[AfrICANN-discuss] Breaking News: DotConnectAfrica Trust Wins Resounding Victory against ICANN in IRP Accountability

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

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On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Victor Ndonnang <ndonnang at nvconsulting.biz>
wrote:

> +1 Mark,
> This is definitely an important damage to ICANN/GAC-Advice governance
> model and reinforce the USA's requirement of less governments intervention
> in ICANN post IANA-transition.
>
> ICANN should have left the DCA's application follow the entire review
> process and fail/pass without the intervention of the GAC-Advice and
> others. The GAC has to learn from this and improve its way of producing
> advice.
>
> Thanks to DCA for reminding to ICANN's GAC and Board that every ICANN's
> decision should always be taken in strict respect of its bylaws/policies
> and not to please any entity or government.
>
> Good luck to the .africa moving forward. And a reminder to the challengers
> (DCA and ZACR)...Africans want .africa to be operated by Africans for
> Africa. I hope both of you share the same ideal despite all...
> Best regards,
> Victor.
>
> ************
> Victor Ndonnang
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>
> On Jul 13, 2015, at 11:18, Mark Elkins <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2015-07-13 at 14:36 +0000, Badru Ntege wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On 7/13/15, 4:29 PM, "Mark Elkins" <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:
>
>
> The ZACR application has already passed the Geographic panel. The
>
> requirement here was to have at least 60% acceptance (letters of
>
> support) from the 54 African countries. As the ZACR passed - they must
>
> have 60% (more like over 85% I believe). Strangely enough, DCA still
>
> insists that ZACR has zero letters.... although I believe the opposite
>
> to be more probable.
>
>
> There can only be one letter from any one country.
>
> It is therefore mathematically impossible for DCA to pass.
>
>
> The DCA can only further delay the process. I believe the inevitable is
>
> that ZACR will continue with the Delegation. ZACR has already signed the
>
> contract with ICANN to run AFRICA.
>
>
>
> So it¹s just a matter of going through the process unless DCA suggests
>
> that the governments were coerced to give the letters of support.
>
>
> That should be unlightly...
>
> At an African Ministerial conference (Oliver Tambo meeting - next to OR
> Tambo - Johannesburg International Airport) - The Ministers of Africa
> agreed that it would be good to have "AFRICA" as a gTLD... for Africa.
>
> That they would empower the African Union to manage this process...
>
> The African Union consequently went out to tender on this....
>
> The ZACR won this AU tender...
>
> DCA refused to join the tender process...
>
>
> ... so I'm not sure which African governments would be coerced.. as they
> collectively agreed upon this to begin with.  Even Morocco (not an AU
> Member) has agreed in writing to ZACR managing "AFRICA".
>
> ie - this is what African Governments agreed to and the path they
> elected to pursue.
>
>
> I think the court victory if that is what it can be called seems to be the
>
> best that can happen for DCA.  The process should continue to its eventual
>
> end which seems to favor ZACR.
>
>
> #WE NEED our .africa
>
>
> Agreed.
>
> The worse though, is the damage to ICANN's reputation, the GAC and
> potentially the IANA Transition.
>
> Regards
>
>
> --
> Mark James ELKINS  -  Posix Systems - (South) Africa
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