Non-Commercial "cultural" cocktail at Nairobi

[Willie Currie]

Yes that's a good idea, Alex. See you then.

Willie

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
> <mailto: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
>
>
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