Chris,
I guess being African makes my
view biased in any case!
I support the continuation of
the meeting in Nairobi. I think the very fact that the US & ATAC
(interesting abbreviation this is as it commands one to “attack”J)
are closely watching the situation & tend to think the meeting should still
proceed, provides one with reason to go ahead with the meeting.
Having said that, it will be in
everybody’s interest to closely monitor the situation & make
decisions that serves their interests well.
Regards,
Vika Mpisane
ZADNA
+27 11 275 0082
From: owner-ccnso-council@icann.org
[mailto:owner-ccnso-council@icann.org] On Behalf Of Chris Disspain
Sent: 15 February 2010 09:06 AM
To: ccNSO Council
Subject: [ccnso-council] Nairobi meeting
All,
You
will have seen the various announcements about security issues that have arisen
regarding the Nairobi meeting. The latest is at http://nbo.icann.org/meetings/security-information-12feb10-en.htm.
I
thought that you might be interested to note that Australia’s Department
of Foreign Affairs (DFAT) has sought advice from the Australian Threat
Assessment Centre (ATAC) on the advisory the US Department of State provided
and has indicated that ATAC has assessed the threat as non-credible, and
therefore has decided to not upgrade its travel advisory for Nairobi.
When
I am asked (as I have been several times) what the ccNSO’s view is on
continuing with the Nairobi meeting I have said that we remain committed to
having the meeting and supporting our African colleagues. This is still my view
but it would help me enormously if council members would confirm that this is
their view as well or let me know if you feel differently.
Cheers,
Chris
Disspain
CEO
- auDA
au
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