<br><div class="gmail_quote">Hi all,<br><br>Just received this. Apparently she has formally been propagating lies about being on the ICANN board etc.... and even put up counterfiet letters on her website - this verges on criminal! What is her interest?<br>
<br>Brian<br><br>------------------------<br><br>Brian,<br><br>here is some info for you.. she constructed this whole thing on lies. you can judge for yourself. I did not want to spam all but I sent this to a few key people. check this:<br>
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- there is no African Union Authority!!!! do you really believe that the<b>
Chairman of the AU Commission</b> will have claimed to write on behalf
of a non existent authority and
give her a letter in that sense? so maybe she should explain to people
why she has a 'weird' letter on her website. Check her website and you will see.<br><br>
- here is an email that tells you how
she lies! she actually took me to the ombudsman at ICANN in 2007, complaining that I
was
preventing her from doing dot africa, copied the whole board at the time --- all her claims were immediately dismissed when
I sent the letters and emails to the ombudsman, of the same
caliber as the below that she
had been sending to regional organisations and bodies. My fault was to
have written to all organisations, as the Regional Liaison, to dismiss
her claims of ICANN endorsement of dot africa and her being on the
board.<br>
<br>
- she keeps saying ICANN is endorsing dot africa! how can ICANN endorse a
TLD?? how can ICANN be judge and party???? she is supposed to have been at the GNSO council and ICANN and
understand what she is talking about!!!! she has been in the ICANN
process for the past 5 years and still has no idea how all this
functions.<br><br>
I let you judge. The woman does not have her wits together I think.<br><br>
Cheers<br>
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Hello <name removed>, <br>
<br>
I hope your vacation is going well. As per discussion, I thought I would
convey someof what is on my plate that may be of mutual interest. <br>
<br>
Presently, other than my private projects/business interests, I also serve on
the board of ICANN, the international internet governance organization.
At this stage, I have outlined few projects in addition to an initiative that
could quickly put under incubation. Any or all of these could serve as a
basis for mutual collaboration. <br>
<br>
Generally speaking the projects span ICT, public sector governance, regional
integration, internet governance etc.. <br>
<br>
The priority project I mentioned to UN Undersecretary General was that of <span><span>dot</span></span>.<span><span>africa</span></span>
(.<span><span>Africa</span></span>) which he expressed great
interest. Thus, there will be a need to synergize and align strategies of
possible project collaboration. <br>
<br>
<span><span>Dot</span></span>.<span><span>Africa</span></span>
is an initiative supported by ICANN, that aims at unifying and
consolidating the African Information Society and presence within the Internet
as distinct from other Continental communities. As such, there now exists
<span><span>dot</span></span>.EU (.EU), <span><span>dot</span></span>.Asia.(.ASIA)
and <span><span>dot</span></span>.LatinAmerica (.LA) as similar ongoing
initiatives. The present paradigm is to halt Africans marginalization in
this age of globalization. This is actually one of the goals of NEPAD,
which of course is an initiative that is already endorsed b the UN. There
are no prices for guessing what would happen if <span><span>dot</span></span>.<span><span>Africa</span></span> is not also initiated and implemented
at the same time that other Continental communities on the net have been
put in place. <br>
<br>
To get this of the ground, it appears from the experiences of the others, a
minimum of 13 countries in Africawould have to come on board. The
endorsement for UNECA would of course be helpful. This initiative
would require a proposal to be distributed to the potential participating
countries. UNECA’s help would be crucial in communicating who might wish
to participate. Countries that have already have ongoing National
policies that relate ICT as a strategic tool for National development would be
the primary candidates. Being something that would turn into a
Continental initiative, it is rewarding at best for the UNECA to play an active
role in this initial stage. <br>
<br>
As an African representative on ICANN board, I have taken the initiative to
coordinate and see the successful implementation of the project. I
believe therefore, we should have a meeting to progress this further. I
suggest we meet ASAP to get this moving, as time is of essence to the extent
that the application for the domain name must be submitted before January 2007.
<br>
<br>
However due to our travel schedules, we should arrange a teleconference meeting
that is mutually convenient for all within the next two weeks. <br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
Sophia</p><br clear="all"><br>
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