Hi Mwendwa,<div><br></div><div>As has been suggested over and over again, please read the guidebook. It should resolve these questions of yours.</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately it seems that the person who said "if you want to hide something from an African put it in a book" is seeming to be proven true, especially with regards to this .africa debacle.</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Can someone give us clarifications on the following:<br>
<br>
1. Is .africa and .dotafrica in competition? Are DCA and<br>
AfricaInOneSpace competing to manage the same resource?<br>
2. Is there a difference between a geoTLD and a communityTLD? Where do<br>
.africa and .dotafrica fall?<br>
3. Must AfricaInOneSpace be a registered organisation? Are there any<br>
consequences if it is not registered?<br>
4. Should the AU endorse one side between .africa and .dotafrica? And<br>
if it has endorsed one party, what are the grounds for it to recant<br>
that endorsement?<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
Mwendwa Kivuva<br>
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On 25/08/2012, Pierre Lotis NANKEP <<a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr">lnankep@yahoo.fr</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
><br>
> For the interest of the whole community, it would be desirable that<br>
> Uniforum gives us some comments into the DCA article below :<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Pierre Lotis NANKEP<br>
> IT Engineer / ANTIC<br>
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> À : <a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr">lnankep@yahoo.fr</a><br>
> Envoyé le : Samedi 25 août 2012 7h11<br>
> Objet : ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.Africa<br>
><br>
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</div><div class="im">> Press Contact:<br>
> Thomas Kamanzi, Newsletter Editor<br>
> <a href="mailto:tkamanzi@dotconnectafrica.org">tkamanzi@dotconnectafrica.org</a><br>
><br>
> DotConnectAfrica<br>
> <a href="http://www.dotconnectafrica.org" target="_blank">www.dotconnectafrica.org</a><br>
> DotConnectAfrica<br>
> 25 Aug 2012<br>
><br>
> DCA's Commentary on ITWebAfrica Story<br>
> The 185,000 Misunderstanding on .africa<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> To: The Editor-in-Chief, ITWebAfrica<br>
> We thank you for your recent article (Re: 'The $185,000 dotafrica<br>
> internet domain name 'misunderstanding'?' located at<br>
> <a href="http://www.itwebafrica.com/internet/334-africa/229830-the-185000-dotafrica-internet-domain-name-misunderstanding" target="_blank">http://www.itwebafrica.com/internet/334-africa/229830-the-185000-dotafrica-internet-domain-name-misunderstanding</a>).<br>
> Even though your published story written by Mr. Gareth Van Zyl is<br>
> quite balanced, we wish to use this opportunity to provide some relevant<br>
> comments that would help to further elucidate this issue for the interest of<br>
> your readers and the global Internet and African publics.<br>
><br>
> We believe that it is also pertinent to respond to the comments made by Mr.<br>
> Neil Duncan Dundas of UniForum SA trading as ZA Central Registry, who also<br>
> happens to be a director of DNS (Pty) Ltd., African Registry Consortium<br>
> (ARC) and is now the public face, fronting the .Africa new gTLD application<br>
> that was submitted on behalf of the unregistered AfricaInOneSpace.<br>
> Not A Community TLD Application<br>
><br>
> One very important issue that needs to be immediately clarified is that the<br>
> .Africa new gTLD application submitted by UniForum ZA Central Registry<br>
> (Application ID: 1-1243-89583) is not a Community TLD application. The<br>
> attempt that is being made to position or characterize the application as<br>
> the official African Community application that is sanctioned by the African<br>
> Union Commission and about '40' African countriesis a veryegregious and<br>
> fraudulent misrepresentation.<br>
</div>> LetDCA Trust be on one side as Ali Babaand let UniForum ZA Central Registry<br>
<div><div class="h5">> and its so-called partners represent the forty (40) thieves, and the outcome<br>
> of this saga can be easily predicted.<br>
><br>
> One only needs to see the published parts of UniForum's application and<br>
> their answers to Question numbers 19 and 20 to verify that UniForum<br>
> deliberately failed to acknowledge any Community in their official answers<br>
> to ICANN. The global Internet public should know this:<br>
><br>
> Question No. 19 an unequivocal "NO"<br>
> In their answer to Question No. 19 ("Is the application for a Community<br>
> based TLD?"), they unequivocally stated "No".<br>
> Mission & Purpose of Proposed TLD<br>
> In describing the Mission and Purpose of their proposed gTLD (Question No.<br>
> 18), UniForum have noted inter alia: "The ZACR and its partners in Africa,<br>
> representing governments, ccTLD administrators, the technical and user<br>
> communities, share a collective vision of establishing and running a<br>
> successful, African-based registry operation for the benefit and pride of<br>
> Africa. "<br>
> How could such a bold statement indicating a diverse community partnership<br>
> be truly reconciled with their blank answer to Question 20(a)?<br>
><br>
> Answers to Q 20 (a) to (f) - Blank<br>
> (a) Provide the name and full description of the community that the<br>
> applicant is committing serve; UniForum intentionally left it blank, thus<br>
> indicating that they have not actually named any community that they claim<br>
> to be committing to serve in their new gTLD application for .Africa.<br>
><br>
> Interestingly, UniForum also left their answers to the following important<br>
> Community TLD-related questions blank:<br>
><br>
> The question No. 20 (b) - (e) which immediately follows:<br>
><br>
> (b) Explain the applicant's relationship to the community identified in<br>
> 20(a).<br>
> (c) Provide a description of the community-based purpose of the applied-for<br>
> gTLD.<br>
> (d) Explain the relationship between the applied for gTLD string and the<br>
> community identified in 20(a).<br>
> (e) Provide a complete description of the applicant's intended registration<br>
> policies in support of the community-based purpose of the applied-for gTLD.<br>
> Policies and enforcement mechanisms are expected to constitute a coherent<br>
> set.<br>
> (f) Attach any written endorsements for the application from established<br>
> institutions representative of the community identified in 20(a). An<br>
> applicant may submit written endorsements by multiple institutions, if<br>
> relevant to the community.<br>
> DCA Trust strongly believes that the application submitted by UniForum is an<br>
> outright misrepresentation and fraud. According to the published parts of<br>
> their application, all the pertinent questions relating to a Community TLD<br>
> have been answered with a blank (Nos. 19, 20 (a) - (e); meanwhile, they keep<br>
> waving a purported Letter of Appointment from the AU Commission whilst<br>
> trying to identify their application as belonging to the African Community<br>
> based on their relationship with African Internet Community Organizations.<br>
><br>
> ICANN Evaluation cannot be Fooled<br>
><br>
> UniForum cannot fool the ICANN Evaluation with this very silly and dishonest<br>
> gimmick. If they have actually submitted an application on behalf of the<br>
> African Community according to their putative, or rather specious, letter of<br>
> support from the African Union Commission, then they should have been<br>
> confident enough to truthfully answer question Nos. 19, 20 (a) - 20 (e), and<br>
> reconciled same to their stated Mission & Purpose. Therefore, their claim<br>
> that they have the support of African country governments cannot be<br>
> substantiated, since the African Governments have been misled to provide<br>
> support for an African Community TLD application, but none was actually<br>
> submitted to ICANN based on the answers provided to question numbers 19 and<br>
> 20 by UniForum in their .Africa new gTLD application.<br>
><br>
> Letters of Support from 40 African Countries<br>
><br>
> Moreover, if the boastful claims of letters of support from "over forty (40)<br>
> African countries" are actually coming from the country code Top-Level<br>
> Domains (ccTLD), since the AfTLD (African Top-Level Domain) has lent its<br>
> name and support to the UniForum new gTLD application for .Africa, DCA Trust<br>
> will also challenge the involvement of AfTLD and whatever role that they are<br>
> playing in assisting UniForum to garner questionable letters of support from<br>
> African ccTLDs. DCA believes that the role of the ccTLDs should be strictly<br>
> limited to managing and administering the country code TLD, and should have<br>
> no involvement whatsoever in the management and administration of a<br>
> continental Top-Level Domain such as .Africa. . If the Internet Governance<br>
> Model does not allow the ccTLDs to own a Continental gTLD, we do not believe<br>
> that the same African ccTLDs should be involved in any cooperative framework<br>
> with UniForum SA to apply for, and own the new .Africa gTLD.<br>
> The Individual African ccTLDs cannot participate at the country-code level<br>
> and also at the continental level.<br>
><br>
> Looming Threat of African Countries<br>
> Objecting DCA Application Accordingly, the threat implied by Neil Duncan<br>
> Dundas that some African countries have stated their intention (communicated<br>
> through ZACR) to object to the DCA application for .Africa is unfounded and<br>
> lacks merit, since such an Objection will be treated as frivolous.<br>
><br>
> The African countries can only participate in a Community Objection<br>
> procedure against DCA, but i n a situation where no African Community TLD<br>
> application was actually submitted for the .Africa gTLD by UniForum, how do<br>
> they intend to validate such an Objection? DCA believes that this is<br>
> just an empty threat, and Mr. Neil Dundas and his cohorts should now be<br>
> held to account by the African country governments and the African Union<br>
> Commission to explain the egregious fraud that UniForum has perpetrated by<br>
> misrepresenting their application; to wit, obtaining specious support for an<br>
> African Community TLD application from the AUC, but failing to indicate a<br>
> relationship with any community in the official answers contained in their<br>
> .Africa new gTLD application submitted to ICANN.<br>
><br>
> African governments should NOT have a case against DCA-<br>
> Instead they should withdraw support from UNIFORUM<br>
><br>
> Once the African governments discover that they really have no case against<br>
> DCA Trust, they will start withdrawing their support from UniForum. DCA<br>
> therefore stands ready to defend itself against any form of Objection. Mr.<br>
> Neil Dundas should save his personal integrity and reputation and that of<br>
> the organization that he represents by explaining to the global Internet<br>
> Community and African Governments that have supported UniForum's .Africa<br>
> gTLD application, why he deliberately failed to submit a DotAfrica<br>
> (.Africa) new gTLD application on behalf of the African Community. After<br>
> all, if African country governments have provided any form of support for an<br>
> African Community TLD application, they should also make sure that one was<br>
> actually submitted to ICANN.<br>
><br>
> The same way Ali Baba managed to expose and defeat the dishonesty of the<br>
> forty (40) thieves is the same way DCA Trust will expose and defeat<br>
> UniForum's dishonesty over the matter of DotAfrica, after which there will<br>
> be no misunderstanding anymore over the DotAfrica Internet domain name.<br>
> We thank you for your attention.<br>
><br>
> Yours sincerely,<br>
> DCA Public Communications Team<br>
> Nairobi, Kenya<br>
><br>
> Related Articles on UNIFORUM, founders of ARC and AU EOI/RFP Process:<br>
><br>
> -Exclusive Commentary from DCA: AFTLD seeks mandate to manage .africa<br>
> -Rejoinder: Official Response: Kevin Murphy- DOMIANINCITE -Only ICANN<br>
> should decide on .Africa<br>
> -DCA Exclusive Commentary:A Moral Victory: "The Structure" - The Internet<br>
> Kill Switch for Africa<br>
</div></div>> -DCA Press Briefing :African Union & UNIFORUM SAshould beware of Wrong<br>
<div><div class="h5">> Doing<br>
> -DCA: Yes2dotAfrica Campaign say "NO" to African Union RFP (11/23/2011)<br>
> -Say "NO" to the Masquerade 'African Agenda' for Dakar and the Illegal<br>
> Cabal Supporting It!<br>
> -Say NO to DotAfrica CABAL (Whither DotAfrica amidst Confusion,<br>
> Promiscuity and...)<br>
> -Say NO to African Registry Consortium (ARC)<br>
> -Beware: DotAfrica has been hi-jacked by new gTLD cuckoos<br>
> -DCA REJOINDER:African Union requests proposals<br>
> for.africa domain registry<br>
> -Yes2DotAfrica Campaign say "NO" to African Union "EOI"<br>
> -DCA Alarmed over AU Unofficial mandate over dotafrica registry<br>
> -DCA REJOINDER: African Union and the .Africa debate<br>
><br>
> Related Articles on .africa (DotAfrica) issues:<br>
><br>
> -Say "NO" to the Masquerade 'African Agenda' for Dakar and the Illegal<br>
> Cabal Supporting It!<br>
> -You Asked, We Clarified: The Justification for our NO Campaign<br>
> -Say NO to DotAfrica CABAL (Whither DotAfrica amidst Confusion,<br>
> Promiscuity and...)<br>
> -Say NO to African Registry Consortium (ARC)<br>
> -Our Score Card- Regarding our NO Campaign<br>
> -Beware: DotAfrica has been hi-jacked by new gTLD cuckoos<br>
> -DCA REJOINDER: Misleading and Unfair reportage on dotafrica - The Daily<br>
> Champion Newspaper<br>
> -The Daily Champion: AFTLD, DCA battle for the Soul of DotAfrica<br>
> -The Daily Champion: Ministers seek framework for DotAfrica Project<br>
> -DCA REJOINDER:African Union requests proposals<br>
> for.africa domain registry<br>
> -ComputerWorld Kenya: African Union requests proposals for .africa domain<br>
> registry<br>
> -DCA Response to AU TaskForce/Infrastructure & Energy "Briefing Note on<br>
> .africa"<br>
> -Yes2DotAfrica Campaign say "NO" to African Union "EOI"<br>
> -African Union Yanks .Africa Bid Support - Seeks Registries<br>
> -DCA Commentary: Response to the African Union Commission Communiqué<br>
> -Say "NO" on Nii Quaynor, Vice Chair of African Union ".africa" Task<br>
> Force<br>
> -"Corruption" claims as .africa fight heats up.<br>
> -DCA Alarmed over AU Unofficial mandate over dotafrica registry<br>
> -DCA to Challenge AFTLD on DotAfrica Domain<br>
> -DCA REJOINDER: AfTLD seeks mandate to manage .africa<br>
> -ComputerWorld Kenya: AfTLD seeks mandate to manage .africa<br>
> -Yes2dotAfrica Campaign Successful at ICANN 40, SanFrancisco, CA<br>
> -Vote 'NO" on AfTLD to manage the .africa TLD<br>
> -Competition for .africa heats up<br>
> -DotAfrica project alleges Sabotage from AU<br>
> -DCA REJOINDER: African Union and the .Africa debate<br>
> -ComputerWorld Kenya: African Union Joins the .Africa debate<br>
> -Vote "NO" to Candidate Pierre Dandjinou for ICANN Board<br>
> -Yes2dotAfrica campaign announced in Kenya<br>
><br>
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