Dear AFRALO members, Following the consensus call, staff notes that there are no comments or objections. The AFRALO statement<https://docs.google.com/document/d/16i41pJPaInqqpLKNaGyNhJUBGfO9iSKqUTHG71Ts...> responding to the Public Comment “Draft Final Report of the 2023 African Domain Name Industry Study<https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-final-report-of-the-2023-africa-domain-name-industry-study-21-12-2023>” has been approved by consensus. The statement will be sent to the ALAC for vote and further submission to the public comment proceeding. Thank you! At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<http://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<http://facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [signature_3287684181] From: afri-discuss-bounces <afri-discuss-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Reply-To: Hadia El Miniawi <hadiaminiawi@yahoo.com> Date: Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 6:47 PM To: AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] Consensus call: To approve the AFRALO response to the public comment “Draft Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Study" Dear AFRALO members, On behalf of Hadia Elminiawi, AFRALO Chair, this is a consensus call in accordance to article 8.1 of AFRALO operating principles,<https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/AFRALO+MOU+and+Organising+Documen...> to approve the AFRALO response to the public comment “Draft Final Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Stud<https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-final-report-of-the-2023-africa-domain-name-industry-study-21-12-2023>y On 21 December 2023, the Public Comment opened. The comment will close on 08 February 2024. On Monday 29 January<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=297369693> 2024 AFRALO Chair held a call open to all AFRALO members to review and discuss the document. The following AFRALO members volunteered as penholders: Hadia Elminiawi<https://community.icann.org/display/~hadia.elminiawi>, Hervé Hounzandji, Levy Syanseke<https://community.icann.org/display/~levy.syanseke> and Adebunmi Akinbo<https://community.icann.org/display/~adebunmi.akinbo>. On Wednesday, 31 January<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=297369701> 2024, Hadia Elminiawi presented an overview of the Draft Final Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Study<https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-final-report-of-the...> and the main points from the perspective of AFRALO. The pen holders have drafted the following Statement: AL-ALAC-ST-1223-03-00-EN [docs.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/16i41pJPaInqqp...> [docs.google.com][cid:image002.png@01DA5866.4DDBA640] [X] [Image removed by sender.] AL-ALAC-ST-1223-03-00-EN Please review the document by Monday, 05 February at 23:00 UTC. With the support of AFRALO, and if no objections or comments are received, the report will be sent to the ALAC to be endorsed. Policy staff will submit the statement to ICANN org on 8 February 2024. Thank you very much! Kind regards, At-Large Staff