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    <p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Sounds sensible to me.</font></font></p>
    <p><font size="+1"><font face="Lucida Grande">Stephanie Perrin</font></font><br>
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      <div>Sorry to interrupt but I am very doubtful having Arab league
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          <div>These definitions are very arbitrary. If ICANN wishes to
            rely on a definition of MEAC provided by the Arab League,
            okay, but I think for the NCUC's regional subgroup,
            self-identification is a better path forward. <br>
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            <div>Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Middle East and Adjoining
              Countries Group at NCUC<br>
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            <div>Local Time: 5 May 2017 7:50 AM<br>
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            <div>UTC Time: 5 May 2017 06:50<br>
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            <div>From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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            <div>To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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              <div>Also to add to the clarification, my understanding is
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                ICANN, hence why it is not included within the remit of
                the MEAC Strategy Working Group. <br>
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                    <div>+1 to Farzi's idea that if you self-identify as
                      being a part of the region, you can join the
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                          <div>-------- Original Message --------<br>
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                          <div>Subject: Re: [NCUC-DISCUSS] Middle East
                            and Adjoining Countries Group at NCUC<br>
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                          <div>Local Time: 4 May 2017 9:45 PM<br>
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                          <div>UTC Time: 4 May 2017 20:45<br>
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                          <div>From: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                              href="mailto:arsenebaguma@gmail.com"
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                          <div>To: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                          <div>Avri, I believe Farzaneh corrected the
                            mistake and added Israel as a full
                            participant to the regional ncuc group. I
                            don't think they should be considered as
                            observers but participants.<br>
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                          <div>I want to commend this initiative and
                            call on other regions to organize. Our
                            Africa rep has initiated this for the region
                            and we hope we strenghen it in Johanesbourg
                            as we will likely have so many African
                            members.<br>
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                          <div>Regards,<br>
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                          <div>Arsene<br>
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                          <div>Arsène Tungali,<br>
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                          <div>GPG: 523644A0<br>
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                          <div>Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo<br>
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                          <div>Sent from my iPhone (excuse typos)<br>
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                          <div>> On May 4, 2017, at 5:35 PM, avri
                            doria <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                          <div>> Hi,<br>
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                          <div>> For clarification, Israelis may
                            observe but not participate?<br>
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                          <div>> avri<br>
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                          <div>>> On 04-May-17 11:22, farzaneh
                            badii wrote:<br>
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                          <div>>> Thank you for adding Turkey,
                            that was my oversight. I have seen tweets<br>
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                          <div>>> asserting that I ( personally)
                            did not include Israel in this group. I<br>
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                          <div>>> took the membership list of the
                            MEAC group ( Middle East and Adjoining<br>
                          </div>
                          <div>>> Countries which said 22 Arab
                            Countries and the three other countries).<br>
                          </div>
                          <div>>> Israel was not in the list. As
                            you see there was oversight by me not<br>
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                          <div>>> to include Turkey either. So I
                            might have used an old list. Of course<br>
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                          <div>>> members from Israel are welcome
                            to join. And any other country that<br>
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                          <div>>> MEAC does not include but it
                            sees itself fitting the Middle East region.
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> Farzaneh<br>
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 10:35 AM,
                            Nadira Alaraj <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                          <div>>> <mailto:<a
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> Thank you Farzi for keeping
                            initiating the regional sub-group NCUC. <br>
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                          <div>>> May I add Turkey to be in listed
                            among the MEAC countries. <br>
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                          <div>>> You can consider this email as
                            interest to join. <br>
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> Nadira <br>
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                          <div>>> On May 4, 2017 4:54 PM,
                            "farzaneh badii" <<a
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                          <div>>> <mailto:<a
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> Hello NCUC,<br>
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> It has been our plan for awhile
                            to create a Middle East and<br>
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                          <div>>> Adjoining countries NCUC group
                            to discuss the regions<br>
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                          <div>>> noncommercial domain registrants
                            and domain name users rights. <br>
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                          <div>>> It is good to bring a focus on
                            this sub-region at NCUC. I hope<br>
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                          <div>>> this initiative will be useful
                            for that region. If you think<br>
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                          <div>>> other regional sub groups
                            (Eastern Europe, CIS, Pacific etc)<br>
                          </div>
                          <div>>> would be useful and you want to
                            shepherd it, please feel free<br>
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                          <div>>> to contact your regional
                            representative.<br>
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> Those who are based in the 22
                            Arab Nations , Iran, Afghanistan<br>
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                          <div>>> and Pakistan, or are familiar
                            with domain name issues in these<br>
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                          <div>>> regions, please feel free to
                            volunteer to join this group.<br>
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> You can state your interest by
                            contacting me.<br>
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                          <div>>> <br>
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                          <div>>> Best <br>
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                          <div>>> Farzaneh<br>
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