just seeing this. I am sorry it is so late and I will review it but I am at CSTD and one of only three non governmental negotiators on critical language, so it may take rest of day. However, I am still asking why the BC is sending a BC member to do recruitment in what is considered ISPCP land -- and whether we will encounter what we have in the past -- a few years ago - when we were accused of poaching members that belonged in the ISPCP. 


Also, we have BC members in Kenya, and I am first interested in understanding if they are participating and can distribute materials. So, at this point, I am thinking that I can't support this particular proposal, but am interested in proposals that engage with actual business users.


Even those who attend this event are the engineers or DNS operators from businesses, not the business user side.


[sorry, suffer from attending RIPE and ARIN conferences in the past! ] 


So, at this point, I am not supporting but I will look closely at the rationale. 


Can we verify if the Kenya based BC members are already attending? If so, they can distribute any BC materials.


Marilyn 




From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org <bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Lawrence OlaWale-Roberts <icann@microboss.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 4:08 AM
To: bc-outreach@icann.org
Cc: lawrence@microboss.org
Subject: [Bc-outreach] BC Outreach to Kenya.
 
Dear Outreach Members,

My apologies for not turning in this earlier as promised, there was a need
to review my earlier proposal so as to reduce the proposed cost for the
outreach after my consultations with Andrew early on friday.

Please find attached my proposal for outreach to the Business community
that would be attending the African Internet Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. The
AIS is one of the biggest meeting on the continent because allows for
great collaboration among all stakeholders. It is co-hosted by Afrinic
(the regional RIR) and AfNOG with Tespok as the local host for this year.
ICANN, ISOC, African IGF, AfricaCERT, AfTLD, AfREN and AfPIF are all
partners at this years event, with all bringing in a large mix of their
stakeholders to the meeting. over 1000 participants are expected in
Nairobi in May.

I will be actively participating at the conference, exploring the business
network for potential BC members who are a fit for our constituency and
looking forward to the approval of my BoF session on "Start Up Incubation
and the Future of the Internet" during the conference.

Thanks for your kind approval.


Lawrence Olawale-Roberts.