[Afpif] [af-ix] AfPIF-4 Fellowship for IXPs & NRENs

[Barry Apudo Macharia]

Hi Michuki,

am  applying  for the full fellowship in order to participate in the
AfPIF-4 meeting to be held in Casablanca .

Answers to the question asked


i. Indicate whom the IXP has nominated to represent them at the AfPIF 
event.

macharia henry barry apudo

ii. Indicate if you are requesting for partial or full fellowship

Full fellowship

iii. Indicate the departure city and country

Nairobi, kenya

iv. Indicate your interest to participate at the Af-IX meeting to be 
held on
afternoon of 2nd September (early arrival for event)

am interested in participating in this meeting since i missed the first 
sitting in lusaka zambia.

v. Provide a plan of how you intend to socialise the AfPIF event to your
members between now and the start of the event

making them aware of the event through our IXP
mailing list both technical and security mailing list, using both kixp 
and tespok twitter handler which has good followings.

vi. Provide an indication of how many peers/operators you can bring to the
AfPIF event (the peers/operators should be willing to meet their own travel
and accommodation expenses)

will try get at least 3 opertors to the forum and will convince them to 
the importance of the event.


vii. Provide information on how you intend to share your experiences with
the community upon your return from the AfPIF event.

  information mainly through discussions with the members of
the IXP through our mailing list as well as trying to organize a 
workshops for memebers to discuss and understand the importnace of 
peering ,
Ipv6 deployment and of course the stautes of network security in the 
kenyan space


On Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:15:53 +0300, Michuki Mwangi wrote
>> Dear All,
>>
>> As you may be aware, the 4th African Peering and Interconnection
>> Forum (AfPIF) will be held in Casablanca, Morocco starting from the
>> 3 - 5 September 2013.
>>
>> In support to the growing peering community, the Internet Society
>> provides partial and in some special cases full fellowship support
>> to IXP operators and NREN representatives to attend the annual event.
>>
>> We are also pleased that a good number of the IXP operators are now
>> reachable via the AF-IX mailing list, which makes it possible for us
>> to reach out to everyone more directly.
>>
>> We have a limited budget, and we would like to reiterate that not
>> everyone will likely get the fellowship this year.
>>
>> How to Apply for fellowship;
>>
>> 1. Submit a written application for the fellowship request with the
>> following information;
>> 	i. Indicate whom the IXP has nominated to represent them at the
>> AfPIF event. 	ii.  Indicate if you are  requesting for partial or
>> full fellowship 	iii. Indicate the departure city and country 	iv.
>> Indicate your interest to participate at the Af-IX meeting to be
>> held on afternoon of 2nd September (early arrival for event)
>> 	v. Provide a plan of how you intend to socialise the AfPIF event to
>> your members between now and the start of the event 	vi.  Provide an
>> indication of how many peers/operators you can bring to the AfPIF
>> event (the peers/operators should be willing to meet their own
>> travel and accommodation expenses) 	vii. Provide information on how
>> you intend to share your experiences with the community upon your
>> return from the AfPIF event.
>>
>> 2. Send the written application to mwangi at isoc.org and cc afpif at afpif.org
>>
>> 3. The deadline for submission is 5th July 23:59 GMT. Any
>> submissions sent thereafter will be ignored.
>>
>> 4. The notifications for acceptance will be sent by 12th July in
>> order to initiate the visa processing and travel logistics.
>>
>> If you have any queries kindly feel free to seek clarifications
>> directly to mwangi at isoc.org
>>
>> Lastly, if you had made plans to travel to AfPIF, kindly register
>> online for planning purposes at
>> http://www.internetsociety.org/events/afpif-2013
>>
>> Thanks and regards,
>>
>> Michuk Mwangi
>> Regional Development Manager for Africa
>> Internet Society.
>>
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