[kictanet] ICANN Remains Committed to Nairobi and Africa

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

Wonderful stuff! Talk about a vote of confidence!

Brian

On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 12:14 AM, alice <alice at apc.org> wrote:

>
> http://blog.icann.org/2010/01/icann-remains-committed-to-nairobi-and-africa/
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>
>  ICANN Remains Committed to Nairobi and Africa
>
> by Rod Beckstrom on January 22, 2010
>
> We have listened to the community. Many are looking forward to Nairobi,
> some expressed concerns, particularly in light of the events in downtown
> Nairobi on January 15. Accordingly, ICANN staff and board have reexamined
> the security situation
>
> During our re-examination we first explored moving the event out of the
> downtown Nairobi area to a suburb, but determined that no suitable venue was
> available.
>
> Second, we reached out to the Kenyan government as well as other nations
> with operations in Kenya for their risk assessments of the situation. The
> consistent feedback was that the overall risk assessment of Nairobi had not
> changed. Accordingly, based on the ICANN CEO’s recommendation, the ICANN
> Board has approved moving ahead with the ICANN Nairobi meeting.
>
> At the same time, we recognize that many developing country cities have
> higher ambient levels of street crime and much of the world (the U.S. And
> Europe included) faces international terrorist threats and attacks. Both are
> simply facts of life. Also, as with all ICANN events, we will continue to
> monitor the security situation in case there are any material future
> changes. For any ICANN community members who do not travel to the event,
> remote participation will be available for many of the meetings.
>
> Given that ICANN is committed to “One world. One Internet. Everyone
> connected.” we have engaged and will continue to engage with the whole
> world.
>
> We greatly appreciate the assistance of Kenya, the host country, and their
> commitment to address ICANN security concerns. In addition, the ICANN board
> has approved further security investments by the CEO as necessary for the
> event, and the CEO will become personally involved in reviewing the security
> plans.
>
> I love Kenya. I have been to Nairobi six times and greatly look forward to
> participating in this important ICANN International meeting.
>
> Rod Beckstrom
> CEO and President
> ICANN
> 22 January 2010
>
>
>
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