[AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

I would like to share this post which came in response to another (similar)
thread on the KICTANET mailing list. I believe it is very relevant and
abundantly clear. I also hope that it helps to address certain fears and
concerns that have been clearly expressed in this thread.

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On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Mohamed El Bashir <
mohamed at africanregistry.org> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> It's unfortunate to read the email response from DCA to Alice's ".Africa
> facts" email.
>
> As a chair of the Steering Committee of UnfiForum/AUC bid for ".Africa"
> new gTLD, I would like to stress the fact that we are applying for a
> Geographical  gTLD so we are required by ICANN' applicant guidebook and new
> gTLD procedures to obtain AUC/African Governments support required for this
> type of application .
>
> AUC and African Governments are a major stakeholders in our application .
> Alice email stating facts related to AUC/Governments support to ".Africa"
> application.
>
> Instead of attacking the AUC, Governments and people who support ".Africa"
> application, I hope that DCA  focus on its application and accept the
> reality that there are 2 applications one for ".dotafrica" applied by DCA
> and other application for ".Africa" applied by Unifoum endorsed by AUC
> according to  ICANN published list of new gTLDs :
>
> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en
>
> I hope we remain constrictive, objective and avoid negative assumptions in
> our communications for the benefit of Africa's Internet community.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Mohamed El Bashir
>
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Best regards,

Brian

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On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 2:40 AM, Dr Yassin Mshana <ymshana2003 at gmail.com>wrote:

> It seems to be very quiet on this question...... can I make some noise
> please?
>
> I just want to say, "Fair Competition is what matters" - No to politics as
> much as I like and respect the political dimension but not in ICANN
> processes. It was decided that Politics and ICANN process should not share
> the same room - it would not work properly - this was especially when some
> ccTLDs weer having a rough time with authorities back home.
>
> Some countries decided to have ICT Policies and Strategies approved by
> their Parliaments - it was not easy to inform about the Public Good part of
> the policies but Hey! there was again there....
>
> That is how to work with Political Organs and Sovereign Bodies.... not
> through this endless discussion which emanated from a straight forward
> question from our Journalist who wished to write a 'Story'
>
> In that case, better to postpone the 'Story' and write about about 'How
> African Behaved on <.africa> gTLD application' Rebecca - you have a story
> to write about - I think - because the focus is lost or the request was
> provocative to get the truth of who we are! We are like hunters..?
>
> Enough for noise from me for me for now
>
> Kind regards
>
> Yassin
>
> On 30 July 2012 10:06, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> .Africa and .dotAfrica, although completely different strings from a
>>> technical perspective, are undoubtedly confusingly similar to each other in
>>> a legal context. It would be relatively easy to demonstrate this in
>>> objection proceedings.
>>>
>>
>> Since DCA have Uniforum are all competing for .africa, where does the
>> confusing string come in?
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
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