[Kictanet] Fwd: [Idlelo2] Re: [afrinic-discuss] Africa 's Internet Community to gather in Nairobi in May

[Brian Longwe]

Wow Bill, you're really one to sniff out controversy.... :-)

IMHO It is unfortunate to see such a harsh response sent to the whole  
world - I wonder ...... why overlook the very clear statement that  
the Forum WILL FOLLOW the other events. There was no attempt to claim  
that the Forum was the convenor of these events - in fact it was  
clearly pointed out that "AFNOG and AfriNIC are jointly  
organizing...." But having said that maybe it would have been better  
to seek consent from any named organisations before mentioning them  
in the announcement - a lesson for the future.

On the ISOC thing I don't see it as a conflict but as an opportunity  
for synergistic scheduling. We are already in discussions with the  
NEPAD Council who are having an event over the same period after they  
saw that our dates COINCIDE (not conflict) with theirs.... it's all a  
matter of point of view -

.... is the cup half empty, or half full?

Anyway from past experience I know that this is probably a precursor  
to a power-play and possibly village politics that I think we need to  
steer clear of.... so let's get practical and make proactive  
proposals rather than start ripping each other's guts out.

Brian

On 6 Mar 2006, at 15:02, Bill Kagai wrote:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Nii Quaynor <quaynor at ghana.com>
Date: Mar 6, 2006 2:27 PM
Subject: [Idlelo2] Re: [afrinic-discuss] Africa 's Internet Community
to gather in Nairobi in May
To: eric at afrispa.org, AfriNIC Discuss <afrinic-discuss at afrinic.net>,
discuss at afrispa.org, committee at afrispa.org, afnog-admin at psg.com
Cc: africasource2-l at lists.tacticaltech.org, Kenya ICT Policy -
kictanet <kictanet at kictanet.or.ke>, En-ISPA_Team at afrispa.org,
tier at tier.cs.berkeley.edu, afix at afrispa.org, IDLELO
<idlelo2 at fossfa.net>

> The Forum will follow the Internet training workshops, tutorials  
> and related
> events being held by AfriNIC and AfNOG in Nairobi in May. AfNOG and  
> AfriNIC
> are jointly organizing a two-week event that includes the AfNOG  
> Workshop on
> Network Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on
> workshop), several half-day Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG meeting, and a
> two-day AfriNIC meeting. Further information about the event may be  
> found at
> <http://www.afnog.org/afnog2006/> and <http://www.afrinic.net/ 
> meeting/>.

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