When Chris and Michele Chaplow were here in the US, they met with me and Steve Delbianco, and we discussed the possibility of a business "summit" planned for the Barcelona meeting, to include outreach to all of Europe, including Eastern European countries. Several are seeking to join Europe. I have been working with a large law firm in Poland who is focused on e-commerce [not just trademark/copyright law, as is often the case when law firms seek to join ICANN, via the IPC].  ICT associations in some of these countries are potential members as well, but we need to figure out what we do that is of significant interest to them. 

ETNO and Digital Europe together have close to 100 member companies doing business in Europe and that includes most of Eastern Europe. The BC organized, with both these organizations, a great event when ICANN met in Brussels. 

I suggest that we work with these two organizations -- one is a BC member and while the other is not, I have a key contact there that has been interested in re engaging with ICANN -- sustainable engagement of businesses and business associations from Eastern Europe will be challenging, but I think that we can figure out how to gain some membership from a few of the Eastern European countries associations.  If we could recruit Digital Europe, we would bring in a large ICT membership, that reaches many of the EE countries, as well as the rest of Europe. 
From: bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org <bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Jimson Olufuye <jolufuye@kontemporary.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:49 AM
To: Ozan Sahin
Cc: crop-staff@icann.org; bc-outreach@icann.org
Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] [CROP-Staff] [Ext] RE: Re: Request to Use CROP for BC Outreach in Abuja, Nigeria Nov 7-9, 2017
 
Hi Ozan,
 
Thank you for following up.
 
On the first question: The report will be provided at the end of FY18.
 
On the 2nd question: BC, following engagements in LATAM, Africa and Asia (especially CASA region), we would explore opportunities in Eastern Europe (EE) in FY19.
 
Cheers,
 
Jimson Olufuye
BC Vice-Chair, Finance & Operations
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Subject: Re: [CROP-Staff] [Ext] RE: Re: [Bc-outreach] Request to Use CROP for BC Outreach in Abuja, Nigeria Nov 7-9, 2017
From: "Ozan Sahin" <ozan.sahin@icann.org>
Date: 10/25/17 10:29 am
To: "Jimson Olufuye" <jolufuye@kontemporary.net>
Cc: "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org>, "crop-staff@icann.org" <crop-staff@icann.org>, "Andrea Glandon" <andrea.glandon@icann.org>

Dear Jimson and BC Outreach Committee,

 

I am kindly following up on the 2 questions below raised by Global Stakeholder Engagement Vice Presidents of ICANN related to your Outreach Plan.

 

As a reminder, first one is about an “Outcomes” report with respect to the BC Outreach Strategic Plan for FY18.

Second is about any considerations to target EECA region for engagement activities.

 

I am happy to follow up in person in Abu Dhabi if you would prefer this way, please let me know.

 

Kind regards,

 

Ozan Sahin

Community Services Sr. Coordinator

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 

Direct Line:       +90.212.999.6218 

Mobile:             +90.533.641.0007               

Email:                ozan.sahin@icann.org

Skype:              ozan.sahin.icann

www.icann.org

 

 

From: Ozan Sahin <ozan.sahin@icann.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 12:18 PM
To: Jimson Olufuye <jolufuye@kontemporary.net>
Cc: "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org>, "crop-staff@icann.org" <crop-staff@icann.org>, Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [CROP-Staff] [Ext] RE: Re: [Bc-outreach] Request to Use CROP for BC Outreach in Abuja, Nigeria Nov 7-9, 2017

 

Dear Jimson and BC Outreach Committee,

 

In addition to the question below we have just received another question regarding BC Outreach Strategic Plan FY18.

 

VPs noted the priority you gave to outreach events that will enhance BC`s presence and membership within 3 developing regions namely, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

 

The question is whether there are plans to consider Eastern Europe Central Asia (EECA) region specifically as a low membership target or there are no such specific plans for EECA region at the moment and it comes cumulatively under “Asia” in the strategy matrix.

 

Kind regards,

 

Ozan Sahin

Community Services Sr. Coordinator

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 

Direct Line:       +90.212.999.6218 

Mobile:             +90.533.641.0007               

Email:                ozan.sahin@icann.org

Skype:              ozan.sahin.icann

www.icann.org

 

 

 

From: Ozan Sahin <ozan.sahin@icann.org>
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 9:41 PM
To: Jimson Olufuye <jolufuye@kontemporary.net>
Cc: "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org>, "crop-staff@icann.org" <crop-staff@icann.org>, Andrea Glandon <andrea.glandon@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [CROP-Staff] [Ext] RE: Re: [Bc-outreach] Request to Use CROP for BC Outreach in Abuja, Nigeria Nov 7-9, 2017

 

Dear Jimson,

 

As Benedetta pointed out we circulated BC Outreach Strategic Plan with the VPs.

 

We received a question with respect to this plan as to whether you would provide a report at the end of fiscal year discussing the outcomes of the plan.

We are aware that you do provide trip assessment reports after each CROP trip yet what VPs would like to know is whether there is a holistic report that summarizes to what extent Outreach Strategic Plan is achieved at the end of each fiscal year.

 

Thank you,

 

Kind regards,

 

Ozan Sahin

Community Services Sr. Coordinator

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

 

Direct Line:       +90.212.999.6218 

Mobile:             +90.533.641.0007               

Email:                ozan.sahin@icann.org

Skype:              ozan.sahin.icann

www.icann.org

 

 

 

From: <crop-staff-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Benedetta Rossi <benedetta.rossi@icann.org>
Date: Monday, October 16, 2017 at 10:05 AM
To: Jimson Olufuye <jolufuye@kontemporary.net>, "crop-staff@icann.org" <crop-staff@icann.org>
Cc: "bc-excomm@icann.org" <bc-excomm@icann.org>, "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [CROP-Staff] [Ext] RE: Re: [Bc-outreach] Request to Use CROP for BC Outreach in Abuja, Nigeria Nov 7-9, 2017

 

Thank you ever so much for confirming Jimson, and for your understanding.

 

Please let me know if it would be useful for me to provide any updates or answer any questions about CROP either at ICANN60 or on one of your upcoming BC calls. I will gladly provide additional information or answer questions if this is helpful.

 

I will proceed to flag the completed steps on the BC outreach plan and ensure it is circulated with the VPs accordingly.

 

Thank you,

 

Kind regards,

 

Benedetta

 

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Benedetta Rossi | Manager, Policy Support & Community Services

benedetta.rossi@icann.org | +33.610.38.27.02

ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

 

 

 

From: Jimson Olufuye <jolufuye@kontemporary.net>
Date: Saturday 14 October 2017 at 12:56
To: Benedetta Rossi <benedetta.rossi@icann.org>, "crop-staff@icann.org" <crop-staff@icann.org>
Cc: "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org>, "bc-excomm@icann.org" <bc-excomm@icann.org>
Subject: [Ext] RE: Re: [Bc-outreach] Request to Use CROP for BC Outreach in Abuja, Nigeria Nov 7-9, 2017

 

Hi Benedetta,

 

Yes, the Outreach Strategy has since been approved by BC Leadership. Kindly proceed to share as may be necessary.

 

On the use of CROP for Outreach in Abuja, your argument cannot be controverted.

 

Thank you.

 

JO

 

--------- Original Message ---------

Subject: Re: [Bc-outreach] Request to Use CROP for BC Outreach in Abuja, Nigeria Nov 7-9, 2017
From: "Benedetta Rossi" <benedetta.rossi@icann.org>
Date: 10/13/17 8:32 pm
To: "Jimson Olufuye" <jolufuye@kontemporary.net>, "crop-staff@icann.org" <crop-staff@icann.org>
Cc: "Pierre Dandjinou" <pierre.dandjinou@icann.org>, "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org>

Dear Jimson,

 

Thank you for your email. I have reviewed the BC CROP space and notice that there isn’t currently a trip request posted, so it’s difficult to provide input. Based on CROP procedures we also need to complete the first step of the process which is to finalize the BC Outreach Strategic Plan on the Wiki space, since the acknowledgement section is blank (https://community.icann.org/x/khXfAw)[community.icann.org]

 

Can you kindly confirm that the BC Outreach Strategic Plan for FY18 has been approved by BC leadership? I will then ensure it is shared with all ICANN Regional VPs to complete the first step of the process. As a reminder, this step is the only requirement to confirm eligibility for CROP trip allocations.

 

Regarding the AfICTA Summit, I regret to see that it’s scheduled to take place only 3.5 weeks from now, since the CROP minimum requirement for travel support is 6 weeks.  Unfortunately, we are unable to fulfil this request at this stage, and have discussed this with Pierre Dandjinou as well; I’d like to flag that similar trip requests for FY18 submitted by other communities were not accommodated, and that consistency is one of the founding principles of this program and one of the key elements for it to succeed. We hope you will appreciate that there are good reasons why we cannot make specific exceptions regarding the timing of submissions.

 

The deadline and the underlying reasons are clearly documented as part of the CROP resources wiki page. In addition, as part of the FAQ, there is a specific question and answer as to the reason for the 6-week deadline: https://community.icann.org/x/_AXfAw[community.icann.org] (note in particular that the main reason is to ensure that everyone has the same expectations, and that “a consistent time frame ensures equal treatment for all travelers in a transparent manner”.) This is why the CROP process spells out clearly that the 6-week deadline “is the absolute minimum time and should not be considered a best practice”.

  

I realize that this outcome is disappointing, but I hope that this explanation will provide additional context within which all CROP requests are processed, i.e. to ensure equal treatment for all stakeholders and transparency in decision making. 

 

I look forward to our continued partnership in FY18 and would welcome and additional questions you may have about the BC Outreach Plan, CROP elements or guidelines or anything else related to this program. If the BC would find it helpful to have a member of the CROP team provide a briefing or answer questions at any of your upcoming membership meetings or outreach committee meetings, please don’t hesitate to let us know.

 

Thank you ever so much,

 

Kind regards,

 

Benedetta

 

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Benedetta Rossi | Manager, Policy Support & Community Services

benedetta.rossi@icann.org | +33.610.38.27.02

ICANN | Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

 

 

 

 

 

From: <bc-outreach-bounces@icann.org> on behalf of Jimson Olufuye <jolufuye@kontemporary.net>
Date: Friday 13 October 2017 at 20:03
To: "crop-staff@icann.org" <crop-staff@icann.org>
Cc: Pierre Dandjinou <pierre.dandjinou@icann.org>, "bc-outreach@icann.org" <bc-outreach@icann.org>
Subject: [Bc-outreach] Request to Use CROP for BC Outreach in Abuja, Nigeria Nov 7-9, 2017

 

Hi,

 

Quite regrettable that this request is coming behind schedule. The BC would like to use part of its approved CROP slots to support travelers to a BC Outreach that would be conducted during AfICTA Summit in Abuja, Nigeria on Nov 8, 2017.

 

Our Vice-President, African Region (copied) is fully aware and the BC FY18 Outreach Strategy[community.icann.org] is already posted.

 

Is there any window that this request may be actioned?

 

Your positive consideration would be appreciated.

 

Thank you.

 

Regards,

 

Jimson Olufuye

BC Vice-Chair, F/O

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