[Chapter-delegates] INET conference, May 18 2009, Cairo

[BoardSec]

Hi Dawit

How have you been?

I  saw your apology to the AfriICANN listing on the short notice by ISOC
Africa regarding the meeting announcement below.

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.

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.

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.

Therefore, please let us know earliest on the next major activity of ISOC
Africa, so we can contribute towards your agenda.

Myself and DotConnectAfrica looks forward to working with you directly in
the future. Wishing you best on your deliberations in May.

We are sorry we cannot attend.

 Regards,
Sophia


*DotConnectAfrica Organization*

DotConnectAfrica (DCA) is a non-partisan, not-for profit policy
think-tankinspired to come to fruition by the lack of adequate
internet policy in 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.*    *DCA’s main objective is to initiate, promote,
influence, shape and advice on* *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.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dawit Bekele <bekele at isoc.org>
Date: May 5, 2009 8:06 AM
Subject: [Chapter-delegates] INET conference, May 18 2009, Cairo
To: chapter-delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>



Dear all,



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.

 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.

For your convenience you are invited to review the published agenda at
http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/09/egypt.shtml. For meeting and
registration details, please see
http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-10/registration.htm or contact
inetafrica at isoc.org.

We look forward to seeing you in Cairo.



Sincerely,

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Dawit Bekele, Regional Bureau Manager - Africa
    <bekele at isoc.org>
Tel: +251 911 22 13 33/+41 22 809
0363                                           http://www.isoc.org
Internet Society
(ISOC)                                                          "The
Internet is for everyone"
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On 5/5/09, Dawit Bekele <bekele at isoc.org> wrote:
>
>  Dear all,
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> For your convenience you are invited to review the published agenda at
> http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/inet/09/egypt.shtml. For meeting and
> registration details, please see
> http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/afrinic-10/registration.htm or contact
> inetafrica at isoc.org.
>
>
>
> We look forward to seeing you in Cairo.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Dawit Bekele, Regional Bureau Manager - Africa
>     <bekele at isoc.org>
> Tel: +251 911 22 13 33/+41 22 809
> 0363                                           http://www.isoc.org
> Internet Society
> (ISOC)                                                          "The
> Internet is for everyone"
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
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Sophia Bekele
www.cbsintl.com
www.dotconnectafrica.org
www.sfbayisoc.org
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