Non-Commercial "cultural" cocktail at Nairobi

[Carlos A. Afonso]

I agree, Alex.

--c.a.

Alex Gakuru wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This evening I spoke to KeNIC folks and they assured me that they'd be happy
> to to pick everyone (NCUC/SG) going to our event at 5:30pm from the KICC
> grounds.
>
> I guess that would take care of GNSO Councillors that have meetings till 5
> pm?
>
> They told me that my earlier proposal of first take guests to their hotels,
> waiting for them to change at their respective hotels, then proceeding to
> the Museums venue would 'eat up' our Museums time.  There are lots of things
> to see if we get to the place before its dark..
>
> Could we then agree to meet-up at KICC at 5:30pm then proceed to the Museum?
>
> I am looking for consensus here because we're bottom up folks..
>
> Kindly,
>
> Alex
>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 5:04 PM, Alex Gakuru <gakuru at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear NCUC/SG attending ICANN Nairobi meeting,
>>
>> This is to re-confirm the NCUC/SG cocktail as  follows:
>>
>> *Date*: Monday 8 March
>> *Time*: 6 pm -10 pm
>> *Venue*: National Museums of Kenya  http://www.museums.or.ke/
>> *Type*: NCUC/SG members, our Civil Society partners (and invited few
>> others)
>> *Dress*: informal or traditional (basically "relaxed")
>>
>> We could not think of a better venue to host Non-Commercial
>> Users/Stakeholder Group cocktail than the place home to our historical
>> non-commercial cultural heritage, reflective of our national diversity.
>>
>> We felt that http://ncdnhc.org/ membership would find the
>> venue 'homely' thus convinced it will be fun for everyone!
>>
>> We appreciate the National Museums of Kenya for agreeing to
>> exclusively open the venue for event. Their souvenir and nearby
>> "Savannah" coffee shops and "Chui Place" bar will be open late, just
>> in case, some may wish to have a drink after the cocktail ends at 10
>> pm:)
>>
>> Chui place frontage is the Museum's Herbal Garden, "one of the popular
>> out-door attractions with visitors. The garden has a selection of
>> plants with medicinal value as used by different communities across
>> Kenya," reports official museum magazine.
>>
>> We thank Akiba Uhaki Foundation http://www.akibauhaki.org/ for the funding
>>
>> support. (Ezra Mbogori, Executive Director, hereby copied)
>>
>> If you've confirmed, please don't forget your ID (..meeting's protocols...)
>>
>>
>> Karibuni (Welcome all)
>>
>> Kindly,
>>
>> Alex Gakuru
>>
>>
>