[AfrICANN-discuss] DCA expresses commitment to work with African ccTLDs

[Mark Elkins]

On Sat, 2011-11-19 at 08:22 +0300, McTim wrote:
> http://www.africasciencenews.org/en/index.php/technology/45-hitech/217-dca-expresses-commitment-to-work-with-african-cctlds
> 
> 
> So the strategy seems to be to split ccTLDs as many ccTLDs from AfTLD
> who are also making a competing bid for .africa. ??

What a beautifully written piece on DCA. Of course, if the reader was
present at ICANN-42 and at the preceding ministerial conference, you'd
possibly have gained a very different impression of the personality.

As an example, I quote: "DCA had participated in all sessions of the
African Ministerial Round Table Meeting as an observer which afforded it
the chance to express its opinions on the agenda of the meeting;"

Observers observe, they don't go to the microphone and suggest to the
ministerial representatives that the meeting has no legitimate
representation (as such has no constitutional grounds to even meet) -
and other possibly inappropriate statements. Otherwise, why would the
personality be sternly warned that if she stepped out of line *again*
(which was actually several minutes of chastising from those managing
the meeting), she would be *escorted* out of the room. This chastising
of the personality received a very loud round of applause from the vast
majority of participants.
(I'm trying to be polite)

This was by no means the only public exhibition of her strange behaviour
she provided - for example at the dotAfrica meeting on the Tuesday
evening at ICANN-42.

Anyway - interesting to hear that DCA is now looking at including the
community - which is what her African competition (AfTLD and ARC) have
been doing all along.

If you, the reader, still currently believe that the personality along
with DCA is the most appropriate vehicle to run ".africa", please have a
talk to people who saw her in action at ICANN-42.

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