<div dir="ltr">Thank you Ben for this initiative,<div><br>I agree with Farell to use to English and french, this will enable more participation.In another way, It's important to continue to have webinars with focus on latest Issues.</div><div><br>Another interesting way to engage people is to organize short writing contest on ICANN issues, specially for newcomers. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Le mar. 11 févr. 2020 à 21:19, Farell FOLLY <<a href="mailto:farell@benin2point0.org">farell@benin2point0.org</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><br></div><div>Ben, </div><div><br></div>As a first note, I would suggest that original (first) e-mails or any new thread be written in at least French and English (Google translator could help well on this…) Then most of the members could get the message from the beginning but are free to choose to answer in English as the default communication language….What do you think? I volunteer to make English to French translations for those who might need it.<div><br></div><div><div><div><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><div dir="auto" style="font-weight:normal">Secondly, after this e-mail thread reaches a steady state and we have a rough idea of the issues, we could organize a survey to refine them with a specific list of questions….. It would be good to reach out to people individually to ensure massive participation (NCUC Africa website has the list or Maryam could help)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight:normal"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">Thirdly, we could systematically cross post topics or issues from NCSG into this list <b>but with a narrower scope</b> (adding message that targets our concerns), so that we could simulate participation and come up with a strong position on important issues.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight:normal"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-weight:normal"><br>@__f_f__<br><br>Best Regards<br><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">____________________________________</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">(Ekue) Farell FOLLY</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px">GNSO Councillor</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/farellf" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/farellf</a> <br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;w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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 11 Feb 2020, at 04:30, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <<a href="mailto:benakin@gmail.com" target="_blank">benakin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Dear Members,<div>Good day and I hope your week is going well.</div><div><br></div><div>Following NCUC-Africa monthly call, members on the Skype call discussed the limitations to participation on the mailing list for African region members.</div><div><br></div><div>Will it be possible for members on this list kindly share the peculiar challenges limiting your participation in the current policy development processes?</div><div><br></div><div>Kindly be liberal in sharing your thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>We hope to compile responses and explore the ways to address these issues.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Benjamin</div><div>NCUC Africa -EC</div></div>
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