Saturday, 7 March 2020

AFRALO/AFRICANN Meeting

Summary Notes: 

Seun welcomed the African community to the first call of ICANN67. 

Maureen Hilyard expressed...

Goran thanked 

Questions

Caleb - Asked question regarding the expansion of the ICANN Nairobi office. Thanked GM for the first ICANN virtual meeting. More remote hubs would be useful if there were future virtual calls. 

GM - Appreciated question and feedback regarding the virtual meetings. Regarding the African office, we he have increased the personnel and other resources. We will continue to expand our resources for the African community. However, the African region is not the only region to request resources. We would like to ensure that all regions are able to contribute effectively to the MSM. 

SO -  Asked about virtual meetings: 

GM - Noted that F2F meetings are in the DNA of ICANN. It was the Coronavirus that was the reason for holding a virtual meeting. The world seemed to be more complicated - visa issues, the Coronavirus, etc. The SOAC leaders should perhaps start a discussion as many of these questions belong to the community. 

Leon Sanchez - 

Pierre: Commented that AFrica GSE team has been focusing on DNS abuse for a couple of years. Noted role that AFRALO members played in the discussions. Invited all African members to the African Strategy Meeting on Monday 9 March. 

TBJ - Provided the background of the AFRALO/Africann statements. Introduced the DNS Abuse statement and aim to raise awareness of the issue. 

Barrack Otieno - Read the draft statement

Hadia provided comments on the statement. 

TBJ - Noted that the statement was intentionally high-level regarding increased awareness and simple-language material on DNS Abuse. 

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