[kictanet] Kenya IGF (July 6, 2012)

[Ali Hussein]

Thanks Grace.

Ali Hussein

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Ali and Alice et Al
>
> Ali, your concerns are noted. Both topics will be covered. The first
> under ITR's and the second under intermediary liability.
>
> Alice, the suggested topics are not cast in stone. Once we get views from
> listers, some topics will have to go (deleted from our list), others
> amended, others consolidated under one theme etc. Treat this as a draft.
> The final one will be out on Tuesday.
>
> Rgds
> Grace
>
> ------------------------------
> CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> From: ali at hussein.me.ke
>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya IGF (July 6, 2012)
> Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 05:29:32 +0300
> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
>
>
> Grace
>
> Could we possibly add:-
>
> 1. Kenya's position on the current debate on the direction of Internet
> Freedom & Governance (or at least start discussion on it and developing
> consensus)
>
> 2. Net Neutrality - This topic is bound to start eliciting heated emotions
> as it has in the US where content developers and owners have had to
> compromise with ISPs & Telcos. We have already seen debates on whether to
> block torrents and one telco going as far as terminating 'unlimited'
> bundles because of 'misuse'.
>
> For more on Net Neutrality
>
>
> http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/net_neutrality/index.html
>
> http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/network-neutrality
>
> Thank you
>
> Ali Hussein
>
> +254 773/713 601113
>
> Sent from my iPhone®
>
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 11:20 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Listers
>
> Greetings.
>
> Further to my message this morning, I now can confirm that the Kenya IGF
> will take place on Friday July 6, 2012. KENIC will be supporting this
> event. Details of the venue will be communicated in due course.
>
> As is our tradition and in line with getting ready for the IGF, we propose
> to have the online debate here on the list for five days starting next week
> on Wednesday (June 13-20).
>
> The proposed topics for discussion are as follows:
>
>    - ITRs
>    - Intermediary liability
>    - Technology and violence against women
>    - Open data
>    - Infrastructure.
>    - CCK and Network Monitoring
>
>
> Are there other topics that you wish to suggest?
>
> Kindly get back to us by Monday close of business with your suggestions.
> Can listers also suggest a theme?
>
> We will need Tuesday to harmonize the suggested topics and prepare for the
> online discussion.
>
> Kind Regards
> Grace, Barrack and KENIC.
>
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