Hi Walu,<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Walubengo J <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">Jambo,<br><br>Fiona (of the TESPOK fame) has a clinched new role after being elected at the AfriNIC meeting to sit on the NRO-NC. Forget the acronym because� in layman terms, it simply means she will be advising ICANN on things to do with IP numbering</td>
</tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div><br><br>I think we should take this opportunity to do some capacity building for folk not familiar with the NRO.<br><br><a href="http://nro.net">nro.net</a> says:<br><br>"Formed by the <a href="http://nro.net/about/internet-registries.html" target="_blank">Regional Internet Registries</a>
to formalise their co-operative efforts, the NRO exists to protect the
unallocated Number Resource pool, to promote and protect the bottom-up
policy development process, and to act as a focal point for Internet
community input into the RIR system."<br><br>The NRO-NC is, for all intents and purposes the Address Supporting Organization within ICANN.� They coordinate Global Policies regarding Internet Numbering resources.� More can be found here:<br>
<br><a href="http://nro.net/about/number-council.html">http://nro.net/about/number-council.html</a><br><br>�</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">...I think that's great and she deserves a round of applause...<br></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote><div><br>
Indeed, as the Chair of the AfriNIC NomCom, I was very, very pleased to get her nomination and to see her subsequently elected.<br>
<br></div></div>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there."� Jon Postel<br>