Hello William: I got your email for andrew. And your right - I don't sing from the official ICANN song sheet. That song is too old, too tainted, too dry. Regards Joe On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, William Poel (at home) wrote: > Andrew: > > I don't know who Joe Baptisa is (although I can guess some of the story, and > suspect that Joe does not sing from the official ICANN songsheet) but he has > an undeniable point, albeit perhaps slightly overstated! > > If you need to beef up the webcast opportunities, we would be happy to see > if we can assist with multipoint satellite conferencing technology. We have > a bird covering Cairo and can get wideband into the major ISP networks. > > WSP+++ > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andrew McLaughlin > > Sent: 19 December 1999 18:10 > > To: Icann-Announce > > Subject: ICANN Announces Cairo to be Site of March 2000 Meetings > > > > > > ICANN is pleased to announce that its next round of meetings (March 7-10, > > 2000) will be held in Cairo, Egypt. Details about the meetings have been > > posted at <http://www.icann.org/cairo2000/cairo-details.htm>; > > the page will > > be updated regularly with new information. > > > > ICANN thanks the members of the local host committee, chaired by Tarek > Kamel > > and sponsored by the Egyptian Ministry of Communication, the Cabinet > > Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), and the Internet > > Society of > > Egypt. > > > > Excellent proposals were submitted by a number of prospective hosts in > > Africa and the Middle East, and ICANN thanks all proposers for their > > generous offers of assistance. While the Cairo host committee's proposal > > best matches ICANN's particular requirements for the March meetings, ICANN > > recognizes the importance of sub-Saharan Africa's Internet > > communities and, > > in particular, is committed to facilitating participation by Africans from > > around the continent. > > > > > > VENUE > > > > The March 7-10 meetings will be held at the Cairo Sheraton hotel > > <http://www.sheratonafricamideast.com/Cairo/index.html>. Special > > room rates > > have been arranged by the local host committee for attendees at the ICANN > > meetings. > > > > > > SCHEDULE AND AGENDA > > > > The schedule for the March ICANN meetings will be as follows: > > > > 7 & 8 March - DNSO (including Names Council, constituency > > groups, and > > working groups); advisory committees > > 9 March - ICANN Public Forum > > 10 March - ICANN Board meeting > > > > The preliminary agenda for the ICANN Public Forum calls for review and > > discussion of the following: > > > > - Considerations and policies relating to the creation of new > > top-level domain name registries > > - At Large Membership and elections > > - ccTLD delegation and administration policies > > - ICANN budget for 2000-2001 fiscal year > > > > > > > >
