Ditto! --c.a. enviado via iPhone On 22/01/2010, at 15:57, "Kim G. von Arx" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I absolutely and wholeheartedly agree with Robin! > > Kim > > On 22 Jan 2010, at 12:18, Robin Gross wrote: > >> ICANN would send a terrible message to the world if it cancelled >> this meeting in Nairobi. Now is when the world is looking to >> ICANN to be more international and to open-up its processes away >> from only the small handful of privileged Western businessmen that >> have traditionally managed the org. >> >> I hope ICANN will not perpetuate these overblown fears about >> Nairobi and insult much of the world by canceling the mtg. because >> certain ($$) people have been frightened by the media into staying >> home. >> >> If ICANN wants to be a truly international governance institution, >> it cannot be afraid of Africa. Time for ICANN to grow-up and go >> into Africa with or without the entourage of elite Western >> businessmen. >> >> My 2 cents, >> Robin >> >> >> >> On Jan 22, 2010, at 3:54 AM, Carlos A. Afonso wrote: >> >>> Right now São Paulo is under a wave of protests in the poor comm >>> unities >>> (which is more than 70% of that city of 11 million) against local >>> public >>> policies. This is motivated by the poor record of the local and >>> state >>> government in handling sanitation, flood prevention and urban >>> development. Some communities are under water and sewage for more >>> than >>> 40 days now. As expected, the local police reacts with the usual >>> stupidity and violence breaks up. But the big media is aligned >>> with the >>> state government, and nearly no news of these protests circulates, >>> except in the many alternative blogs. >>> >>> Since what happened in Nairobi involves a "fashionable" religious >>> conflict, big media blew it out of proportion, it seems. >>> >>> --c.a. >>> >>> McTim wrote: >>>> Bill, >>>> >>>> I haven't cross posted to ALAC or any other list, but want to >>>> give NCUC >>>> members a first hand perspective. >>>> >>>> Nairobi is no less safe now than when ICANN decided to hold its >>>> March 2010 >>>> meeting here. Last weeks violence happened because police banned a >>>> demonstration from happening after Friday prayers. The Jamaican >>>> cleric was >>>> deported last night. It was a very, very small scale skirmish. >>>> I've been in >>>> far worse riots in Washington D.C. >>>> >>>> It would be an over reaction IMHO to cancel or move the March >>>> meeting from >>>> Nairobi at this point. Kenyan and other African stakeholders >>>> who are >>>> looking forward to the meeting would be very annoyed indeed, and >>>> with good >>>> reason. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Carlos A. Afonso >>> CGI.br (www.cgi.br) >>> Nupef (www.nupef.org.br) >>> ==================================== >>> new/nuevo/novo e-mail: [log in to unmask] >>> ==================================== >> >> >> >> >> IP JUSTICE >> Robin Gross, Executive Director >> 1192 Haight Street, San Francisco, CA 94117 USA >> p: +1-415-553-6261 f: +1-415-462-6451 >> w: http://www.ipjustice.org e: [log in to unmask] >> >> >> >