<div>It seems to me Esam was speaking for himself; and to my knowledge, the AU has no plan for safeguarding Africa against the so called'privatization'..</div>
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<div>But I suspect the Af* (AfriNIC, AfNOG, AfrISPA, AfISOC, AfTLD, and AFREN) should be forwarding their collective opinion with regards to the ending of the JPA..</div>
<div>Best</div>
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<div>Pierre Dandjinou</div>
<div>Board member, Afrinic<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 6:00 PM, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hi,<br>
<div class="im"><br>On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 7:16 PM, SM <<a href="mailto:sm@resistor.net">sm@resistor.net</a>> wrote:<br>> At 07:08 29-05-2009, Abulkhirat Esam wrote a PDF file.<br>><br>> I was astonished to see a statement from the African Union Commission saying<br>
> that Africa is not ready yet.<br><br></div>I was as well, perhaps he speaks only for himself? That's what I<br>reckoned anyway.<br>
<div class="im"><br> Does the reference to ICANN privatization and<br>> liberalization refer to the call by an European Commissioner for ICANN to<br>> operate transparently and with accountability so that judicial review could<br>
> be conducted via an international tribunal that would replace the courts in<br>> California as far as who has jurisdiction over the organization?<br><br></div>probably not, it's all to do with the end of the current Joint project<br>
Agreement between the US and ICANN, ending in September, and what<br>comes after that.<br>
<div class="im"><br>><br>> "Africans shouldn't find themselves in a situation where ICANN is fully<br>> liberalized or privatized, without a proper planning that will ensure<br>> equal and balance participation of all countries and ensure that those<br>
> plans do not undermine the stable and effective oversight of the internet<br>> DNS system. Otherwise this will only lead to inventing a new domination<br>> system by the developed countries over ICANN, disguised by the name of<br>
> international management structure of ICANN even with safeguarding ICANN<br>> against capture key area identified by the PSC."<br>><br>> Does the African Union Commission have a plan to ensure that Africans should<br>
> not find themselves in that situation?<br><br></div>hahahahahaha<br>
<div class="im"><br>><br>> According to the Vice President of Corporate Affairs, ICANN (<br>> <a href="http://www.icann.org/presentations/levins-to-tpi-08may09-en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/presentations/levins-to-tpi-08may09-en.pdf</a> ), the<br>
> organization is already private and private sector led.<br>><br><br></div>private as in private, non profit (NGO).<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>
route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br></font>
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