[AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN Africa Event in Addis 5-8 March 2013

[Dr Eberhard W Lisse]

DISCUSSION will not solve anything, DOING might.

el

On 2013-02-02 14:49 , Victor Ndonnang wrote:
> Dear Dr. Lisse,
> You are free to support or not the event. But this event is not useless
> as you presumed.
> African ccTLD are not the only stakeholder in the development of the DNS
> industry in Africa. ccTLDs and DNSSEC deployment are not the only topics
> of the Addis upcoming event.
> We need more ICANN Accredited registrar in Africa...and a sustainable
> development of the Internet in Africa. Having a multi-stakeholder
> discussion or event on all these issues is the start to solve the problem.
> Let us have a constructive discussion on this list.
> Best regards,
> Victor Ndonnang.
> 
> On 02/02/2013 13:17, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote:
>> Rubbish, as usual.
>>
>> This was posted to this very list, originally, but maybe the aftermath
>> of the end-of year festivities tooketh away further of the little
>> ability of the lister(s).
>>
>> I am not sure, personally, that this "event" is going to achieve
>> anything, other than that the usual suspects get (travel) funding. I
>> for one can not see why for example a (Namibian) business would want
>> to waste money and a whole week time, to listen to a re-hash by
>> mediocre speakers (me of course excluded, if I were to make if :-)-O)
>> of stuff that is well known and of no application in practice.
>>
>> We have through this before, .NA is the first ccTLD to do DNSSec and
>> if I am not mistaken only one other has managed themselves (.UG) the
>> other(s) running outsourced on US infrastructure.
>>
>> For example, of the five Namibian banks that could theoretically be
>> interested, the two biggest feel that HTTPS is all they need, never
>> mind that the biggest bank lets their certificate(s) expire every
>> year. The other three don't correspond at all, which means they don't
>> care or/and understand.
>>
>> But, so what? It's not my problem. They run the business. They have
>> the "experts". Even if they meed 300 Indians in a bunker to fix the
>> daily occurring problems the moving from a perfectly working system to
>> an Indian product which is nothing but a mess (front- and back-end). 
>>
>>
>> I feel we need to look at a real bottom up approach. Even if it is
>> difficult to even find the managers of African ccTLDs, let alone
>> correspond with them, or build capacity, this shotgun approach is not
>> going to work.
>>
>> We need to get the Registers fixed (automated) and this implies
>> business skills, such as answering emails and issuing receipts. So
>> that ccTLDs become viable. 
>>
>> One a a time...
>>
>> el
>>
>> Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini
>>
>> On Feb 2, 2013, at 12:10, bouba <djamaab at yahoo.fr
>> <mailto:djamaab at yahoo.fr>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I think we are here in this list to share and make strategy to
>>> defendthe interests of our African Internet community. we also talk
>>> about transparency and openness.But I do not understand that when
>>> someone you ask something as simple and common like an agenda of a
>>> meeting it becomes a problem.
>>>
>>> I am not here to cheer for cheer ... but when it is a good idea as
>>> the March workshop in Addis Ababa I clap for this initiative;and as
>>> the subject line goes right with what interests me, I asked for more
>>> information on the workshop. That 's all. Is this a problem?
>>>
>>> I say, you could simply direct interested guys to the right link that
>>> can help them. The announcement was made ​​public. I do not
>>> understand that other practical information are given in hiding while
>>> we're talking about the Internet and all things about Africa.
>>> Nevertheless we eventually get this program in private.
>>>
>>> I am the Coordinator of the IGF Secretariat Central Africa for 2
>>> years, I do not understand concerning that subject (Internet
>>> governance), this part of Africa is cancel and while this part is
>>> interested and request information to be actor. This may be a mistake.
>>>
>>> Mr. NANKEP, Rapporteur of the IGF Secretariat Central Africa, is
>>> being insulted for nothing. He led a delegation to the IGF Africa in
>>> Cairo and was chosen by peers to represent them at AfIGF.
>>>
>>> We are not seek fellowship, we just want to participate in our means
>>> in organisation and participation. That's all.
>>>
>>>  
>>> ----
>>> Djamaa BOUBA
>>
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