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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 2 Jun 2018, at 17:13, Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:icann@ferdeline.com" class="">icann@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">The Board has now approved the FY19 Operating Plan and Budget, and in doing so, initiated the 21-day Rejection Action Petition period under the ICANN Bylaws.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In the approved Budget there were no changes made to address the concerns that we expressed in our letter to the Board. <br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block"><div class="protonmail_signature_block-user"><div class="">—Ayden <br class=""></div></div><div class="protonmail_signature_block-proton protonmail_signature_block-empty"><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐<br class=""></div><div class=""> On 30 May 2018 12:12 PM, Arsène Tungali <<a href="mailto:arsenebaguma@GMAIL.COM" class="">arsenebaguma@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><div class=""> <br class=""></div><blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Crossing fingers, hoping there will be a positive answer to at least some of our queries from thoday's Board meeting.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">------------------------<br class=""></div><div class="">*<a target="_blank" href="http://about.me/ArseneTungali" class=""><b class="">Arsène Tungali</b></a>*<br class=""></div></div><div class="">Co-Founder & Executive Director, <span class=""><i class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://www.rudiinternational.org/" class="">Rudi international</a></i>,</span><br class=""></div><div class="">CEO,<i class=""> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.smart-kitoko.com/" class="">Smart Services Sarl</a></i>, <i class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://www.mabingwa-forum.com/" class="">Mabingwa Forum</a></i> <br class=""></div><div class="">Tel: +243 993810967<i class=""></i><br class=""></div></div><div class="">GPG: 523644A0<i class=""></i><br class=""></div><div class=""><u class="">Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo</u><i class=""><br class=""></i></div><div class=""><div class=""><a target="_blank" href="http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html" class="">2015 Mandela Washington Felllow</a> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF <a target="_blank" href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors" class="">Brazil</a> & <a target="_blank" href="http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors" class="">Mexico</a>) <span class="font" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">- <a target="_blank" href="http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/" class="">AFRISIG 2016</a> - </span><a target="_blank" href="http://tungali.blogspot.com/" class="">Blogger</a> - ICANN's <a target="_blank" href="https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm" class="">GNSO Council</a> Member.<i class=""> </i>AFRINIC Fellow<i class=""> </i>(<a target="_blank" href="http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners" class="">Mauritius</a>)<i class=""> - </i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.igfsa.org/" class="">IGFSA Member</a> - Internet Governance - Internet Freedom.<i class=""> </i><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Check the <i class="">2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC</i> report (<a target="_blank" href="http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=234" class="">English</a>) and (<a target="_blank" href="http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=242" class="">French</a>)<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></d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