[AfrICANN-discuss] ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40
Thieves.Africa
Gideon
gideonrop at gmail.com
Wed Aug 29 17:19:09 SAST 2012
Mohamed,
I just want to acknowledge your comment and say that DotConnectAfrica has
no confussion about the Applicants Guide book that everybody seems to point
at ,we are 100 % Clear about its contents, obviously we are an applicant
,in fact we are just clarifying what it says.
Thanks.
Gideon.
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> 1. Re: ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.Africa
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> From: Mohamed El Bashir <mohamed at africanregistry.org>
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the
> 40 Thieves.Africa
> To: "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net>
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> +1 Barrack.
>
> Everyone in the list is saying please read the applicant guide book it's
> all clear ( types of applications, requirements, ICANN process, ... etc).
>
> But who writes those long lines of allegations, fabrications and
> accusations seems don't get it .
>
> Kind Regards,
> Mohamed El Bashir
>
> ( Sent by iPhone - apologies for any misspelling )
>
> On 29 Aug 2012, at 14:06, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > @ Kivuva agreed, in fact sons from the same village should not exchange
> friendly fire, since the matter is before the village council (ICANN) we
> shall await verdict of the council of elders after all Chinua Achebe in his
> wisdon said that "When brothers fight to death a stranger inherits their
> father's estate." some things are better understood under an Iroko tree.
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Lets treat Gideon gently. From that very long explanation, you can see
> hidden hands typing the email.
> >
> > In Africa, we don't shoot the messenger.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > On 29 August 2012 11:59, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Gideon,
> >
> > Why would you refer to community members as 'thieves' before subjecting
> them to a court of justice, the title of your message goes against the very
> tenets of justice and limits any fruitfull discussion and debate that you
> are trying to stir on the list. Your point has been understood and with
> all due respect let us allow ICANN and other relevent bodies to make a
> decision based on the facts you have ably presented.
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Vika Mpisane <vika at zadna.org.za>
> wrote:
> > Other than you continued, intriguing & very bizarre claims & views,
> Gideon, just note that Africainonespace.org is only a URL, not an
> organization. The ICANN new gTLD application website lists UniForum SA as
> the .Africa applicant, not Africainonespace.org. The AUC endorsed UniForum
> SA, not Africainonespace.org. There's no "community-defined group" called
> Africainonespace.org.
> >
> > I believe the rest of your email & your claims have repeatedly been
> answered by many people on this list in the past. The challenge is then for
> you to choose to accept those answers or not. Perhaps the most important
> advice I would encourage you to heed is to read the new gTLD Applicant
> Guidebook because the same issues you keep on raising are answered in the
> Guidebook.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Vika
> >
> > From: Gideon <gideonrop at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: <africann at afrinic.net>
> > Date: Wednesday 29 August 2012 8:18 AM
> > To: <africann at afrinic.net>
> > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40
> Thieves.Africa
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> >
> > DCA’s Response to Mr. Neil Dundas of UniForum ZA Central Registry
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Mr. Neil Dundas plus other interested interlocutors gathered in
> this forum;
> >
> >
> >
> > There is no argument regarding whether .Africa (DotAfrica) is a
> geographic name gTLD ornot. Everyone knows that a gTLD application for the
> ‘Africa’ geographic name will be treated by the ICANN Evaluation as a
> geographic gTLD application. The new gTLD guidebook requirements and
> stipulations are quite clear regarding how geographic TLDs will be
> evaluated, and DCA Trust therefore expects its application for the ‘Africa’
> geographic name string to be evaluated accordingly. The issue of
> ‘.Africa’, ‘DotAfrica’, or ‘DotdotAfrica’, is actually immaterial because
> the matter was immediately brought to the attention of ICANN in June, and
> we expect that the string name issue will be sorted out very soon based on
> ICANN’s acknowledgement and confirmation of the report made by DCA Trust.
> >
> >
> >
> > However, Mr. Neil Dundas has spent a lot of time trying to explain that
> .Africa is by definition, only a geographic TLD. Neil Dundas has
> deliberately tried to avoid providing the pertinent clarification that was
> required of him to explain why his organization, having received support
> toapply on behalf of the African Community, failed to submit a Community
> TLD application based on its answers to ICANN Evaluation Question Numbers
> 19 and 20. DCA Trust has already articulated the issues clearly enough in
> its initial posting, and there is no need to restate the facts of the
> matter for anyone’s benefit. One early contributor had also asked UniForum
> to clarify for the interest of the community, but this request was
> intentionally ignored.
> >
> >
> >
> > We believe that it is also important for everyone to know that a
> Geographic name string could also be a Community name string. In other
> words, the same TLD can be considered both ‘Geographic’ and ‘Community’ at
> the same time. For instance, there were a total of eleven (11) Geographic
> Names that were applied for as Community-based strings in this current
> round. (See for example,
> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/statistics) We believe this
> is what the African Union Commission and its Task Force advisers probably
> had in mind when they unambiguously stated inter alia in their RFP document
> (to select a registry operator for DotAfrica): “the winning bidder should
> bear in mind that “this is a geographical TLD which should be run on behalf
> of the community”, and “Collaborate with the Internet community on the
> project” and “Lead the effort to create an active domain name community in
> Africa” .http://www.au.int/en/content/request-proposals-african-un!
> ion-commission-operation-dot-africa
> >
> > Moreover, the Community TLD designs on DotAfrica have always been
> evident. For example, Nii Quaynor, a self-appointed African Internet
> Community leader who is active in this forum, and one of the most
> unrepentant arch-opponents of DCA and the chief architect of the ‘AU
> leadership and ownership of DotAfrica’ paradigm had written in a public
> email: “I think its more responsible for the regional organization (AUC) to
> hold the string in public trust and have policy oversight, especially so
> with these likes of practices of DCA. This has been what the African
> community has helped to achieve.”
> >
> > Thus, from both the AU RFP document and the above statement that has
> been attributed to Nii Quaynor, who was also a member of the AU Task Force
> on DotAfrica, we can tell that the African Community has been led to
> believe that it can exercise both ownership and leadership of DotAfrica as
> a community-owned gTLD string, and that the appointed registry operator can
> run the geographic TLD on behalf of the community. Therefore Neil Dundas’
> attempt to insist that DotAfrica is only a geographic TLD is clearly
> inconsistent with the AU’s position and the position that was earlier
> advanced (either rightly or wrongly) by Dr. Nii Quaynor regarding what he
> believes the African Community has helped to achieve.
> >
> > It is obvious that UniForum is the principal beneficiary as a recipient
> of a Community TLD endorsement for a geographic name string that it was
> supposed to apply for on behalf of the African Community, but now insists
> that .Africa is a geographic TLD only and not a Community TLD. If it is not
> a Community TLD why did the AU and Dr. Nii Quaynor adopt their positions
> regarding Community leadership and ownership of DotAfrica? If DotAfrica is
> not a Community TLD, why the overt Community interest in owning it; or the
> Community clearly insisting that the geographic TLD must be “run on behalf
> of the community”, apparently for its sole benefit?
> >
> >
> >
> > Neil Duncan Dundas, who now speaks for UniForum (as the principal
> applicant contact) and ‘Africa In One Space’ cannot claim to be ignorant of
> the above antecedents. For reasons best known to you, you have clearly
> elected to characterize your application as not for any Community, the
> African Community included, even though you continue to insist on having
> the support of the African Community for this non-Community TLD application
> that you have presently submitted. Leaving aside for a minute, the manifest
> incongruity of UniForum’s application “not being designated as a Community
> TLD application, but having Community support because the resulting TLD
> must be run on behalf of the Community”, there are two possible conclusions
> that could be immediately drawn:
> >
> >
> >
> > (1) either the Community is wrong for thinking that it can legally own a
> geographic TLD because the selected registry operator has been asked to run
> it on behalf of the Community; or,
> >
> > (2) UniForum, by not submitting a Community TLD application on behalf of
> the Community as it was supposed to (or as was expected of it), has
> attempted to cheat the Community by committing an outright fraud. Whatever
> conclusion is drawn, the purported endorsement of UniForum as the selected
> applicant on behalf of the African Community can no longer remain valid
> after the fact. If the Community is wrong by getting the AU to select a
> registry operator for a geographic TLD that must be “run on behalf of the
> community” the purported endorsement cannot remain legitimate, and in
> similar manner, if UniForum has been fraudulent, this should legally
> invalidate the purported endorsement that it received.
> >
> >
> >
> > The truth of the matter as we know it is that UniForum received a letter
> of appointment (either equivalent to, or substituting for an endorsement)
> from the AU Commission to apply for a geographic TLD on behalf of the
> African Community. The AU Communiqué on DotAfrica that was published around
> the 29th of March 2012 is very unambiguous to the extent that it
> unmistakably mentions: “the AU Commission selected UniForum SA (the ZA
> Central Registry Operator or ZACR), to administer and operate dotAfrica
> gTLD on behalf of the African community.” The same Communiqué also
> indicated that: “Shortly after its appointment, the ZACR, in consultation
> with Internet Community representatives from all over Africa, at a meeting
> held in Johannesburg, established a Steering Committee to exercise moral
> and ethical oversight over the dotAfrica project. Representatives of the
> broader African Internet community are currently participating in the
> project through the Steering Committee and whi!
> ch comprises African Internet experts, Country Code managers, Registrars
> and others volunteering for a better Internet for Africa.”
> http://www.au.int/en/sites/default/files/AUC-dotAfrica-Communique-.pdf
> >
> > No one is fooled: The AU Commission appointed UniForum to apply on
> behalf of the African Community, and as soon as it received the
> appointment, UniForum had consulted with the Internet Community regarding
> their involvement and participation, so this has community written all over
> it, even though the only thing now missing is an actual Community TLD
> application which UniForum did not submit to ICANN on behalf of the African
> Community.
> >
> > Like they say, if it swims like a duck, quacks like a duck and behaves
> like a duck, chances are that it is a duck. Simply trying to explain it
> away as not a duck, but a water-bird will not suffice.
> >
> > Now, the crux of the matter is that UniForum has not submitted any
> application on behalf of the African Community, but keeps insisting that it
> has community support even though such support has been clearly nullified
> by its failure to submit a DotAfrica application on behalf of theAfrican
> Community. This is why we insist that UniForum’s application is absolutely
> fraudulent, and if the people in this forum, because of their partisan
> leanings fail to see it forwhat it truly is, perhaps, the ICANN Evaluation
> will, or perhaps a competent court somewhere will be able to make the
> juridical determination that UniForum’s endorsement is no longer legitimate
> following their failure to submit a DotAfrica (DotAfrica) application on
> behalf of the African Community. It is quite evident that UniForum has
> reneged on the understanding that it was selected to apply on behalf of the
> African Community and did not make a Community TLD application as was
> expected of it, and this needs no f!
> urther elaboration. We are quite confident that the necessary legal
> proofs can be established in due course, but not in this forum since most
> people here are deliberately refusing to admit the truth to themselves.
> >
> >
> >
> > Finally, DCA hereby insists that Africa In One Space as a
> community-defined group whose interest relates to the ownership of
> DotAfrica is not a legally registered organization. We would like to see
> proof of its establishment, such as registration papers and other
> credentials. The registration documents of UniForum as a legal/corporate
> entity operating inSouth Africa cannot serve nor substitute as the
> registration documents for Africa In One Space. As Africans, we must try to
> ensure that whatever we do should satisfy any form of legal scrutiny.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > DotConnectAfrica.
> >
> >
> > Today's Topics:
> >
> > 1. Re: Tr : ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40
> > Thieves.Africa (Neil Dundas)
> >
> >
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> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:33:52 +0200
> > From: Neil Dundas <neild at dundas.co.za>
> > Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Tr : ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and
> > the 40 Thieves.Africa
> > To: africann at afrinic.net
> > Message-ID: <A00FA180-1E27-49A2-A238-3FE3A8B08C39 at dundas.co.za>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Please see comments and responses below. I trust this provides some
> clarity on the matter.
> >
> > On 26 Aug 2012, at 9:41 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Can someone give us clarifications on the following:
> > >
> > > 1. Is .africa and .dotafrica in competition? Are DCA and
> > > AfricaInOneSpace competing to manage the same resource?
> >
> > AfricaInOneSpace (UniForum SA) has applied for the .africa gTLD.
> DotConnectAfrica (DCA) wanted to apply for the .africa gTLD but they made
> error on their application and instead applied for .dotafrica. This fact
> can be verified on the ICANN site by following these links:
> > .africa :
> http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1184
> > .dotafrica :
> http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1276
> >
> > > 2. Is there a difference between a geoTLD and a communityTLD? Where do
> > > .africa and .dotafrica fall?
> >
> > Yes there is a difference, especially in terms of how they have been
> regulated in the Applicant's Guidebook. In a nutshell, you CANNOT get away
> from the fact that .Africa is a geographic TLD.
> >
> > A more detailed analysis:
> >
> > Paragraph 2.2.1.4.2 (section 2-16) of the Applicants’ Guidebook
> prescribes that certain applied-for-strings may qualify as “Geographic
> Names” and must therefore be accompanied by documentation of support or
> non-objection from the relevant governments or public authorities. In
> particular, the guidebook requires at least 60% of the relevant national
> governments in a region to provide documentation in support of new
> applications for geographic strings and there must be no more than one
> written statement of objection.
> >
> > Africa is a clearly designated geographic region as defined in the
> UNESCO “Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions,
> geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings” list.
> In this regard the designation of the official AUC endorsed dotAfrica
> (.Africa) TLD string application, submitted by UniForum SA, as a geographic
> name is therefore technically and procedurally correct. UniForum SA is
> confident that the "geographic evaluation process" that its application is
> subject to provides sufficient checks and balances for the protection of
> interests and rights of African governments and the pan-African community.
> >
> > The issue as to whether DCA’s application for the .dotAfrica string
> (1-1165-42560) will constitute a geographic name as outlined in the
> Applicant’s Guidebook is uncertain, notwithstanding the fact that DCA
> itself has designated the application as a “geographic name”. According the
> Applicant’s Guidebook (section 2-17) “Strings that include but do not match
> a Geographic Name will not be considered geographic names as defined in
> section 2.2.1.4.2 and therefore will not require documentation of
> government support in the evaluation process.”
> >
> > UniForum contends that DCA’s .dotAfrica string application, although not
> a direct match to the AFRICA geographic name, is so confusingly similar
> that it must be regarded as a geographic name for purposes of evaluation.
> It must consequently be subjected to the criteria and rules applicable to
> the evaluation of geographic names, including government support. In
> particular we contend that the addition of the “dot” in DCA’s .dotAfrica
> application does not sufficiently differentiate it from UniForum SA’s
> dotAfrica (.Africa) geographic string application and will therefore
> confuse the public.
> >
> > [BTW: The above has been posted as a public comment against the DCA
> application]
> >
> >
> > > 3. Must AfricaInOneSpace be a registered organisation? Are there any
> > > consequences if it is not registered?
> >
> > UniForum SA (AfricaInOneSpace) is a non-profit organization incorporated
> in South Africa since 1988. It has been administering the CO.ZA domain
> name space since 1995. It has a long and well established track record as a
> technical registry provider.
> >
> > > 4. Should the AU endorse one side between .africa and .dotafrica? And
> > > if it has endorsed one party, what are the grounds for it to recant
> > > that endorsement?
> >
> > .Africa is a geographic name and therefore requires government support
> in terms of the Guidebook. African Heads of State have mandated the AUC to
> setup the structures and modalities to facilitate the application and
> administration of the .Africa gTLD, which the AUC has done through and open
> and transparent Expression of Interest (EOI) process and which has resulted
> in the endorsement of UniForum SA. Refer top the following links for
> further details:
> > - Clarification by AUC on .Africa gTLD:
> http://www.au.int/en/content/africa-union-commission-clarification-dot-africa
> > - Endorsement of UniForum SA:
> http://africainonespace.org/downloads/AUC_ZACRLetterofAppointment.pdf
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Mwendwa Kivuva
> > >
> > > On 25/08/2012, Pierre Lotis NANKEP <lnankep at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> For the interest of the whole community, it would be desirable that
> > >> Uniforum gives us some comments into the DCA article below :
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Pierre Lotis NANKEP
> > >> IT Engineer / ANTIC
> > >> Web : http://www.antic.cm
> > >> Email (Pro) : pierre.nankep at antic.cm
> > >> GSM : +237 77 66 10 07
> > >>
> > >> ----- Mail transféré -----
> > >> De : DCA Exclusive Commentary <press.africa at dotconnectafrica.org>
> > >> À : lnankep at yahoo.fr
> > >> Envoyé le : Samedi 25 août 2012 7h11
> > >> Objet : ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.Africa
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Having trouble viewing this email? Click here
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Press Contact:
> > >> Thomas Kamanzi, Newsletter Editor
> > >> tkamanzi at dotconnectafrica.org
> > >>
> > >> DotConnectAfrica
> > >> www.dotconnectafrica.org
> > >> DotConnectAfrica
> > >> 25 Aug 2012
> > >>
> > >> DCA's Commentary on ITWebAfrica Story
> > >> The 185,000 Misunderstanding on .africa
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> To: The Editor-in-Chief, ITWebAfrica
> > >> We thank you for your recent article (Re: 'The $185,000 dotafrica
> > >> internet domain name 'misunderstanding'?' located at
> > >>
> http://www.itwebafrica.com/internet/334-africa/229830-the-185000-dotafrica-internet-domain-name-misunderstanding
> ).
> > >> Even though your published story written by Mr. Gareth Van Zyl is
> > >> quite balanced, we wish to use this opportunity to provide some
> relevant
> > >> comments that would help to further elucidate this issue for the
> interest of
> > >> your readers and the global Internet and African publics.
> > >>
> > >> We believe that it is also pertinent to respond to the comments made
> by Mr.
> > >> Neil Duncan Dundas of UniForum SA trading as ZA Central Registry, who
> also
> > >> happens to be a director of DNS (Pty) Ltd., African Registry
> Consortium
> > >> (ARC) and is now the public face, fronting the .Africa new gTLD
> application
> > >> that was submitted on behalf of the unregistered AfricaInOneSpace.
> > >> Not A Community TLD Application
> > >>
> > >> One very important issue that needs to be immediately clarified is
> that the
> > >> .Africa new gTLD application submitted by UniForum ZA Central Registry
> > >> (Application ID: 1-1243-89583) is not a Community TLD application.
> The
> > >> attempt that is being made to position or characterize the
> application as
> > >> the official African Community application that is sanctioned by the
> African
> > >> Union Commission and about '40' African countriesis a veryegregious
> and
> > >> fraudulent misrepresentation.
> > >> LetDCA Trust be on one side as Ali Babaand let UniForum ZA Central
> Registry
> > >> and its so-called partners represent the forty (40) thieves, and the
> outcome
> > >> of this saga can be easily predicted.
> > >>
> > >> One only needs to see the published parts of UniForum's application
> and
> > >> their answers to Question numbers 19 and 20 to verify that UniForum
> > >> deliberately failed to acknowledge any Community in their official
> answers
> > >> to ICANN. The global Internet public should know this:
> > >>
> > >> Question No. 19 an unequivocal "NO"
> > >> In their answer to Question No. 19 ("Is the application for a
> Community
> > >> based TLD?"), they unequivocally stated "No".
> > >> Mission & Purpose of Proposed TLD
> > >> In describing the Mission and Purpose of their proposed gTLD
> (Question No.
> > >> 18), UniForum have noted inter alia: "The ZACR and its partners in
> Africa,
> > >> representing governments, ccTLD administrators, the technical and user
> > >> communities, share a collective vision of establishing and running a
> > >> successful, African-based registry operation for the benefit and
> pride of
> > >> Africa. "
> > >> How could such a bold statement indicating a diverse community
> partnership
> > >> be truly reconciled with their blank answer to Question 20(a)?
> > >>
> > >> Answers to Q 20 (a) to (f) - Blank
> > >> (a) Provide the name and full description of the community that the
> > >> applicant is committing serve; UniForum intentionally left it blank,
> thus
> > >> indicating that they have not actually named any community that they
> claim
> > >> to be committing to serve in their new gTLD application for .Africa.
> > >>
> > >> Interestingly, UniForum also left their answers to the following
> important
> > >> Community TLD-related questions blank:
> > >>
> > >> The question No. 20 (b) - (e) which immediately follows:
> > >>
> > >> (b) Explain the applicant's relationship to the community identified
> in
> > >> 20(a).
> > >> (c) Provide a description of the community-based purpose of the
> applied-for
> > >> gTLD.
> > >> (d) Explain the relationship between the applied for gTLD string and
> the
> > >> community identified in 20(a).
> > >> (e) Provide a complete description of the applicant's intended
> registration
> > >> policies in support of the community-based purpose of the applied-for
> gTLD.
> > >> Policies and enforcement mechanisms are expected to constitute a
> coherent
> > >> set.
> > >> (f) Attach any written endorsements for the application from
> established
> > >> institutions representative of the community identified in 20(a). An
> > >> applicant may submit written endorsements by multiple institutions, if
> > >> relevant to the community.
> > >> DCA Trust strongly believes that the application submitted by
> UniForum is an
> > >> outright misrepresentation and fraud. According to the published
> parts of
> > >> their application, all the pertinent questions relating to a
> Community TLD
> > >> have been answered with a blank (Nos. 19, 20 (a) - (e); meanwhile,
> they keep
> > >> waving a purported Letter of Appointment from the AU Commission whilst
> > >> trying to identify their application as belonging to the African
> Community
> > >> based on their relationship with African Internet Community
> Organizations.
> > >>
> > >> ICANN Evaluation cannot be Fooled
> > >>
> > >> UniForum cannot fool the ICANN Evaluation with this very silly and
> dishonest
> > >> gimmick. If they have actually submitted an application on behalf of
> the
> > >> African Community according to their putative, or rather specious,
> letter of
> > >> support from the African Union Commission, then they should have been
> > >> confident enough to truthfully answer question Nos. 19, 20 (a) - 20
> (e), and
> > >> reconciled same to their stated Mission & Purpose. Therefore, their
> claim
> > >> that they have the support of African country governments cannot be
> > >> substantiated, since the African Governments have been misled to
> provide
> > >> support for an African Community TLD application, but none was
> actually
> > >> submitted to ICANN based on the answers provided to question numbers
> 19 and
> > >> 20 by UniForum in their .Africa new gTLD application.
> > >>
> > >> Letters of Support from 40 African Countries
> > >>
> > >> Moreover, if the boastful claims of letters of support from "over
> forty (40)
> > >> African countries" are actually coming from the country code Top-Level
> > >> Domains (ccTLD), since the AfTLD (African Top-Level Domain) has lent
> its
> > >> name and support to the UniForum new gTLD application for .Africa,
> DCA Trust
> > >> will also challenge the involvement of AfTLD and whatever role that
> they are
> > >> playing in assisting UniForum to garner questionable letters of
> support from
> > >> African ccTLDs. DCA believes that the role of the ccTLDs should be
> strictly
> > >> limited to managing and administering the country code TLD, and
> should have
> > >> no involvement whatsoever in the management and administration of a
> > >> continental Top-Level Domain such as .Africa. . If the Internet
> Governance
> > >> Model does not allow the ccTLDs to own a Continental gTLD, we do not
> believe
> > >> that the same African ccTLDs should be involved in any cooperative
> framework
> > >> with UniForum SA to apply for, and own the new .Africa gTLD.
> > >> The Individual African ccTLDs cannot participate at the country-code
> level
> > >> and also at the continental level.
> > >>
> > >> Looming Threat of African Countries
> > >> Objecting DCA Application Accordingly, the threat implied by Neil
> Duncan
> > >> Dundas that some African countries have stated their intention
> (communicated
> > >> through ZACR) to object to the DCA application for .Africa is
> unfounded and
> > >> lacks merit, since such an Objection will be treated as frivolous.
> > >>
> > >> The African countries can only participate in a Community Objection
> > >> procedure against DCA, but i n a situation where no African
> Community TLD
> > >> application was actually submitted for the .Africa gTLD by UniForum,
> how do
> > >> they intend to validate such an Objection? DCA believes that
> this is
> > >> just an empty threat, and Mr. Neil Dundas and his cohorts should now
> be
> > >> held to account by the African country governments and the African
> Union
> > >> Commission to explain the egregious fraud that UniForum has
> perpetrated by
> > >> misrepresenting their application; to wit, obtaining specious support
> for an
> > >> African Community TLD application from the AUC, but failing to
> indicate a
> > >> relationship with any community in the official answers contained in
> their
> > >> .Africa new gTLD application submitted to ICANN.
> > >>
> > >> African governments should NOT have a case against DCA-
> > >> Instead they should withdraw support from UNIFORUM
> > >>
> > >> Once the African governments discover that they really have no case
> against
> > >> DCA Trust, they will start withdrawing their support from UniForum.
> DCA
> > >> therefore stands ready to defend itself against any form of
> Objection. Mr.
> > >> Neil Dundas should save his personal integrity and reputation and
> that of
> > >> the organization that he represents by explaining to the global
> Internet
> > >> Community and African Governments that have supported UniForum's
> .Africa
> > >> gTLD application, why he deliberately failed to submit a DotAfrica
> > >> (.Africa) new gTLD application on behalf of the African Community.
> After
> > >> all, if African country governments have provided any form of support
> for an
> > >> African Community TLD application, they should also make sure that
> one was
> > >> actually submitted to ICANN.
> > >>
> > >> The same way Ali Baba managed to expose and defeat the dishonesty of
> the
> > >> forty (40) thieves is the same way DCA Trust will expose and defeat
> > >> UniForum's dishonesty over the matter of DotAfrica, after which there
> will
> > >> be no misunderstanding anymore over the DotAfrica Internet domain
> name.
> > >> We thank you for your attention.
> > >>
> > >> Yours sincerely,
> > >> DCA Public Communications Team
> > >> Nairobi, Kenya
> > >>
> > >> Related Articles on UNIFORUM, founders of ARC and AU EOI/RFP Process:
> > >>
> > >> -Exclusive Commentary from DCA: AFTLD seeks mandate to manage
> .africa
> > >> -Rejoinder: Official Response: Kevin Murphy- DOMIANINCITE -Only
> ICANN
> > >> should decide on .Africa
> > >> -DCA Exclusive Commentary:A Moral Victory: "The Structure" - The
> Internet
> > >> Kill Switch for Africa
> > >> -DCA Press Briefing :African Union & UNIFORUM SAshould beware of
> Wrong
> > >> Doing
> > >> -DCA: Yes2dotAfrica Campaign say "NO" to African Union RFP
> (11/23/2011)
> > >> -Say "NO" to the Masquerade 'African Agenda' for Dakar and the
> Illegal
> > >> Cabal Supporting It!
> > >> -Say NO to DotAfrica CABAL (Whither DotAfrica amidst Confusion,
> > >> Promiscuity and...)
> > >> -Say NO to African Registry Consortium (ARC)
> > >> -Beware: DotAfrica has been hi-jacked by new gTLD cuckoos
> > >> -DCA REJOINDER:African Union requests proposals
> > >> for.africa domain registry
> > >> -Yes2DotAfrica Campaign say "NO" to African Union "EOI"
> > >> -DCA Alarmed over AU Unofficial mandate over dotafrica registry
> > >> -DCA REJOINDER: African Union and the .Africa debate
> > >>
> > >> Related Articles on .africa (DotAfrica) issues:
> > >>
> > >> -Say "NO" to the Masquerade 'African Agenda' for Dakar and the
> Illegal
> > >> Cabal Supporting It!
> > >> -You Asked, We Clarified: The Justification for our NO Campaign
> > >> -Say NO to DotAfrica CABAL (Whither DotAfrica amidst Confusion,
> > >> Promiscuity and...)
> > >> -Say NO to African Registry Consortium (ARC)
> > >> -Our Score Card- Regarding our NO Campaign
> > >> -Beware: DotAfrica has been hi-jacked by new gTLD cuckoos
> > >> -DCA REJOINDER: Misleading and Unfair reportage on dotafrica - The
> Daily
> > >> Champion Newspaper
> > >> -The Daily Champion: AFTLD, DCA battle for the Soul of DotAfrica
> > >> -The Daily Champion: Ministers seek framework for DotAfrica Project
> > >> -DCA REJOINDER:African Union requests proposals
> > >> for.africa domain registry
> > >> -ComputerWorld Kenya: African Union requests proposals for .africa
> domain
> > >> registry
> > >> -DCA Response to AU TaskForce/Infrastructure & Energy "Briefing
> Note on
> > >> .africa"
> > >> -Yes2DotAfrica Campaign say "NO" to African Union "EOI"
> > >> -African Union Yanks .Africa Bid Support - Seeks Registries
> > >> -DCA Commentary: Response to the African Union Commission
> Communiqué
> > >> -Say "NO" on Nii Quaynor, Vice Chair of African Union ".africa"
> Task
> > >> Force
> > >> -"Corruption" claims as .africa fight heats up.
> > >> -DCA Alarmed over AU Unofficial mandate over dotafrica registry
> > >> -DCA to Challenge AFTLD on DotAfrica Domain
> > >> -DCA REJOINDER: AfTLD seeks mandate to manage .africa
> > >> -ComputerWorld Kenya: AfTLD seeks mandate to manage .africa
> > >> -Yes2dotAfrica Campaign Successful at ICANN 40, SanFrancisco, CA
> > >> -Vote 'NO" on AfTLD to manage the .africa TLD
> > >> -Competition for .africa heats up
> > >> -DotAfrica project alleges Sabotage from AU
> > >> -DCA REJOINDER: African Union and the .Africa debate
> > >> -ComputerWorld Kenya: African Union Joins the .Africa debate
> > >> -Vote "NO" to Candidate Pierre Dandjinou for ICANN Board
> > >> -Yes2dotAfrica campaign announced in Kenya
> > >>
> > >> Make your comments or hear what others have to say: click here...
> > >>
> > >> Before Africa does
> > >>
> > >> "brand.africa"let it do
> > >>
> > >> "goodgovernance.africa"
> > >> Excerpt from Key Note Address: DCA Executive Director at AITEC ICT
> Summit
> > >> French Press
> > >>
> > >> Join Our
> > >>
> > >> Taking Africa to the Promised land!
> > >> ....one Country at a time!!
> > >> ---------------
> > >> Join our PanAfrican Social Media followings:
> > >>
> > >> DotAfrica; DotAfrique; DotAfriqya
> > >> DotAfrica; DotAfrique; DotAfriqya
> > >> DotAfrica Videos
> > >> Sign the petition for "Yes2dotAfrica" here
> > >>
> > >> __________________________________________
> > >>
> > >> Our Fulfilled Promise
> > >> Our increasing successes and accomplishment so far!!
> > >>
> > >> DotConnectAfrica ...Connecting the dots in Africa ...Bridging the
> Digital
> > >> Divide
> > >>
> > >> Our Campaign Archives
> > >> Our Press Room www.dotconnectafrica.org
> > >>
> > >> support at dotconnectafrica.org
> > >>
> > >> . BizCommunity covers DCA's"yes2dotafrica" campaign: "Dot Africa
> campaign to
> > >> brand continent"more...
> > >>
> > >> . Radio Netherlands Worldwide: A Dotafrica Generation soon to be
> > >> born:more...
> > >>
> > >> . Sophia Bekele DCA founder and former ICANN gNSO policy advisor was
> noted
> > >> byThe Economist, Sept 15, 2010, as "leading the dotafrica
> initiative": Can
> > >> "Africa" get a make-over? more...
> > >>
> > >> . Brains behind .africa,Diplomat East Africa more...
> > >>
> > >> . DCA is endorsed by African Union (AU), the Economic Commission for
> > >> Africa(ECA), and the Internationalized Domain Resolution Union (IDRU)
> > >> DCA in the News more.
> > >>
> > >> About DotConnectAfrica:
> > >>
> > >> DCA is a not-for-profit, non-partisan org incorporated in Mauritius
> Africa &
> > >> will sponsor, establish & operate a TLD registry with global
> recognition &
> > >> regional significance dedicated to the needs of Pan-African &African
> > >> community. DCA Reg.ID.CT8710DCA90
> > >> Press Contact:Thomas Kamanzi, Newsletter
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