<div>Hello Dewit Bekele,</div><div><br></div><div>It is even more of a short notice for those living outside Africa. For PACINET and other forthcoming INET events it would be helpful if we receive information 90 days in advance. It might look difficult, but as soon as the dates are finalized, the information could be posted in the list so that those interested in the event start preparing for their travel.</div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 4:57 AM, BoardSec <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sophia@sfbayisoc.org">sophia@sfbayisoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div>Hi Dawit</div>
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<div>How have you been?</div>
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<div>I saw your apology to the AfriICANN listing on the short notice by ISOC Africa regarding the meeting announcement below.</div>
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<div>Given that we had asked Sabrina on a way to get involved in the past weeks, the sudden announcement came as a surprise to me as well.</div>
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<div>If you are not aware, our organization DotConnectAfrica, has been very actively represented by myself and many of its supporters at ICANN, in the past years and now involved in supporting SFBay ISOC. As a result, we are very much interested in Africa and African internet issues. </div>
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<div>Allow me then, to take this opportunity to kindly ask to collaborate on future work of ISOC Africa with us. Being new entrant in Africa and all the issues of IG and policy, I am sure ISOC Africa would want to expand it's constituent base to all groups that have something to contribute towards such issues. We are doing a lot of interesting things under DotConnectAfrica that we want to share with you and ISOC Africa.</div>
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<div>Therefore, please let us know earliest on the next major activity of ISOC Africa, so we can contribute towards your agenda.</div>
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<div>Myself and DotConnectAfrica looks forward to working with you directly in the future. Wishing you best on your deliberations in May.</div>
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<div>We are sorry we cannot attend.</div>
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<div><font style="background-color:#ffff00">Sophia</font></div><font style="background-color:#ffff00"></font></div>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span name="st">DotConnectAfrica (DCA) is a <span>non-partisan, not-for profit policy think-tank</span> inspired to come to fruition by the lack of adequate internet policy in <span name="st">Africa and an acknowledgment of the impact of this policy in widening the gaps of the digital divide. DCA seeks to assist in the strategic coordination of government internet policies, establish priorities, offer new policy choices, and ensure that the implications of internet policy options are fully considered</span><span style="font-size:10pt">.<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:11pt">DCA’s main objective is to <span>initiate, promote, influence, shape and advice on<b> </b></span>policy that is conducive to assist African Countries in tuning to the emerging internet governance issues and concerns that affect the growth and stability of the Internet in the countries.</span><span style="font-size:9pt"></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;font-size:11pt;margin:0in;font-family:Calibri"> <span><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Dawit Bekele</b> <<a href="mailto:bekele@isoc.org" target="_blank">bekele@isoc.org</a>><br>
Date: May 5, 2009 8:06 AM<br>Subject: [Chapter-delegates] INET conference, May 18 2009, Cairo<br>To: chapter-delegates <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org" target="_blank">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>><br>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Dear all,</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">We are pleased to announce the INET Africa meeting to be held on May 18, 2009 at Intercontinental City Stars Hotel in Cairo, Egypt together with AfNOG and AfriNIC meetings that will be held during the same week. Please note that the meeting date has been moved from the one announced on AfNOG and AfriNIC sites.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">This year’s INET’s title is “IGF Sharm El Sheikh: An Opportunity to Foster Regional Internet Governance”. It is organized by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Egypt. The meeting aims at holding discussions to prepare the African Internet community for the Internet Governance Forum that will take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, next November. It will discuss the issues of focus of this year’s IGF with an African perspective. </span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">For your convenience you are invited to review the published agenda at<span></span> <a href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/09/egypt.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/09/egypt.shtml</a>. For meeting and registration details, please see <a title="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-10/registration.htm" href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-10/registration.htm" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:windowtext;font-family:'Times New Roman';text-decoration:none">http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-10/registration.htm</span></font></a> or contact <a href="mailto:inetafrica@isoc.org" target="_blank">inetafrica@isoc.org</a>.</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">We look forward to seeing you in Cairo.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Sincerely,</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Dawit Bekele, Regional Bureau Manager - Africa <<a href="mailto:bekele@isoc.org" target="_blank">bekele@isoc.org</a>><br>
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<div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/5/09, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dawit Bekele</b> <<a href="mailto:bekele@isoc.org" target="_blank">bekele@isoc.org</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">We are pleased to announce the INET Africa meeting to be held on May 18, 2009 at Intercontinental City Stars Hotel in Cairo, Egypt together with AfNOG and AfriNIC meetings that will be held during the same week. Please note that the meeting date has been moved from the one announced on AfNOG and AfriNIC sites.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">This year’s INET’s title is “IGF Sharm El Sheikh: An Opportunity to Foster Regional Internet Governance”. It is organized by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Egypt. The meeting aims at holding discussions to prepare the African Internet community for the Internet Governance Forum that will take place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, next November. It will discuss the issues of focus of this year’s IGF with an African perspective. </span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">For your convenience you are invited to review the published agenda at <a href="http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/09/egypt.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/09/egypt.shtml</a>. For meeting and registration details, please see <a title="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-10/registration.htm" href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-10/registration.htm" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" color="black" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:windowtext;font-family:'Times New Roman';text-decoration:none">http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-10/registration.htm</span></font></a> or contact <a href="mailto:inetafrica@isoc.org" target="_blank">inetafrica@isoc.org</a>.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">We look forward to seeing you in Cairo.</span></font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial">Sincerely,</span></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt">--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Dawit Bekele, Regional Bureau Manager - Africa <<a href="mailto:bekele@isoc.org" target="_blank">bekele@isoc.org</a>><br>
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