Madam Dorothy,<div><br></div><div>Please help save Africa from all this rich guys stupid madness.</div><div><br></div><div>With love from São Paulo,</div><div><br></div><div>gakuru</div><div><br><br>On Tuesday, April 22, 2014, Dorothy K. Gordon <<a href="mailto:director-general@aiti-kace.com.gh">director-general@aiti-kace.com.gh</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In the history of humankind this happens all the time!<br>
<br>
Dorothy K. Gordon<br>
Director-General<br>
Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT<br>
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From: "Alex Gakuru" <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'gakuru@gmail.com')">gakuru@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: "William Drake" <<a href="javascript:;" onclick="_e(event, 'cvml', 'wjdrake@gmail.com')">wjdrake@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Sent: Sunday, 20 April, 2014 11:20:29 PM GMT +00:00 Casablanca / Monrovia<br>
Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] NCUC @ NETmundial?<br>
<br>
Milton is a very wise man! A few years ago he opposed NCUC receiving<br>
funding from ICANN.<br>
How can one bite the hand that feeds them?<br>
<br>
On Saturday, April 19, 2014, William Drake<br>
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wrote:<br>
<br>
> Hi Magaly<br>
><br>
> Senior staff are aware, it should trickle around.<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
><br>
> Bill<br>
><br>
> On Apr 18, 2014, at 8:51 PM, Magaly Pazello <<a>mpazello@e-fem.net</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Bill!<br>
><br>
> "... It appears there will be at least 40 NCUC members in Brazil, maybe<br>
> more….we’ll probably be the single largest ICANN contingency there,<br>
> although staff may come close."<br>
><br>
> Really! That's great! Something to highlight in the next meeting with the<br>
> ICANN board in London together with the work done related to NM as NCUC!<br>
><br>
> Magaly<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:02 AM, William Drake <<a>wjdrake@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi<br>
><br>
> I asked last week who's coming to NM because ICANN staff wanted to set up<br>
> comm channels for ICANNauts in attendance who might like to chat and<br>
> coordinate etc., and there will probably be varying side meetings etc. It<br>
> appears there will be at least 40 NCUC members in Brazil, maybe more….we’ll<br>
> probably be the single largest ICANN contingency there, although staff may<br>
> come close.<br>
><br>
> Anyway, they have now set up a Skype channel and will do an email list as<br>
> well. They were going to just add peoples’ addresses but I suggested<br>
> making this opt in, as maybe some folks won’t want to be bothered. So if<br>
> anyone wants to add multistakeholder comm lines in parallel with all their<br>
> civil society channels etc, just let us know and I or someone else will add<br>
> you to the Skype, and when the mail list is up I’ll send the subscription<br>
> URL.<br>
><br>
> It will be a very hectic week starting Tuesday with the Civil Society<br>
> Coordination meeting, of which NCUC is a co-sponsor<br>
> <a href="http://bestbits.net/events/netmundial-coordination" target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/events/netmundial-coordination</a>, and which many of us<br>
> will attend. Also there are invite-based academic pre- and post-meetings<br>
> organized by Brazilian NCUC members, and the NM itself on<br>
> Wednesday-Thursday.<br>
><br>
> For the NM, the organizers are really desperate to have inputs from the<br>
> community on the draft document. Stakeholders from around the world are<br>
> inputting comments at <a href="http://document.netmundial.br" target="_blank">http://document.netmundial.br</a> and I would heartily<br>
> encourage any NCUCers with the bandwidth and interest to join the fray.<br>
><br>
> NM will of course provide remote participation for folks who can’t come to<br>
> SP. There’s a series of hubs <a href="http://netmundial.br/remote-participation" target="_blank">http://netmundial.br/remote-participation</a>.<br>
> I’m not sure how exactly this all works but Adam Peake, who’s a CS on the<br>
> Exec. MS Committee can probably answer any questions in his abundant spare<br>
> time.<br>
><br>
> Hope to see you F2F or virtually.<br>
><br>
> Best<br>
><br>
> Bill<br>
><br>
> On Apr 12, 2014, at 11:35 AM, William Drake <<a>wjdrake@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > Hello<br>
> ><br>
> > So far 17 NCUC members have indicated that they will be at the<br>
> NETmundial. But looking at list of folks who responded to the Doodle, I<br>
> can’t help noting that a number of members I believe will be attending (and<br>
> are e.g. listed as being at the Best Bits civil society coordination<br>
> meeting or the academic meeting before and after) have not done the Doodle.<br>
> May I therefore ask again that anyone who will be in SP fill out<br>
> <a href="http://doodle.com/3axp7s5vrgkq9x8r" target="_blank">http://doodle.com/3axp7s5vrgkq9x8r</a>. I’d like to wrap this up, get it off<br>
> my desk and send it to ICANN.<br>
> ><br>
> > There’s reason to believe we will be the most well represented part of<br>
> the ICANNsphere. It’d be useful for us to drive that home with ICANN’s<br>
> leadership.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks,<br>
> ><br>
> > Bill<br>
> ><br>
> > On Apr 9, 2014, at 10:15 PM, William Drake <<a>wjdrake@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> Hi<br>
> >><br>
> >> ICANN staff are asking who from NCUC (& other groupings) will be at<br>
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