<p dir="ltr">Greetings, </p>
<p dir="ltr">This is a reminder for those interested in joining the Kenya IGF steering committee. Only two days are remaining to express interest. We want to thank those who have already shown interest.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Regards </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 13, 2017 1:14 PM, "Mwendwa Kivuva" <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Listers,<br>
<br>
The Kenya Internet Governance Forum (KIGF) is an annual meeting that<br>
brings together various stakeholder groups to dialogue on ICT and<br>
Internet policy. While the discussions give soft policy outcomes, KIGF<br>
is a knowledge sharing platform that informs and inspires policy<br>
actors in both the public and private sectors. The national forum also<br>
feeds into the regional and global IGFs through a chain of reporting<br>
and representation to the regional and global IGFs to ensure a bottom<br>
up Internet policy development processes and a strong link between<br>
global internet policies and the national one.<br>
<br>
KICTANet wishes to invite volunteers from all stakeholder groups to<br>
assist in preparation of the 2017 KIGF edition, which is slated for<br>
6th July 2017. The volunteers will form a local Multistakeholder<br>
Advisory Group that will be expected to:<br>
<br>
1. Reach out to the community to source community participation<br>
and KIGF subject focus areas.<br>
2. Lead online discussions prior to the KIGF.<br>
3. Coordinate logistics and resources for the meeting.<br>
4. Coordinate the actual event.<br>
5. Report on outcomes of the event.<br>
<br>
To express interest, please send an email to <a href="mailto:info@kictanet.or.ke">info@kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
indicating your stakeholder group, expertise and state your particular<br>
interest in steering KIGF 2017 by 23rd April 2017.<br>
<br>
Membership to the steering team is voluntary and all materials<br>
produced by KICTANet are published under creative commons licenses.<br>
Organisations from various stakeholder groups are encouraged to<br>
nominate representatives.<br>
<br>
For more information or clarification, kindly email Barrack Otieno on<br>
<a href="mailto:otienobarrack@gmail.com">otienobarrack@gmail.com</a>.<br>
<br>
About KICTANet<br>
<br>
The Kenya ICT Action Network is an open multi-stakeholder platform for<br>
people and institutions interests and involved in ICT policy and<br>
regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reforms in the<br>
ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and<br>
development. Learn more at <a href="http://www.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.kictanet.or.ke</a><br>
<br>
The report for the very successful 2016 Kenya IGF is available at<br>
<a href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=26623" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?p=<wbr>26623</a> and<br>
<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/african-regional-group" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/<wbr>multilingual/content/african-<wbr>regional-group</a><br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
______________________<br>
Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br>
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