[AfrICANN-discuss] .africa the saga continues

Sun Dec 2 08:13:20 SAST 2012

Lerato

With .africa the continent is looking for someone or organisation to provide some level of leadership in the Internet community.  An organisation or someone who not only has the resources to manage .africa but someone who will understand the community and be a valued member to make a valued contribution while managing the resource on behalf of the billion strong community.

What else do we need besides the 185k ?

1) someone who will talk straight, tell the truth and demonstrate integrity

2) Demonstrate respect genuine caring and respecting everyone even those who might not know the ICANN system

3) Create transparency be genuine open, don't hide information or have hidden agendas

4) Right wrongs through apologising quickly and making restitution. Demonstrate humility and not cover things up.

5) Deliver by establishing a track record of results 

6) confront reality and have the courage to say I could have made a mistake.

The above are what I believe Africa needs as bare minimum to manage our critical resource let's not settle for mediocre or self interest.  

Yes you might have seen what we have not yet seen, or be wiser than our governments but please share that wisdom as opposed to insulting 18 african governments because they did not see the issue the same way you did.

We are open to learning but not to be insulted.  This is our resource and our legacy I honestly hope ICANN is listening for I'm prepared to openly say awarding this resource to an organisation or individuals who have openly shown to be incapable of leading our community would be a travesty.

Having said that once again I still believe in the pools of synergy so in my book humility can unify us.  So the door would be still open for reconciliation 

Badru Ntege
CEO 
NFT Consult Ltd 
Badru Ntege
CEO 
NFT Consult Ltd 
Www.Nftconsult.com

“Vision without execution is hallucination.” 
― Thomas A. Edison

On 1 Dec 2012, at 21:36, "Lerato" <lerato.ma at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From your point of view, DCA always has a $185k misunderstanding of reading the guidebook, but keeps winning!
> http://www.itwebafrica.com/internet/334-africa/229830-the-185000-dotafrica-internet-domain-name-misunderstanding?
> 
>   --Lerato Ma
> From: Nii Narku Quaynor <quaynor at ghana.com>
> To: Lerato <lerato.ma at yahoo.com>; "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net> 
> Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2012 10:26 AM
> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] .africa the saga continues
> 
> What am telling you is that you did not read the guidebook (400 pages too big for you) and therefore made grave mistakes and may have lost $185K :(
> 
> On Dec 1, 2012, at 14:24, Lerato <lerato.ma at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Doc, 
>> what Nii is telling you is pollution and ethics are outside the scope of the guidebook, the book once refereed to in this list as the Bible of New gTLDs.
>> Perhaps if guidebook was really a Bible, meaning DCA would not have "failed to get government support".
>> 
>>  --Lerato Ma
>> From: Nii Narku Quaynor <quaynor at ghana.com>
>> To: "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net> 
>> Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2012 6:05 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] .africa the saga continues
>> 
>> Please follow the applicant guidebook process...
>> 
>> On Dec 1, 2012, at 11:19, Y Mshana2003 <ymshana2003 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello there...
>>> It seems that the discussion is becoming similar to what football fans do - arguing and castigating other teams. Unfortunately Africa is one team with players who are playing with the aim to each win a Goal for themselves.
>>> This .africa issue shows all of that...
>>> Can we be more professional and open please?  DCA is not a personal undertaking nor do the ccTLD for .za.
>>> Let us wait for the outcome of the process at ICANN although ICANN process may have been polluted ??
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From Yassin . Sent from samsung mobile. On O2.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.NA> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Point is, they are not.
>>> 
>>> Capable.
>>> 
>>> Of anything.  Other than whining.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> And, I stated at the AFRALO-Africann meeting in Prague that it
>>> doesn't matter whether there are only 17 applications (and not 170
>>> or 1700) but that we need to make a success out of them.
>>> 
>>> The Uniforum bid is indigenous, with their own software, which is
>>> tried and tested, run on their own infrastructure, which as tried
>>> and tested and thus has a cost advantage...
>>> 
>>> And as you and I have no personal interest in the matter, I myself
>>> even think, the bid is as necessary as a goiter, it is of course
>>> incumbent upon the entertaining Ms Bekelelelele to accuse.  Which
>>> she in her many incarnations does to everyone not agreeing with her.
>>> Especially whenveracity is difficult to realign to reality.
>>> 
>>> el
>>> 
>>> On 2012-12-01 10:23 , Nii Narku Quaynor wrote:
>>> > On Dec 1, 2012, at 6:24, Badru Ntege <badru.ntege at nftconsult.com wrote:                              >
>>> >> If I were DCA I would humbly withdraw from this race and join
>>> >> hands with the rest of the continent to see how we can make the
>>> >> most of the .africa resource.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> > 
>>> > Is DCA capable of this?
>>> > 
>>> 
>>> 
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