Congratulations to Fiona! Please go and do all that appertains to that high appointment. Thanks McTim for filling in the background behind the acronyms. Kind Regards, Waudo On Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:26 +0300, "McTim" <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Walu, On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Walubengo J <[1]jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote: Jambo, Fiona (of the TESPOK fame) has a clinched new role after being elected at the AfriNIC meeting to sit on the NRO-NC. Forget the acronym because in layman terms, it simply means she will be advising ICANN on things to do with IP numbering I think we should take this opportunity to do some capacity building for folk not familiar with the NRO. [2]nro.net says: "Formed by the [3]Regional Internet Registries to formalise their co-operative efforts, the NRO exists to protect the unallocated Number Resource pool, to promote and protect the bottom-up policy development process, and to act as a focal point for Internet community input into the RIR system." The NRO-NC is, for all intents and purposes the Address Supporting Organization within ICANN. They coordinate Global Policies regarding Internet Numbering resources. More can be found here: [4]http://nro.net/about/number-council.html ...I think that's great and she deserves a round of applause... Indeed, as the Chair of the AfriNIC NomCom, I was very, very pleased to get her nomination and to see her subsequently elected. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: emailsignet@mailcan.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman /options/kictanet/emailsignet%40mailcan.com References 1. mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com 2. http://nro.net/ 3. http://nro.net/about/internet-registries.html 4. http://nro.net/about/number-council.html