<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think this is an opportunity for us to shape again the pathway for DNS in Africa. It would be great if our experienced members such as Dorothee, Rafik, Poncelet, et al. could join this effort and give some hints, directions and or suggestions regarding what to tackle for the interest of the Continent. I volunteer to be part of the team that will comment. Is anybody else in?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I wish you a nice day.<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM" class="">rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[Public Comments] Call for Volunteers for Comment on Draft ICANN Africa Strategic Plan 2016-2020 Version 3.0</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">31 July 2018 at 03:23:50 GMT+2<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU" class="">NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU</a><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Rafik Dammak <<a href="mailto:rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM" class="">rafik.dammak@GMAIL.COM</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-3345439865267098327gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi all,</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ICANN published a new public comment, this time on the ICANN Africa Strategic Plan 2016-2020. Regional strategies started few year ago, in Prague meeting 2012 in ad-hoc way and the first strategy was for Africa.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This public comment is an opportunity for NCSG as stakeholder group to give input in the draft strategy and to see there is any area of concern or improvement. It is also an opportunity for our members from Africa to influence it and draft a comment. You can find more details about the background of this public comment and the report here . <span class="TSRSpan" id="TSRSpan_142"><img class="TSRWebRatingIcon" src="chrome-extension://cfeleongjhdjephegmmmdjgbfjiindbe/images/webicon_green.png" style="width: 16px; height: 16px; border: 0px;"></span><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-strategic-plan-2018-07-30-en" style="background-color:rgb(184,234,184)" class="">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-strategic-plan-2018-07-30-en </a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">To kick-off the discussion I created this google doc to be used during the drafting by the volunteers to populate it: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GGTNxgct2a01Z4lAKdt5m-pxx3Lyemc8lZ0sgAoA65E/edit?usp=sharing" class="">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GGTNxgct2a01Z4lAKdt5m-pxx3Lyemc8lZ0sgAoA65E/edit?usp=sharing</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please let me know offlist if you want to volunteer for the drafting. It is good to have several people to volunteer together and work as team so they can share the tasks such as analyzing the report, conducting some research, find previous work, proofreading and so on. I will support you during the drafting if you need any help during the whole process. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can find previous public comment submitted by NCSG here <a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018" style="background-color:rgb(184,234,184)" target="_blank" class="">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsononcomstake/Public+Comments+-+2018</a> and listing those who drafted them. We submitted 3 responses to 3 public comments last Friday and I want to thank all the drafters and reviewers for the work done there in such short time to ensure that NCSG gives input on those consultations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best Regards,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rafik Dammak</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">NCSG Policy Committee Chair </div></div></div></div></div></div>
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