Comments of DotConnectAfrica to the draft Strategic Plan of ICANN of FY16 - FY20
<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000033; font-size:10pt;"><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0;margin-bottom:13px" mce_style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0;margin-bottom:13px">Dear Sir/madam,</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0" mce_style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0">Please receive attached the submission of DotConnectAfrica to the draft Strategic Plan of ICANN of FY16 - FY20</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0" mce_style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0"> </div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0" mce_style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0">DotConnectAfrica since its inception in 2006 has been an active part of the DNS industry and have continuously contributed to the Internet Governance debate; be it one led by organizations like the ITU WCIT Draft of the future ITRs in <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/display-mar2014.aspx?ListItemID=23" mce_href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/display-mar2014.aspx?ListItemID=23" target="_blank">November 2012</a> and <a href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/display-mar2014.aspx?ListItemID=23" mce_href="http://www.itu.int/en/council/cwg-internet/Pages/display-mar2014.aspx?ListItemID=23" target="_blank">ITU CWG-Internet</a>: Public Consultation of March 2014, the African Union <a href="http://dotafrica.blogspot.com/2013/10/dotconnectafrica-comments-to-draft.html" mce_href="http://dotafrica.blogspot.com/2013/10/dotconnectafrica-comments-to-draft.html" target="_blank">Cyber Security Draft Convention</a> in October 2013 and conferences like the 2013 Transform Africa Heads of State Summit in Kigali Rwanda on <a href="http://dotafrica.blogspot.com/2013/11/dotconnectafrica-contributes-to-new.html" mce_href="http://dotafrica.blogspot.com/2013/11/dotconnectafrica-contributes-to-new.html" target="_blank">New SmartAfrica Manifesto to Accelerate Socio-Economic Development</a> among others.</div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0" mce_style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0"> </div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0" mce_style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;margin:0">DotConnectAfrica appreciates the Multistakeholder approach in developing strategies for a better future of internet governance and ICANN. We hope to further offer our contributions to improve ICANN strategies; we look forward to your feedback of how our input has been included in the final version.</div><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Best Regards,</div><div style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;">__________________________</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Gideon Rop</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva;"><img title="signature image" src="cid:sigimg1@495550c7e1100d3d1b1ffa9a45c272a1" mce_src="cid:sigimg1@495550c7e1100d3d1b1ffa9a45c272a1" alt="" border="0"></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000;" mce_style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;" mce_style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" mce_style="font-size: 8pt;"><br>Project Support Engineer</span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" mce_style="font-size: 8pt;"><span style="color: #000000;" mce_style="color: #000000;">DotConnectAfrica Org</span><br><a style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" title="www.dotconnectafrica.org" href="http://www.dotconnectafrica.org" mce_href="http://www.dotconnectafrica.org" target="_blank">www.dotconnectafrica.org</a><br></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000;" mce_style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" mce_style="font-size: 8pt;">CIC Plaza , Ground floor, Mara Road Upper Hill,</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #000000;" mce_style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" mce_style="font-size: 8pt;">Box 39466-00623 Nairobi Kenya.<br>Tel: +254-703 250 969<br>Fax:+254-020-2731146 </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;" mce_style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;" mce_style="font-size: 8pt;">Follow us on <a style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" title="Twitter " href="http://twitter.com/#!/dot_africa" mce_href="http://twitter.com/#!/dot_africa" target="_blank"><img style="height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; border: 0px none; margin-right: 5px;" src="cid:icon_sm_twitter.gif@62df4a3cdf0187ffac57141b115b5889" mce_src="cid:icon_sm_twitter.gif@62df4a3cdf0187ffac57141b115b5889" alt=""><u>Twitter </u></a>and <a style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" title="Facebook " href="http://www.facebook.com/DotAfrica?ref=ts" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/DotAfrica?ref=ts" target="_blank"><img style="height: 16px; vertical-align: middle; border: 0px none; margin-right: 5px;" src="cid:icon_sm_facebook.gif@e67eb8bf0114e3503d709ef732c22b29" mce_src="cid:icon_sm_facebook.gif@e67eb8bf0114e3503d709ef732c22b29" alt=""><u>Facebook </u></a><br><a style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" mce_style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" title="Press Room" href="http://www.facebook.com/DotAfrica?ref=ts" mce_href="http://www.facebook.com/DotAfrica?ref=ts" target="_blank">Press Room</a></span><br><span style="font-size: 8pt;" mce_style="font-size: 8pt;"><br>DotConnectAfrica is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization incorporated in Mauritius Africa, and will sponsor, establish and operate a TLD registry with global recognition and regional significance dedicated to the needs of the Pan-African and African community. <span style="color: #000080;" mce_style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #3366ff;" mce_style="color: #3366ff;"><b><span style="color: #000000;" mce_style="color: #000000;">DCA Reg. 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