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<div>Kind Regards,</div>
<div>Waudo</div>
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<div>On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:26 +0300, "McTim" <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:</div>
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<div class="me57688gmail_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>
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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>
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I think we should take this opportunity to do some capacity building for folk not familiar with the NRO.<br>
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<a href="http://nro.net">nro.net</a> says:<br>
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"Formed by the <a target="_blank" href="http://nro.net/about/internet-registries.html">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>
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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>
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<a href="http://nro.net/about/number-council.html">http://nro.net/about/number-council.html</a><br>
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Indeed, as the Chair of the AfriNIC NomCom, I was very, very pleased to get her nomination and to see her subsequently elected.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>
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