[governance] Contact IGF Nairobi

[Kim Pham]

Hi Roy,

What was the turnaround time on the visas?

Thanks,

Kim

On 9/9/11 6:39 PM, Balleste, Roy wrote:
>
> Along those lines, the Kenyan embassy is the US is processing visa
> applications online.  Some materials needed to be mailed into the
> embassy.  I followed their instructions and the process was easy and
> fast.  I imagine this is the same at the other worldwide locations.
>
>  
>
> *Roy Balleste*
>
> *Law Library Director*
>
> *Associate Professor of Law*
>
> *St. Thomas University*
>
> *16401 NW 37th Avenue*
>
> *Miami Gardens, FL 33054  USA*
>
> *1-305-623-2341*
>
>  
>
> *From:*governance at lists.cpsr.org [mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org]
> *On Behalf Of *Qusai Al-Shatti
> *Sent:* Friday, September 09, 2011 1:01 PM
> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; Brice Abba
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] Contact IGF Nairobi
>
>  
>
> Dear all:
>
> I would strongly recommend that all of our colleagues would acquire
> the entry visa to Kenya from Kenyan Embassies and Consulates prior to
> the arrival to Nairobi. I was told that all of them were  instructed
> to facilitate the visa process for IGF participants. 
>
>  
>
> Myself I acquired the Visa and the embassy staff were so helpful and
> friendly. The Visa application is only one page, they require a copy
> of the passport and two photos. It is two weeks to Nairobi and this is
> a plenty of time for a Visa.
>
>  
>
> Looking forward to see you all there,
>
>  
>
> Qusai AlShatti
>
>  
>
>  
>
>
> On Sep 9, 2011, at 15:09, Brice Abba <briceabba at hotmail.com
> <mailto:briceabba at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi ALL
>     Can we have some contact to call in case of problem according to
>     the visa at the Nairobi airport.
>
>      Kenya has not embassy in many countries...
>
>      
>
>     Regards,
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     */Brice ABBA/*
>     /Ingénieur en Sciences Informatiques
>     Admin Système SAFRAN MORPHO
>     Resp. DNSsec au NIC CI et LABTIC, LARIT/
>     mob: (+225)-08-607-228
>     fix(home): (+225)-23-512-912
>
>     > From: nb at bollow.ch <mailto:nb at bollow.ch>
>     > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org <mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>     > Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 01:53:18 +0200
>     > Subject: Re: [governance] Re: IGC on Facebook?
>     >
>     > David Allen <David_Allen_AB63 at post.harvard.edu
>     <mailto:David_Allen_AB63 at post.harvard.edu>> wrote:
>     > > Happily, the Arab spring had some new tools, however flawed, that
>     > > helped put it / them over the top.
>     >
>     > Yes.
>     >
>     > Obviously the Arab spring activists didn't worry much about what
>     > a "social networking" / marketing company would do with their data.
>     >
>     > Whether such lack of concern is justified is a different question.
>     >
>     > There's a lot of scenarios where such lack of concern could turn
>     > out to be very harmful. For example, I'd be very surprised if the
>     > secret services of all remaining oppressive governments aren't
>     > working very hard on gaining access e.g. to the internal network
>     > of Facebook, and on developing strategies for exploiting whatever
>     > architectural or other flaws of Facebook they may be able to
>     discover.
>     >
>     > > Equally happily, we can do better than flawed tools. And as a
>     policy
>     > > group, re global 'Net policy, hopefully we will, by advocating /
>     > > innovating tools that are even more common - and of quality.
>     Instead
>     > > of selling ourselves to marketeers ...
>     >
>     > Strongly agreed. We may not succeed in avoiding every flaw, but
>     > at least we can work towards creating communication tools etc
>     > that avoid the worst flaws, and we can avoid "selling ourselves
>     > to marketeers" in the sense of effectively requiring people to
>     > join Facebook (or any other service with similar privacy concerns
>     > and/or lock-in effects) in order to fully participate in IGC
>     internal
>     > "who meets whom when and where while in Nairobi" coordination.
>     >
>     > Greetings,
>     > Norbert
>     > ____________________________________________________________
>     > You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>     > governance at lists.cpsr.org <mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>     > To be removed from the list, visit:
>     > http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing
>     >
>     > For all other list information and functions, see:
>     > http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance
>     > To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
>     > http://www.igcaucus.org/
>     >
>     > Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t
>     >
>
>     ____________________________________________________________
>     You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
>         governance at lists.cpsr.org <mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org>
>     To be removed from the list, visit:
>         http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing
>
>     For all other list information and functions, see:
>         http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance
>     To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
>         http://www.igcaucus.org/
>
>     Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t
>


-- 

"This is water." - David Foster Wallace

http://moreintelligentlife.com/story/david-foster-wallace-in-his-own-words

____________________________________________________________
You received this message as a subscriber on the list:
     governance at lists.cpsr.org
To be removed from the list, visit:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing

For all other list information and functions, see:
     http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/governance
To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:
     http://www.igcaucus.org/

Translate this email: http://translate.google.com/translate_t