[council] Nairobi: logistical and security arrangements

[Alex Gakuru]

Thanks Carlos,

But I can only manage your sphere's time session since I shall be
attending below round table various stakeholders organised by
http://internews.org to discuss the media regulations at the heart of
reporting on Kenya and claims of 'censorship' by legacy media.

Alex

---snip--
Where: Hilton Hotel

When: Thursday 28 January, 09h00 – 12h30

In publishing the regulations, the government stayed away from the use
of the word ‘censorship’, preferring to call the measures a way of
protecting the public from what can be at times a media out of
control.

We hope that the roundtable on Thursday will help us unpack the issues
while encouraging discussion on who knows best what way the Kenyan
media should go to ensure the public gets the best possible content.

The following panelists will lead the discussion:

Dr. Bitange Ndemo, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting, will put across Government’s position in
the new regulations elaborating why it found it necessary to put them
in place.

A representative of the Media Owners Association of Kenya will share
how the regulations are likely to affect operations and the sustenance
of media organizations

Mr. Macharia Gaitho, the Chairman of Editors Guild, will discuss the
editors’ position on the regulations, elaborating how the media’s
ability to deliver content fearlessly will be affected.

Dr. Levi Obonyo, the Chair of Department of Communications at Daystar
University and a member of the Media Council of Kenya, will examine if
this a case of censorship vs. regulation, asking what media and
government should do for the benefit of the public for whom the
content is produced.

Henry Maina, the Director of Article 19, will weigh in on the impact
on information access, and make comparisons with other media
regulations across the world.

Alex Gakuru, the Chairman, ICT Consumers Association of Kenya will
bring New Media into the equation, showing how censorship becomes
obsolete in the age of web-based multi-media.
--snap--

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Carlos A. Afonso <ca at cafonso.ca> wrote:
> Great, Alex!
>
> [] fraterno
>
> --c.a.
>
> Alex Gakuru wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Bill,
>>
>> I strongly feel that I should participate to give a strictly
>> off-the-street updates since I am not in the official organizers
>> committee nor have any insights into government-ish security detail.
>>
>> Will make time for it.
>>
>> kind regards,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:02 AM, William Drake
>> <william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>> From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen at icann.org>
>>> Date: January 26, 2010 11:25:18 PM GMT+01:00
>>> To: Council GNSO <council at gnso.icann.org>
>>> Subject: [council] Nairobi: logistical and security arrangements
>>>
>>>
>>> Forwarded from Nick Ashton Hart:
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Community:
>>> As a part of our efforts to provide more information for attendees and
>>> potential attendees of the Nairobi ICANN meeting, the staff are pleased
>>> to provide advance notice of an upcoming pair of teleconferences to
>>> brief you about about logistical and security arrangements, and allow
>>> you to ask questions.
>>>
>>> Agenda details will be forthcoming shortly, but we wanted to ensure we
>>> got
>>> the word out so you could 'save the date'. The teleconferences will be
>>> approximately one hour long, depending upon the length of the Q&A, and
>>> held
>>> as follows:
>>> 1) Thursday, 28th January, 0600 UTC (1130 New Delhi, 0900 Nairobi, 1400
>>> Beijing, 1700 Sydney (for the Eastern Hemisphere)
>>> 2) Friday, 29th January, 2000 UTC (1200 Los Angeles, 1500 New York, 1700
>>> Buenos Aires, 1800 Sao Paulo (for the Western Hemisphere)
>>>
>>> The agenda and material presented will be identical at each session.
>>> Freephone access dial-in numbers are available for many countries
>>> worldwide, with dial-outs upon request where needed. Information on how
>>> to
>>> attend will be provided along with the agenda in the next few days.
>>> --
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Nick Ashton-Hart
>>>
>>> Senior Director for Participation and Engagement
>>> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
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>>> Glen de Saint Géry
>>> GNSO Secretariat
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ***********************************************************
>>> William J. Drake
>>> Senior Associate
>>> Centre for International Governance
>>> Graduate Institute of International and
>>>  Development Studies
>>> Geneva, Switzerland
>>> william.drake at graduateinstitute.ch
>>> www.graduateinstitute.ch/cig/drake.html
>>> ***********************************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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