<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000066; font-size:10pt;"><div>+1</div><div><br></div><div>I recommend we reach out to local ICT associations and High Tech Groups. Their participation would no doubt enrich the discussion and our outreach agenda.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">--------------------------------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Jimson Olufuye, fncs, ficma, PhD</span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">CEO Kontemporary® </span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Chair, AfICTA</span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">connecting African ICT players & </span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">... fulfilling the promise of the Digital Age for everyone in Africa.</span><br><a style="font-family: verdana, geneva;" href="http://www.aficta.org">www.aficta.org</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> </span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"><a href="http://www.kontemporary.net.ng">www.kontemporary.net.ng</a></span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">M: +234 802 3183252</span><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">Skype: jolufuye</span><br><br><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;">This email is for the exclusive recipient/s and it may contain confidential materials. If you have received it and it is not meant for you, please alert me @ <a href="mailto:jolufuye@kontemporary.net">jolufuye@kontemporary.net</a> or discard at once. Thank you.</span></div><div><br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [bc-gnso] local Business Engagement events.<br>
From: Gabriela Szlak <<a href="mailto:gabrielaszlak@gmail.com">gabrielaszlak@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Fri, February 21, 2014 3:17 am<br>
To: Ron Andruff <<a href="mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com">randruff@rnapartners.com</a>><br>
Cc: Chris Chaplow <<a href="mailto:chris@andaluciaws.com">chris@andaluciaws.com</a>>, bc - GNSO list<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I absolutely agree with this approach as well. We should work with Chris to help him help us.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Count on me for this lunch or any other activity that involves discussing these topics.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Our approach has been to bring ICANN to the events and places were businesses are already present and/ or to organize events during the ICANN meeitngs with local together with leading organizations that can bring their members to an appealing ICANN event during the meeting. I think many of us share these views. And we have been quite successful with this kind of approach in the past. </div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I have worked with Chris for the Buenos Aires meeting. The webinar we have organized before the meeting was great. </div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">When we showed leadership from the local organizations and expertise in organizing these type of events, he was absolutely open and collaborative and he listened and supported our efforts.</div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">For the events during the meeting it was more complex, there were too many activities going on at the same time. </div> <div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">But I am sure that is possible to learn the lessons and improve.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> We should focus in the concurrent points of our agendas and be able to leverage the opportunities.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> G.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,51,51)"><span lang="ES-AR" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Gabriela Szlak </span></b></div> <div style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><b style="color:rgb(0,51,51);font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><br></b></div> <div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><b style="color:rgb(0,51,51);font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Skype:</b><font style="color:rgb(0,51,51);font-size:x-small;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> gabrielaszlak</font><br> </div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font color="#003333"><font size="1"><b style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Twitter: @</b><span style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">G</span><font style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">abiSzlak</font></font><br style="font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:9px"> </font></div></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1">La información contenida en este e-mail es confidencial. </font></span></div> <div><div><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><font size="1">The information in this e-mail is confidential.</font></span></div></div><br></div></div> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-02-20 18:17 GMT-03:00 Ron Andruff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:randruff@rnapartners.com" target="_blank">randruff@rnapartners.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Thanks for your posts, Chris and Marilyn. I support the direction you are both going with this.<u></u><u></u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">RA<u></u><u></u></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Ron Andruff<u></u><u></u></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">RNA Partners<u></u><u></u></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><a href="http://www.rnapartners.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">www.rnapartners.com</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></b></div> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"></div><div class=""><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org" target="_blank">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org" target="_blank">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Chaplow<br> </div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 20, 2014 13:37<div class=""><br><b>To:</b> 'bc - GNSO list'<br><b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] local Business Engagement events.<u></u><u></u></div><div></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> <u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Elisa,<u></u><u></u></div><div><div class="h5"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">On the call today, you asked for opinions and guidance of where Chris Mondni should be going with the local Business Engagement events.<u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Most previous events have seen a very low turnout of local business leaders. <u></u><u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">I appreciate it is difficult to organize remotely but we need attendance of 100+ to make this worthwhile to do outreach for ICANN, for the BC, and for ourselves. <u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">The only way is via local business organizations such as Chamber of Commerce and get them on board and excited anout a meeting for <u>their members</u> that ICANN funds. It is an opportunity for their members to learn about ICANN and BC and meet us, the travelling business people in town.<u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">I am member of a number of chambers, and I am thinking about it from the other side. If it was properly and well advance promoted within the Chamber there would be a good turnout. Perhaps that needs a Chamber committee member well on board. If not and the invite is just emails and phone calls then the chamber might just send a few along as a courtesy. I don’t know the organizational route to date but the outcome in the past has been the latter.<u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Again it may need a ICANN and/or BC member to make an advance visit to personally meet and present to the chamber committee and get them so on board. <u></u><u></u></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Too late for Singapore but in time for London and LA.<u></u><u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;">Best<u></u><u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> <u></u> <u></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0b710a">Chris Chaplow<br>Managing Director</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0b710a"><br> <b><a href="http://Andalucia.com">Andalucia.com</a> S.L.</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""><br><span style="">Avenida del Carmen 9<br>Ed. </span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo<br> 1ª Planta, Oficina 30<br>Estepona, 29680<br>Malaga, Spain<br><b>Tel: <a href="tel:%2B%20%2834%29%20952%20897%20865" value="+34952897865" target="_blank">+ (34) 952 897 865</a><br>Fax: <a href="tel:%2B%20%2834%29%20952%20897%20874" value="+34952897874" target="_blank">+ (34) 952 897 874</a><br> </b></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">E-mail: <a href="mailto:chris@andalucia.com" target="_blank"><b>chris@andalucia.com</b></a><b><br></b>Web: <a href="http://www.andalucia.com/" target="_blank"><b>www.andalucia.com</b></a><span style=""><br> </span><b><span style="color:#0b850a">Information about Andalucia, Spain.</span></b></span><span lang="ES" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12pt;"> <span lang="ES"><u></u> <u></u></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>
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