Joint AFRALO/AfrICANN Meeting at ICANN 60 Abu Dhabi Dear All, I support Barracks suggestion and also probably include Role/Impact of the Registration Data Service to (in) Africa - An African perspective where we expound more on Africa and Data Regulation regardin to Domain names and how are African endusers affected. What role can they play in Data protection. My 2 cents to Barracks suggestions. Daniel ᐧ Daniel Nanghaka ALAC Sub-Committee on Outreach and Engagement – Co-chair from AFRALO ISOC Uganda Chapter Tel: +256 772 898298 On 11 September 2017 at 09:18, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Aziz, I would like to propose, the effect of General Data Protection Regulation on Internet Commerce in Africa. It is a hot topic in ICANN and we might want to understand how it will affect the continent and whether the continent requires a similar mechanism as the Domain Name Industry grows. Best Regards On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Aziz, Thanks for this again. Before going any further, please kindly share any past joint declarations that has been drafted and sent to ICANN for reference? This may help us know what topics were covered in the declarations that has been sent so far. Regards,Arsene -----------------Arsène Tungali,about.me/ArseneTungali+243 993810967GPG: 523644A0Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos) On Sep 10, 2017, at 11:09 PM, Aziz Hilali via AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.ic ann.org> wrote: [French] Chers tous,Comme nous l'avons fait aucours des précédentes réunions de l'ICANN, nous allons organiser une réunionconjointe AFRALO/AfrICANN pour débattre d’une question ou d’un sujet d'intérêtpour notre région lors de la réunion de l'ICANN 60 à Abu Dhabi qui aura lieudu 28 octobre au 3 novembre 2017.Le but de ce message est devous demander de bien vouloir proposer un thème que vous pensez être le pluspertinent à cet égard. Cette réunion aboutira à la présentation d'une“déclaration commune” à l’attention de l'ICANN. Nous apprécierions que laproposition de thème soit envoyée dans une semaine (avant le dimanche 17Septembre).Veuillez noter qu'au-delàde cette date, si nous ne recevons pas de proposition; la direction d’AFRALOconstituera un comité de rédaction qui décidera du thème et proposera à laCommunauté un projet de déclaration à l’intention de l'ICANN. Cettedéclaration sera discutée à la réunion à Abu Dhabi.Le sujet choisi devra avoirl’approbation des deux listes AfrICANN et AFRALO. Il est à noter quel'intérêt de cette tradition est d'exprimer le point de vue de la communautéafricaine de l'ICANN sur les questions d'actualité et d'intérêt pour la communautéde l'ICANN.CordialementAzizHilaliPrésidentd'AFRALO [English]Dear all,As we have done during theprevious ICANN meetings, we will be holding a joint AFRALO/AfrICANNmeeting to discuss issues or subjects of interest to our region at the scheduledICANN 60 meeting in Abu Dhabi, which takes place from 28 Oct - 3 Nov 2017.The purpose of this messagetherefore is to ask you to please, suggest a theme you think would be the mostpertinent 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. Wewould appreciate your proposal being sent before Sunday 17 September.Please note that beyond theSunday 17 September, if we do not receive any proposal; the leadership of AFRALOwill constitute a drafting committee that will decide the theme and propose tothe Community a draft statement to ICANN. This statement will be discussed atthe meeting in Abu Dhabi.The subject chosen shouldbe relevant to the interest of two organizations: AfrICANN and AFRALO. Itshould be noted that the interest of this tradition is to express the point ofview of the African ICANN community on current issues of interest to the ICANNcommunity.BestRegardsAzizHilaliAFRALOChair ______________________________ _________________ AFRI-Discuss mailing list AFRI-Discuss@atlarge-lists.ica nn.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.or g/mailman/listinfo/afri-discus s 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/mistic a/english/emec/method_emec/ presentation.html#anexo1 ______________________________ _________________ AFRI-Discuss mailing list AFRI-Discuss@atlarge-lists.ica nn.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.or g/mailman/listinfo/afri-discus s 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/mistic a/english/emec/method_emec/ presentation.html#anexo1 -- Barrack O. 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