[kictanet] ICANN Remains Committed to Nairobi and Africa

[Kiragu at kenic.or.ke]

> 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/
>>
>>
>>  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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at last we can now go ahead with 37th ICANN meeting preparations. Rod and
the entire ICANN board has made the right move. Kenyans we have an
opportunity to show the entire world we are the ICT Hub of Africa.


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