[AfrICANN-discuss] [AFRI-Discuss] Call for a theme for the Joint AFRALO/AfrICANN Meeting at ICANN 54 Dublin

[Seun Ojedeji]

....and going to pub is your suggested solution - "good" thinking! but why
should I be surprised anyway ;-)

Regards
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Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
On 17 Sep 2015 16:15, "Dr Eberhard W Lisse" <el at lisse.na> wrote:

> As you know I doubt that you think much.
>
> Using a number of email contributions from (mainly unaffected)
> parties as a rationale is plain nonsense and confirms my doubts to
> certainty, never mind that 2 out of a 100 shows exactly the
> opposite.
>
> I agree with you that this does concern this region.  But, I did
> not say that.  I said it does not affect the ECONOMY (of this region).
>
> Internet penetration has NOTHING to do with ICANN/IANA in particular
> not the transition.
>
> I also think if you underwent a reform it could affect how we use
> the the tool called Internet.  Or global warming, or aliens landing
> in Ile-Ife.  Could affect the Internet.  Or not.
>
> I am just trying to be efficient here.  Since nobody in the ICANN
> community gives a dead rat's fuzzy behind about what is shared (ie
> these AFRALO resolutions), and they do indeed achieve nothing, we
> should just go to the pub.
>
>
> el
>
>
> On 2015-09-17 16:41, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
> > I don't think it's accurate to say this does not concern this
> > region otherwise we will not have seen over 100+ contributions to
> > ccwg on accountability with just 2 of the contributions from
> > Africa!  The fact that 98+ of the contributions came from other
> > continents should at least be of concern and raise our curiosity
> > on why other regions are taking this seriously.
> >
> > Maybe I should state 2 reasons why a developing region like Africa
> > could be affected by ICANN accountability/IANA transition.
> >
> > - Internet penetration is increasing in the region, being part of
> > it by using is not enough.  Participating in determining how it
> > should serve the region/world should be important to us as well.
> >
> > - ICANN as the global coordinator of the internet identifiers (the
> > IANA operator) is undergoing a reform that could affect how we use
> > the tool called internet
> >
> > So if we recognise this as an issue, the solution you refer will
> > then (as usual) be collectively developed on the list and shared
> > to the ICANN community (which is beyond AFRALO/Africann).
> >
> > Regards
> > Sent from my Asus Zenfone2
> > Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
> >
> > On 17 Sep 2015 14:46, "Dr Eberhard W Lisse" <el at lisse.na
> > <mailto:el at lisse.na>> wrote:
> >
> >     I really do not have any idea how the IANA Transition and/or ICANN
> >     Accountability could in any, even marginal, way affect any
> >     developing economy.
> >
> >     There might be a case for the effect, if any, on ccTLD Managers in
> >     developing countries, but then this would be a ccNSO issue, and in
> >     any case not even addressed by the CCWG/CWG/ICG work.
> >
> >     Why don't you draft a solution, we agree to it on the list, saving
> >     the proposer the embarrassment of having to actually read it aloud,
> >     do with it whatever it is you guys do with these resolutions, and go
> >     to the pub instead on Wednesday afternoon.
> >
> >     el
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