<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Grace</div><div><br></div><div>Could we possibly add:-</div><div><br></div><div>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) </div><div><br></div><div>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. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">We have already seen debates on whether to block torrents and one telco going as far as terminating 'unlimited' bundles because of 'misuse'.</span></div><div><br></div><div>For more on Net Neutrality <br><br></div><div><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/net_neutrality/index.html">http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/net_neutrality/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/network-neutrality">http://www.publicknowledge.org/issues/network-neutrality</a><div><br>Thank you </div><div><br><div>Ali Hussein</div><div><br></div><div>+254 773/713 601113</div><div><br></div><div>Sent from my iPhone®</div></div><div><br>On Jun 7, 2012, at 11:20 PM, Grace Githaiga <<a href="mailto:ggithaiga@hotmail.com">ggithaiga@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Listers</font></div><div style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Greetings.</font></div><div style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">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. </font></div><div style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="2">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).</font></div><div style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:17px;color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="line-height:normal;font-size:10pt">The proposed topics for discussion are as follows:</span></div><div style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><ul style="margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:20px;margin-left:1em;padding-right:0px;padding-left:1em"><li style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">ITRs</font></li><li style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Intermediary liability</font></li><li style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Technology and violence against women</font></li><li style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Open data</font></li><li style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Infrastructure.</font></li><li style=""><font color="#2a2a2a" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" size="2">CCK and Network Monitoring</font></li></ul><div><font color="#2a2a2a" face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Are there other topics that you wish to suggest? </font></div><div style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Kindly get back to us by Monday close of business with your suggestions. Can listers also suggest a theme? </font></div><div style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">We will need Tuesday to harmonize the suggested topics and prepare for the online discussion. </font></div><div style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal"><br></font></div><div style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Kind Regards</font></div><div style="color:rgb(42, 42, 42);font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;line-height:17px"><font size="2" style="line-height:normal">Grace, Barrack and KENIC. </font></div></div> </div>
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