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

[Michuki Mwangi]

Dear Barry,

We confirm receipt of the application and will revert next week.

Regards,

Michuki.

On Jul 5, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Barry Apudo Macharia <barry at tespok.co.ke> wrote:

> 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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