Feb, 2000 : Update on ICANN Cairo Meetings & Call for Sponsors

📅 February 19, 2000 -

On behalf of the local organizing committee,I would like to extend a warm welcome to all who plan to attendthe 7-10 March ICANN meetings in Cairo, Egypt. Details on themeetings have been posted at <https://www.icann.org/cairo2000/cairo-details.htm>,including information on hotel options, meeting schedules andagendas, and pre-registration.

Hosted by the Egyptian Ministry of Communication,the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), andthe Internet Society of Egypt, this will be the first ICANN meetingin the Middle East, and the first on the African continent. Thelocal organizing committee is working hard to ensure a productiveand enjoyable gathering for ICANN and its constituent organizations.In that regard, the committee is seeking sponsors for the Cairomeetings. Sponsorships are available at two levels:

Meeting Sponsors will be asked to contributeUS $10,000. Meeting Sponsors will be prominently recognized atthe meetings and in online and print materials, and will havethe opportunity to distribute informational materials to meetingattendees in the hotel foyer. Most importantly, Meeting Sponsorswill be highlighted at the gala dinner being planned for theevening of 8 March.
Meeting Co-Sponsors will be asked to contributeUS $5,000. Meeting Co-Sponsors will be recognized at the ICANNmeetings and in online and print materials, and will have theopportunity to distribute informational materials to meetingattendees in the hotel foyer. Each meeting Co-Sponsor will behighlighted at one reception, lunch, or event during the courseof the meetings.

The November ICANN meetings in Los Angeleswere sponsored by Compaq; Jones, Day Reavis & Pogue; Latham& Watkins; the Communications Industry Services businessunit of Lockheed Martin; MCI WorldCom; NameSecure.com; Network
Solutions, Inc.; and Real Networks. See <https://www.icann.org/losangeles99/sponsors.htm>for details.

If you have any questions about these meetings-- or about sponsorship opportunities -- please do not hesitateto contact me. I look forward to seeing you in Cairo.

Warmest regards,

Tarek Kamel
<tkamel@idsc.gov.eg>

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