[AfrICANN-discuss] TWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40
Thieves.Africa
Gideon
gideonrop at gmail.com
Wed Aug 29 20:48:57 SAST 2012
Greetings Colleagues,
I was posting this clarification on behalf of DotConnectAfrica to the
entire list. This is DCA's position ,this however doesn't mean that i don't
subscribe to the same position , I share the same clarifications as well
therefore there is no hidden hand .
Thanks.
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> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:26:39 +0200
> From: Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Nairobi Freedom Online conference - who
> will be attending ?
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> I will be in Nairobi next week to attend and speak at the Freedom
> Online conference organized by the Kenyan govt. will anyone from this
> list be attending? If so, would be good to organize an informal get
> together .
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> http://www.freedomonlinekenya.org/
>
> Regards
>
> Robert
>
> Sent from a mobile device. Apologies for typos or brevity.
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> From: Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the
> 40 Thieves.Africa
> To: africann at afrinic.net
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> 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, t**here 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-union-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 which
> >> 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
> further
> >> 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)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> 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!!
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> >>> >>
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> >>> >> DotAfrica Videos
> >>> >> Sign the petition for "Yes2dotAfrica" here
> >>> >>
> >>> >> __________________________________________
> >>> >>
> >>> >> Our Fulfilled Promise
> >>> >> Our increasing successes and accomplishment so far!!
> >>> >>
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> >>> Digital
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> >>> >> Our Campaign Archives
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> >>> >>
> >>> >> 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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