<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>In a direct question to ICANN, John Crain has denied <b>the "Joint work" with Smart Africa</b> on the CAIGA and the "BluePrint". According to him, ICANN simply explained ICP-2, which is contrary to the statement of Smart Africa published <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/realsmartafrica_icann84-smartafrica-icann84-activity-7388320975152398336-jI5m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABVNwKABoohgUI1XRPmLIvH-Aohrron7Jms">yesterday</a> on their LinkedIn handle. </div><div><br></div><div>I might come with further information about misleading statements, concerns, observations, requests, and contributions by states and the Technical community who Attended AIS2025  Accra and ICANN 84. Their concerns were not addressed since Accra, and further concerns and observations were raised at ICANN. </div><div><br></div><div>In the meantime, in my viewas a neutral observer regarding the proposals about AFRINIC only, Smar Africa is pushing a top-down model on AFRINIC by drafting a new bylaw, and possibly putting the AFRINIC under CAIGA. CAIGA <span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;letter-spacing:-0.06px">Permanent Secretary would act as “</span><em class="gmail-np" style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;letter-spacing:-0.06px">main liaison with international Internet governance institutions.</em><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;letter-spacing:-0.06px">” The Council would “</span><span class="gmail-ms gmail-gr" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);letter-spacing:-0.06px"><em class="gmail-np" style="box-sizing:inherit">provide recommendations and guidance to the Boards and management of African Internet institutions</em></span><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;letter-spacing:-0.06px">” and “</span><span class="gmail-ms gmail-gr" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);letter-spacing:-0.06px"><em class="gmail-np" style="box-sizing:inherit">follow up on implementation.”</em></span></div><div><span class="gmail-ms gmail-gr" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);letter-spacing:-0.06px"><em class="gmail-np" style="box-sizing:inherit"><br></em></span></div><div><span class="gmail-ms gmail-gr" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:700;font-family:source-serif-pro,Georgia,Cambria,"Times New Roman",Times,serif;color:rgb(36,36,36);letter-spacing:-0.06px"><em class="gmail-np" style="box-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.06px">CAIGA’s Reform Advisory Report sidesteps us, as it proposes that reform papers “</span><span style="font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.06px">be presented to the AFRINIC Board for consideration and adoption and, pending approval, advanced for endorsement at the Heads of State Summit.</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-0.06px">” The community and the member base appear nowhere in this sequence.</span></em></span></div><div><br></div><div>You may ask Smart Africa to provide the caiga framework, constitution, and SOP.</div><div><br></div><div>I quote the statement regarding the alleged ICANN joint work  and emphasis is mine from <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/realsmartafrica_icann84-smartafrica-icann84-activity-7388320975152398336-jI5m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABVNwKABoohgUI1XRPmLIvH-Aohrron7Jms">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/realsmartafrica_icann84-smartafrica-icann84-activity-7388320975152398336-jI5m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAABVNwKABoohgUI1XRPmLIvH-Aohrron7Jms</a></div><div><br>"<span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">At</span><span class="gmail-white-space-pre" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);border-style:none;border-width:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;outline:rgba(0,0,0,0.9) none 0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sa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at;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;outline:rgba(0,0,0,0.9) none 0px;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);white-space:pre;line-height:inherit"> </span><a class="gmail-SJEYEKQzirtEAeMdweWaSusuMVTjJkHSVBDAA" target="_self" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/gizgmbh/" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;text-decoration-line:initial;text-decoration-color:rgb(10,102,194);font-weight:600;border-color:rgb(10,102,194);border-style:none;border-width:0px;color:rgb(10,102,194);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:normal;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-color:rgb(10,102,194);border-style:none;border-width:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0% 0%/auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0,0,0,0);outline:rgb(10,102,194) none 0px;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-color:rgb(10,102,194);border-style:none;border-width:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0% 0%/auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0,0,0,0);outline:rgb(10,102,194) none 0px;line-height:inherit">Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH</span></span></a><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">, and Smart Africa Member States, and opens a community review process to ensure transparency and collective ownership. </span><a class="gmail-SJEYEKQzirtEAeMdweWaSusuMVTjJkHSVBDAA" tabindex="0" href="https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=%23smartafrica&origin=HASH_TAG_FROM_FEED" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;text-decoration-line:initial;text-decoration-color:rgb(10,102,194);font-weight:600;border-color:rgb(10,102,194);border-style:none;border-width:0px;color:rgb(10,102,194);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;word-break:normal;line-height:inherit"><span class="gmail-visually-hidden" style="box-sizing:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background:none 0% 0%/auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box rgba(0,0,0,0);outline:rgb(10,102,194) none 0px;overflow:hidden;padding:0px;border:0px;width:1px;height:1px;display:inline!important;line-height:inherit"><span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-weight:normal">"""</span></span></a><div><font color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)" face="-apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Fira Sans, Ubuntu, Oxygen, Oxygen Sans, Cantarell, Droid Sans, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol, Lucida Grande, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>Amin Dayekh</b></div><div dir="ltr"><br>**************************************************************************************** </div></div><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">This email and any attachment (s) transmitted with it are confidential. They 
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