[Ncuc-af] Follow up meeting report: NCUC on Africa Strategy

[Benjamin Akinmoyeje]

Dear Thato,
First I want to apologize for missing the meeting, I was mixed up the
timing due to my location.
The

I concur with Arsene views, NCUC Africa should amplify our issues and
create strategic synergies that will ensure this meeting produce something
tangible.

The views shared in the meeting were succinct and in line with our previous
discussions. However we need to move to implementation stage.
NCUC and NPOC must consolidate efforts in my opinion.


I thought I sent the mail long ago.

Regards,
Benjamin

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 8:35 AM Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> My apologies for missing the call. I don’t know what happened but i think
> this meeting was not well communicated. As Thato said, for May, please do
> send in a doodle poll to ensure many of us participate.
>
> I would therefore like to thank those who took part and thanks for great
> thoughts as presented in this summary. I think this is the way to go!
>
> I suggest we capitalize the opportunity of icann65 happening in Africa do
> conduct very good outreach as i believe many africains will be in
> attendance. I will read the document and will try to populate it and hope
> to see it become a good strategy document for the NCUC on the continent.
>
> Regards,
> Arsene
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 29 Apr 2019, at 16:11, Thato Mfikwe <thatomfikwe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> *MEETING REPORT*
>
>
>
> Hi members,
>
>
>
> Just to provide a follow up based on our meeting that was held on the 12th
> of April 2019 (audio recording
> <https://participate.icann.org/p5r0fd20ksf/?OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=adf23e53178e74ed85ab8b34185e5d948ae255ccbd98c8c0e52ba7bd9ba45257&proto=true>).
> This message specifically related to the ICANN African strategy that was
> discussed in the said meeting.
>
> I will push to ensure next time we have a Doodle to ensure everyone
> participates in the next meeting during May as agreed, below are some of
> the recommendations and action steps made by members who were present:
>
>
>
> *Recommendations:*
>
> There was general Consensus that we need to be organised as NCUC Africa
> and strengthen our outreach efforts.
>
> There is also a need for mapping out regional activities and planning, a
> centralized tracking system to be developed for planning purposes
>
> GSE must be engaged more on outreach and NCUC must start publishing
> African statements like AFRALO
>
> Need to gain insight and more information Africa’s proposition to ICANN
> and we must avoid working in Silos within NCUC
>
> Since NCUC work is intensive, capacity building will be very important,
> new people are needed and underrepresentation must also be deal with
>
> Option of organising workshops within ICANN to introduce Africans to ICANN
>
> There is a need for Africa NCUC members to meet at one of the major
> regional events like the African IGF or Africa Internet Summit for example
> to kickstart and thoroughly deliberate on NCUC Africa.
>
>
>
> *Other suggestions*
>
> -          The Africa mailing list must be used for communication and
> engaging members
>
> -          When working groups are developed they need to be defined and
> have a focus in term of objective and purpose
>
> -          The language barrier also needs to be broken to also
> accommodate Francophone countries
>
>
>
>
>
> *Way forward*
>
> Current volunteers (7): Bukola Oronti, Ines Hfaiedh, Katambi Joan, Liz
> Orembo, Pascal Bekono Taiwo Peter Akinremi and Thato Mfikwe.
>
> Action items:
>
> -          Development of *NCUC Africa concept document outlining
> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nm9yh7ctS1xHoOS8hjkeH_SUsDwMIQS-2TZEeCX2KqU/edit>*
> (to be populated) how our goals, plan, projects and deliverables towards
> the Africa strategy, pre ICANN65 if possible. This document can be
> discussed with the wider community during ICANN65, Africa Strategy session.
>
> -          *2-year Action plan* which will marry the NCUC Africa concept
> document in order to enhance and sharpen execution of deliverables, by
> ICANN66.
>
> -          Both these documents can be reviewed and updated annually and
> anyone willing to contribute or participate is more than welcome.
>
>
>
> *Please also note that there is CROP available as announced, which needs
> to be used for regional outreach, this is another opportunity to represent
> NCUC in any regional event or ICANN65 before 30 June 2019, you can contact
> GSE to start planning your application or discuss within the mailing list
> for support purposes.*
>
>
>
> In closing, our work does not have to take years to complete, the quicker
> we are able to move, the sooner we will be able to gain momentum for long
> term impact. Great apologies for the delayed follow-up message, thanks.
>
>
>
> Thato Mfikwe.
>
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