Fw: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history

Fri Jul 27 06:53:33 SAST 2012

*Facts Regarding the African Union Commission (.Africa) application*

* *

1.    The African Union Commission’s (AUC) involvement in the dotAfrica
(.Africa) Top Level Domain (TLD) process has been mandated by African Heads
of State (OR Tambo Declaration) and African Minister’s in charge of ICT
(Abuja Declaration).****

2.    In fulfilling its mandate the AUC has, in accordance with an open and
transparent Request for Proposal (RFP) process, officially endorsed
UniForum SA t/a the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) to apply for and launch the
dotAfrica (.Africa) TLD.****

3.    The AUC/ZACR, in accordance with the procedures and standards
prescribed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN), has officially lodged an application with ICANN for the delegation
of the (.Africa), under reference number: 1-1243-89583. This application
constitutes the official AUC endorsed application for the dotAfrica
(.Africa) Top Level Domain.  Further details of this official application
is available at:****
http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1184
  ****

4.    There is a competing private application, for a confusingly similar
string, lodged by DotConnectAfrica Trust. The application for the
dotdotAfrica (.dotAfrica) TLD string, under reference number 1-1165-42560.**
**

5.    The AUC/ZACR’s application meets and exceeds, the minimum evaluation
criteria set by ICANN for application of Geographic strings.****

6.    The AUC/ZACR’s application, is correctly designated as a geographic
application in accordance with the criteria and processes outlined in
ICANN’s Applicant Guidebook.****

In particular:  *Africa (and therefore .Africa) is a clearly designated
geographic area as defined in the UNESCO “Composition of macro geographical
(continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and
other groupings” list (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49regin.htm).
*Therefore the designation of the official dotAfrica (.Africa) TLD string
application, as a geographic name, is technically and procedurally correct.
The "geographic evaluation process" that this application is subject to
provides sufficient checks and balances for the protection of interests and
rights of African governments and the pan-African community. **

7.    The AUC endorsed dotAfrica (.Africa) application has been, and
continues to be, a collaborative African initiative involving African
governments, ICT stakeholders and the broader African community.****

In this regard the stated mission and objective of the AUC’s officially
endorsed application is enshrined in its answers to question 18 of the
Application, which is publicly available on the ICANN New gTLD website
http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1184
 ****

** **

  [image: logo]
*Brian Munyao Longwe*
 | Mobile: 254715964281
http://mashilingi.blogspot.com
  <http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao>
Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/brianmunyao>
<http://www.twitter.com/blongwe> Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/blongwe>
<http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254>
LinkedIn<http://ke.linkedin.com/pub/brian-munyao-longwe/0/32/254>
Contact me: [image: Skype] blongwe
 Want a signature like mine?
<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16>
Click
here.<http://r1.wisestamp.com/r/landing?promo=16&dest=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wisestamp.com%2Femail-install%3Futm_source%3Dextension%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dpromo_16>

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 4:17 AM, Dr Yassin Mshana <ymshana2003 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi
> In this world, Diplomacy matters a great deal - may stop wars or start
> wars when it fails.
>
> From what  have reading and based on the trend of events... there is a
> belief that the AU was not used/misused properly - why was it important to
> run to AU before the African Community which AU represents as an
> Organisation?
>
> I wish to absolve AU from this saga since I am convinced to believe that
> the Advisory to AU 'is in persons' were or are  involved in the <.africa>
> saga.
>
> In addition, it is difficult to rule out  that to 'hold' a
> meeting purported to be between AU and ICANN 44 in Prague is  a simple
> thing to do without the necessary sanctions -  to dig deeper I for one
> would like t ask, "was such type of meetings in the standing schedules of
> AU?" this is question which is seeking for enlightenment.
>
> To dig deeper for facts, was the meeting in Prague scheduled as per AU
> mandate ?  that is short of asking similar question to what happened during
> ICANN-43 Dakar when Hon Ministers were in attendance. The Diplomacy of the
> Internet seems to be different whereby a meeting may take place without
> observing the protocol of letting all know? OR were the Meetings of
>  extraordinary strategic importance that we know about them later?
>
>
> On 27 July 2012 00:24, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Y Mshana2003 <ymshana2003 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> My problem is the way the AU was brought in and used in this saga..
>>>
>>
>>
>> How would you have done it?
>>
>> The Guidebook didn't specify HOW it would be done, and that is perhaps
>> something that we can blame ICANN for (since ICANN is ourselves however, we
>> only have ourselves to blame).
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> AfrICANN mailing list
>> AfrICANN at afrinic.net
>> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> *Independent Consultant*
> c/o DFID-Sierra Leone
> 5 Off Spur Road, Wilberforce
> Freetown,SIERRA LEONE
> Skype: yassinmshana1, Mobile:+23276926697, Fax: (+232) 22235769
> *Do You really NEED TO PRINT THIS?*
>  * "The illiterates of the 21st century are not those who cannot read or*
> * write** but those who cannot learn, relearn and unlearn" Alvin Toffler*
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> AfrICANN mailing list
> AfrICANN at afrinic.net
> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/africann/attachments/20120727/660f4e14/attachment.htm