Hello Remmy,
There is one planned during the NIRA AGM that will hold in Lagos on
Thursday.
Regards
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:47 PM, Remmy Nweke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Please do we have one for Nigeria and where?
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:20 PM, KASWESHA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Grace Just realized I even confirmed participation. Nikupitiliwa
>> but all is well.
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:15 AM, Grace Githaiga <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> <https://dub111.mail.live.com/ol/>
>>>
>>> Yes James. This coming Thursday. See below. Please join the local
>>> lists for updates such as this invitation which went out last week and
>>> Barrack’s is only a reminder.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 23:04:59 +0300
>>> > Subject: Re: Invitation to a consultative forum for the Kenyan
>>> Internet Community on the transition of the IANA functions stewardship role
>>> from the US Government.
>>> > From: [log in to unmask]
>>> > To: Dear Colleagues,
>>>
>>> The Kenyan Internet community will hold a consultative forum at the
>>> Nairobi Safari Club (Lillian Towers), University Way, on Thursday
>>> 30th April 2015 from 2 PM on the IANA Functions Stewardship
>>> Transition from NTIA to the global multistakeholder community, and
>>> Enhancing ICANN Accountability.
>>>
>>> This email is to invite you to the event, and also solicit comments
>>> and feedback from the Kenyan community from those who cannot attend
>>> the face to face meeting on the transition of the IANA functions
>>> stewardship role from the US Government.
>>>
>>> Please give feedback using this short survey here, and also share it
>>> with your networks: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NXSQ7FG
>>>
>>>
>>> Please RSVP for logistics purposes.
>>> NB: Parking can be accessed at the Nairobi Safari club parking
>>> opposite Uchumi Supermarket (former Kengeles Grounds)
>>>
>>> BACKGROUND
>>>
>>> On 14th March 2014, the U.S. Government announced its intent to
>>> transition its stewardship of the IANA functions to the global
>>> multistakeholder
>>> community:
>>> http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2014/ntia-announces-intent-transition-key-internet-domain-name-functions
>>> .
>>>
>>> Following this announcement, ICANN, was tasked with facilitating the
>>> development of a global, and representative proposal based on the
>>> following principles:
>>>
>>> 1. Support and enhance the multistakeholder model;
>>>
>>> 2. Maintain the security, stability, and resiliency of the Internet DNS;
>>>
>>> 3. Meet the needs and expectation of the global customers and
>>> partners of the IANA services;
>>>
>>> 4. Maintain the openness of the Internet.
>>>
>>> 5. The proposal must not replace the NTIA role with a
>>> government-led or an inter-governmental organization solution.
>>>
>>> The IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) was formed in
>>> July 2014 (https://www.icann.org/en/stewardship), and tasked with
>>> assembling and delivering a proposal to NTIA through the ICANN Board.
>>> The ICG constituted three special interest groups representing the
>>> Domain Names community (NRO members), Numbering Resources community
>>> (CWG), and the Protocol Parameters community (IETF),
>>>
>>> ICG shall compile the proposals from the three communities into a
>>> single proposal which the ICG shall submit to the board for review,
>>> and the board shall forward the final proposal to NTIA.
>>>
>>> The three communities affected by IANA functions, IETF (handling
>>> protocol parameters), Numbering community – CRISP Team (under the
>>> umbrella of NRO), and Domain Names community (Cross Community Working
>>> Group) have released proposals on how the IANA transition should be
>>> handles.
>>>
>>> Number resource process and proposal can be found here:
>>>
>>> https://www.nro.net/nro-and-internet-governance/iana-oversight/consolidated-rir-iana-stewardship-proposal-team-crisp-team
>>>
>>> IETF process and proposal can be found here:
>>> https://www.ietf.org/iana-transition.html
>>>
>>> Domain names community process and proposal can be found here:
>>>
>>> https://community.icann.org/display/gnsocwgdtstwrdshp/CWG+to+Develop+an+IANA+Stewardship+Transition+Proposal+on+Naming+Related+Functions
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>> --
>>> Barrack O. Otieno
>>> +254721325277
>>> +254-20-2498789
>>> Skype: barrack.otieno
>>> http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 00:06:18 +0300
>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Re: ICANN AFRICA IANA STEWARDSHIP STAKEHOLDER MEETING IN ACCRA,
>>> GHANA
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello all! I like the idea and fully support the process I am a Kenyan
>>> living in Nairobi and would like to know whether there is a stakeholder
>>> F-To-F meeting scheduled for Nairobi City.
>>>
>>> Regards;
>>>
>>>
>>> James Njoroge Gitau
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Wisdom Donkor <[log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>>
>>> *INVITATION TO JOIN ICANN IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSITION & ENHANCING ICANN
>>> ACCOUNTABILITY STAKEHOLDER MEETING IN GHANA*
>>>
>>> About a year ago National Telecommunications and Information
>>> Administration (NITA) of the Department of Commerce, USA tasked ICANN to
>>> convene an inclusive and global discussion to determine a process for
>>> transitioning the stewardship of IANA functions which it currently performs
>>> to the global multistakeholder community. Indeed since that announcement,
>>> the global community has worked tirelessly and with great resilience and
>>> determination resulting in two parallel processes in response to the 14
>>> March announcement. This has seen the multistakeholder community develop
>>> two parallel processes namely:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - *IANA Stewardship Transition:* Focused on delivering a proposal to
>>> transition the stewardship of the IANA functions to the multistakeholder
>>> community.
>>> - *Enhancing ICANN Accountability:* Focused on ensuring that ICANN
>>> remains accountable in the absence of its historical contractual
>>> relationship with the U.S. Government.
>>>
>>>
>>> As a neutral convener of the dialogue, ICANN has an important
>>> responsibility of raising awareness about the processes as they evolve and
>>> to support the community’s engagement. Of great concern is the low level of
>>> meaningful participation witnessed so far from Africa. In 2014, ICANN
>>> participated in 11 events and 5 webinars / teleconferences to raise
>>> awareness on this issue in Africa. But clearly, from the response so far, a
>>> lot still needs to be done to stimulate the African community to
>>> participate effectively.
>>>
>>>
>>> It is based on this background and analysis that the ICANN Africa team
>>> resolved to launch an* IANA Stewardship Transition & Enhancing ICANN
>>> Accountability *revival month in April 2015. The target is to organize
>>> 1-2 hour sessions / webinars / teleconferences or face-to-face meetings in
>>> various countries’ in Africa at different times and dates led by local
>>> community leaders and stakeholders in the internal ecosystem at the
>>> National Level. ICANN staff will be available to support and reinforce the
>>> meetings either by contributing on presentations as well as online meeting
>>> resources as appropriate. The intention is to end up with formal communiqué
>>> from different countries on their perspective on both processes at least
>>> from each country where such meetings will be held. Such communiqué could
>>> be addressed to the ICG as appropriate.
>>>
>>>
>>> By the end of this exercise, we hope to have stirred debate and enhanced
>>> the understanding and interest of the Internet communities in the countries
>>> participating to come up with national positions, Comments or Communiqué to
>>> the ICG. Such communiqués will not be limited to governments but other
>>> stakeholder groups in the various countries (Such as ISOC chapters,
>>> registrar associations etc.) would also be free to express their positions
>>> directly to the ICG. ICANN Africa staff would also summarize the month’s
>>> activities in a blog post to be published at the end of April.
>>>
>>> Ghana has been selected as one of the few countries where face-to-face
>>> meeting will be held during the month because of the leadership role Ghana
>>> is taking to build its Internet infrastructure.
>>>
>>>
>>> We will like on behalf of ICANN Africa to invite you to make the Ghana-
>>> Accra stakeholder meeting to be held at KOFI ANNAN CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN
>>> IT (KACE-AITI) Ghana, on Wednesday, 29 April, 2015 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
>>> UTC a succes.
>>>
>>> *DETAILS FOR ONLINE PARTICIPATION AS FOLLOWS:*
>>>
>>>
>>> *ICANN LINK:*
>>>
>>> URL for online participation adobeconnect is as follows:
>>> https://icann.adobeconnect.com/gse-Afr/
>>>
>>> OPTION II for audio: call from skype +1-877-860-3058
>>>
>>> Participant code is 3247098257
>>>
>>>
>>> *ISOC LINK:*
>>>
>>> Click to Join ISOC WebEx
>>> https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/j.php
>>> <https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https://isoc.webex.com/isoc/j.php&h=EAQFO-PUH&enc=AZNZYID_cTK2lanbUIDLUGRE4VyW7MOel7P-_QItzXHTcGp40qwLhHbhrntwlQjr5rekWBRhZnh9n1My0Lx94iv7PaMflDZ5DTVjS60R2lMtTshSRz0qiA0H4tf8bvbhBFwmw2KEuPd_fHpHspNVF5Rvnx21zyyBtGz375snAMkwqA&s=1>
>>> …
>>>
>>> Meeting number: 920 597 444
>>> Meeting password: IANA_Ghana
>>>
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>>> Access code: 920 597 444
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> Hope to see you all!!
>>>
>>>
>>> WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.)
>>> ICANN Fellow
>>> Web/Open Government Platforms Specialist
>>> National Information Technology Agency (NITA)
>>> Post Office Box CT. 2439, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana
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>>>
>>>
>>>
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