Greetings Colleagues, <br><br>I was posting this clarification on behalf of DotConnectAfrica to the entire list. This is DCA's position ,this however doesn't mean that i don't subscribe to the same position , I share the same clarifications as well therefore there is no hidden hand .<br>
<br>Thanks.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:46 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:africann-request@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann-request@afrinic.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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1. Nairobi Freedom Online conference - who will be attending ?<br>
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2. Re: ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.Africa<br>
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 11:26:39 +0200<br>
From: Robert Guerra <<a href="mailto:rguerra@privaterra.org" target="_blank">rguerra@privaterra.org</a>><br>
Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Nairobi Freedom Online conference - who<br>
will be attending ?<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>><br>
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I will be in Nairobi next week to attend and speak at the Freedom<br>
Online conference organized by the Kenyan govt. will anyone from this<br>
list be attending? If so, would be good to organize an informal get<br>
together .<br>
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<a href="http://www.freedomonlinekenya.org/" target="_blank">http://www.freedomonlinekenya.org/</a><br>
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Regards<br>
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Robert<br>
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From: Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the<br>
40 Thieves.Africa<br>
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Hi All,<br>
<br>
Lets treat Gideon gently. From that very long explanation, you can see<br>
hidden hands typing the email.<br>
<br>
In Africa, we don't shoot the messenger.<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
On 29 August 2012 11:59, Barrack Otieno <<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" target="_blank">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Gideon,<br>
><br>
> Why would you refer to community members as 'thieves' before subjecting<br>
> them to a court of justice, the title of your message goes against the very<br>
> tenets of justice and limits any fruitfull discussion and debate that you<br>
> are trying to stir on the list. Your point has been understood and with<br>
> all due respect let us allow ICANN and other relevent bodies to make a<br>
> decision based on the facts you have ably presented.<br>
><br>
> Best Regards<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Vika Mpisane <<a href="mailto:vika@zadna.org.za" target="_blank">vika@zadna.org.za</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Other than you continued, intriguing & very bizarre claims & views,<br>
>> Gideon, just note that Africainonespace.org is only a URL, not an<br>
>> organization. The ICANN new gTLD application website lists UniForum SA as<br>
>> the .Africa applicant, not Africainonespace.org. The AUC endorsed UniForum<br>
>> SA, not Africainonespace.org. There's no "community-defined group" called<br>
>> Africainonespace.org.<br>
>><br>
>> I believe the rest of your email & your claims have repeatedly been<br>
>> answered by many people on this list in the past. The challenge is then for<br>
>> you to choose to accept those answers or not. Perhaps the most important<br>
>> advice I would encourage you to heed is to read the new gTLD Applicant<br>
>> Guidebook because the same issues you keep on raising are answered in the<br>
>> Guidebook.<br>
>><br>
>> Regards,<br>
>> Vika<br>
>><br>
>> From: Gideon <<a href="mailto:gideonrop@gmail.com" target="_blank">gideonrop@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> Reply-To: <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>><br>
>> Date: Wednesday 29 August 2012 8:18 AM<br>
>> To: <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>><br>
>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40<br>
>> Thieves.Africa<br>
>><br>
>> Hi All,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> **<br>
>><br>
>> **<br>
>><br>
>> *DCA’s Response to Mr. Neil Dundas of UniForum ZA Central Registry*<br>
>><br>
>> *<br>
>> *<br>
>><br>
>> Dear Mr. Neil Dundas plus other interested interlocutors gathered in this<br>
>> forum;<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> There is no argument regarding whether .Africa (DotAfrica) is a<br>
>> geographic name gTLD ornot. Everyone knows that a gTLD application for the<br>
>> ‘Africa’ geographic name will be treated by the ICANN Evaluation as a<br>
>> geographic gTLD application. The new gTLD guidebook requirements and<br>
>> stipulations are quite clear regarding how geographic TLDs will be<br>
>> evaluated, and DCA Trust therefore expects its application for the ‘Africa’<br>
>> geographic name string to be evaluated accordingly. The issue of<br>
>> ‘.Africa’, ‘DotAfrica’, or ‘DotdotAfrica’, is *actually immaterial<br>
>> because the matter was immediately brought to the attention of ICANN in June<br>
>> *, and we expect that the string name issue will be sorted out very soon<br>
>> based on ICANN’s acknowledgement and confirmation of the report made by DCA<br>
>> Trust.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> However, Mr. Neil Dundas has spent a lot of time trying to explain that<br>
>> .Africa is by definition, only a geographic TLD. *Neil Dundas has<br>
>> deliberately tried to avoid providing the pertinent clarification that was<br>
>> required of him to explain why his organization, having received support<br>
>> toapply on behalf of the African Community, failed to submit a Community<br>
>> TLD application based on its answers to ICANN Evaluation Question<br>
>> Numbers 19 and 20.* DCA Trust has already articulated the issues<br>
>> clearly enough in its initial posting, and there is no need to restate the<br>
>> facts of the matter for anyone’s benefit. One early contributor had also<br>
>> asked UniForum to clarify for the interest of the community, but this<br>
>> request was intentionally ignored.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> We believe that it is also important for everyone to know that a<br>
>> Geographic name string could also be a Community name string. In other<br>
>> words, the same TLD can be considered both ‘Geographic’ and ‘Community’ at<br>
>> the same time. *For instance, t**here were a total of eleven (11)<br>
>> Geographic Names that were applied for as Community-based strings in this<br>
>> current round*. (See for example,<br>
>> <a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/statistics" target="_blank">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/statistics</a>) We believe this<br>
>> is what the African Union Commission and its Task Force advisers probably<br>
>> had in mind when they unambiguously stated *inter alia* in their RFP<br>
>> document (to select a registry operator for DotAfrica): “the winning bidder<br>
>> should bear in mind that *“this is a geographical TLD which should be<br>
>> run on behalf of the community”*, and *“Collaborate with the Internet<br>
>> community on the project”* and *“Lead the effort to create an active<br>
>> domain name community in Africa*” .<br>
>> <a href="http://www.au.int/en/content/request-proposals-african-union-commission-operation-dot-africa" target="_blank">http://www.au.int/en/content/request-proposals-african-union-commission-operation-dot-africa</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Moreover, the Community TLD designs on DotAfrica have always been<br>
>> evident. For example, Nii Quaynor, a self-appointed African Internet<br>
>> Community leader who is active in this forum, and one of the most<br>
>> unrepentant arch-opponents of DCA and the chief architect of the ‘AU<br>
>> leadership and ownership of DotAfrica’ paradigm had written in a public<br>
>> email: “*I think its more responsible for the regional organization<br>
>> (AUC) to hold the string in public trust and have policy oversight,<br>
>> especially so with these likes of practices of DCA. This has been what the<br>
>> African community has helped to achieve.”*<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Thus, from both the AU RFP document and the above statement that has been<br>
>> attributed to Nii Quaynor, who was also a member of the AU Task Force on<br>
>> DotAfrica, we can tell that *the African Community has been led to<br>
>> believe that it can exercise both ownership and leadership of DotAfrica as<br>
>> a community-owned gTLD string*, and that the appointed registry operator<br>
>> can run the geographic TLD on behalf of the community. Therefore Neil<br>
>> Dundas’ attempt to insist that DotAfrica is only a geographic TLD is<br>
>> clearly inconsistent with the AU’s position and the position that was<br>
>> earlier advanced (either rightly or wrongly) by Dr. Nii Quaynor regarding<br>
>> what he believes the African Community has helped to achieve.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> It is obvious that UniForum is the *principal beneficiary as a recipient<br>
>> of a Community TLD endorsement for a geographic name string that it was<br>
>> supposed to apply for on behalf of the African Community, *but now<br>
>> insists that .Africa is a geographic TLD only and not a Community TLD. If<br>
>> it is not a Community TLD why did the AU and Dr. Nii Quaynor adopt their<br>
>> positions regarding Community leadership and ownership of DotAfrica? If<br>
>> DotAfrica is not a Community TLD, why the overt Community interest in<br>
>> owning it; or the Community clearly insisting that the geographic TLD must<br>
>> be “*run on behalf of the community”*, apparently for its sole benefit?<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Neil Duncan Dundas, who now speaks for UniForum (as the principal<br>
>> applicant contact) and ‘Africa In One Space’ *cannot claim to be<br>
>> ignorant of the above antecedents*. For reasons best known to you, you<br>
>> have clearly elected to characterize your application as not for any<br>
>> Community, the African Community included, even though you continue to<br>
>> insist on having the support of the African Community for this<br>
>> non-Community TLD application that you have presently submitted. Leaving<br>
>> aside for a minute, the manifest incongruity of UniForum’s application “not<br>
>> being designated as a Community TLD application, but having Community<br>
>> support because the resulting TLD must be run on behalf of the Community”,<br>
>> there are two possible conclusions that could be immediately drawn:<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> (1) either the Community is wrong for thinking that it can legally own a<br>
>> geographic TLD because the selected registry operator has been asked to run<br>
>> it on behalf of the Community; or,<br>
>><br>
>> (2) UniForum, by not submitting a Community TLD application on behalf of<br>
>> the Community as it was supposed to (or as was expected of it), has<br>
>> attempted to cheat the Community by committing an outright fraud. Whatever<br>
>> conclusion is drawn, the purported endorsement of UniForum as the selected<br>
>> applicant on behalf of the African Community can no longer remain valid<br>
>> after the fact. If the Community is wrong by getting the AU to select a<br>
>> registry operator for a geographic TLD that must be “*run on behalf of<br>
>> the community”* the purported endorsement cannot remain legitimate, and<br>
>> in similar manner, if UniForum has been fraudulent, this should legally<br>
>> invalidate the purported endorsement that it received.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> The truth of the matter as we know it is that UniForum received a letter<br>
>> of appointment (either equivalent to, or substituting for an endorsement)<br>
>> from the AU Commission to apply for a geographic TLD on behalf of the<br>
>> African Community. The AU Communiqué on DotAfrica that was published around<br>
>> the 29th of March 2012 is very unambiguous to the extent that it<br>
>> unmistakably mentions: *“the AU Commission selected UniForum SA (the ZA<br>
>> Central Registry Operator or ZACR), to administer and operate dotAfrica<br>
>> gTLD on behalf of the African community.”* The same Communiqué also<br>
>> indicated that: *“Shortly after its appointment, the ZACR, in<br>
>> consultation with Internet Community representatives from all over Africa,<br>
>> at a meeting held in Johannesburg, established a Steering Committee to<br>
>> exercise moral and ethical oversight over the dotAfrica project.<br>
>> Representatives of the broader African Internet community are currently<br>
>> participating in the project through the Steering Committee and which<br>
>> comprises African Internet experts, Country Code managers, Registrars and<br>
>> others volunteering for a better Internet for Africa.**”*<br>
>> <a href="http://www.au.int/en/sites/default/files/AUC-dotAfrica-Communique-.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.au.int/en/sites/default/files/AUC-dotAfrica-Communique-.pdf</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> No one is fooled: *The AU Commission appointed UniForum to apply on<br>
>> behalf of the African Community*, and as soon as it received the<br>
>> appointment, UniForum had consulted with the Internet Community regarding<br>
>> their involvement and participation, so this has community written all over<br>
>> it, *even though the only thing now missing is an actual Community TLD<br>
>> application which UniForum did not submit to ICANN on behalf of the African<br>
>> Community. *<br>
>><br>
>> * *<br>
>><br>
>> Like they say, if it swims like a duck, quacks like a duck and behaves<br>
>> like a duck, chances are that it is a duck. Simply trying to explain it<br>
>> away as not a duck, but a water-bird will not suffice.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Now, the crux of the matter is that UniForum has not submitted any<br>
>> application on behalf of the African Community, *but keeps insisting<br>
>> that it has community support even though such support has been clearly<br>
>> nullified by its failure to submit a DotAfrica application on behalf of<br>
>> theAfrican Community.* This is why *we insist that UniForum’s<br>
>> application is absolutely fraudulent, *and if the people in this forum,<br>
>> because of their partisan leanings fail to see it forwhat it truly is,<br>
>> perhaps, the ICANN Evaluation will, or perhaps a competent court somewhere<br>
>> will be able to make the juridical determination that UniForum’s<br>
>> endorsement is no longer legitimate following their failure to submit a<br>
>> DotAfrica (DotAfrica) application on behalf of the African Community. It is<br>
>> quite evident that UniForum has reneged on the understanding that it was<br>
>> selected to apply on behalf of the African Community and did not make a<br>
>> Community TLD application as was expected of it, and this needs no further<br>
>> elaboration. *We are quite confident that the necessary legal proofs<br>
>> can be established in due course, but not in this forum since most people<br>
>> here are deliberately refusing to admit the truth to themselves.*<br>
>><br>
>> *<br>
>> *<br>
>><br>
>> Finally, DCA hereby insists that Africa In One Space as a<br>
>> community-defined group whose interest relates to the ownership of DotAfrica<br>
>> * is not a legally registered organization. *We would like to see proof<br>
>> of its establishment, such as registration papers and other credentials.<br>
>> The registration documents of UniForum as a legal/corporate entity<br>
>> operating inSouth Africa cannot serve nor substitute as the registration<br>
>> documents for Africa In One Space. As Africans, we must try to ensure that<br>
>> whatever we do should satisfy any form of legal scrutiny.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> DotConnectAfrica.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Today's Topics:<br>
>>><br>
>>> 1. Re: Tr : ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and the 40<br>
>>> Thieves.Africa (Neil Dundas)<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
>>><br>
>>> Message: 1<br>
>>> Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:33:52 +0200<br>
>>> From: Neil Dundas <<a href="mailto:neild@dundas.co.za" target="_blank">neild@dundas.co.za</a>><br>
>>> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Tr : ITWebAfrica Story - Ali Baba and<br>
>>> the 40 Thieves.Africa<br>
>>> To: <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a><br>
>>> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:A00FA180-1E27-49A2-A238-3FE3A8B08C39@dundas.co.za" target="_blank">A00FA180-1E27-49A2-A238-3FE3A8B08C39@dundas.co.za</a>><br>
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>>><br>
>>> Hi All,<br>
>>><br>
>>> Please see comments and responses below. I trust this provides some<br>
>>> clarity on the matter.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On 26 Aug 2012, at 9:41 AM, Kivuva <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> > 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>
>>><br>
>>> AfricaInOneSpace (UniForum SA) has applied for the .africa gTLD.<br>
>>> DotConnectAfrica (DCA) wanted to apply for the .africa gTLD but they made<br>
>>> error on their application and instead applied for .dotafrica. This fact<br>
>>> can be verified on the ICANN site by following these links:<br>
>>> .africa :<br>
>>> <a href="http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1184" target="_blank">http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1184</a><br>
>>> .dotafrica :<br>
>>> <a href="http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1276" target="_blank">http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1276</a><br>
>>><br>
>>> > 2. Is there a difference between a geoTLD and a communityTLD? Where do<br>
>>> > .africa and .dotafrica fall?<br>
>>><br>
>>> Yes there is a difference, especially in terms of how they have been<br>
>>> regulated in the Applicant's Guidebook. In a nutshell, you CANNOT get away<br>
>>> from the fact that .Africa is a geographic TLD.<br>
>>><br>
>>> A more detailed analysis:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Paragraph 2.2.1.4.2 (section 2-16) of the Applicants’ Guidebook<br>
>>> prescribes that certain applied-for-strings may qualify as “Geographic<br>
>>> Names” and must therefore be accompanied by documentation of support or<br>
>>> non-objection from the relevant governments or public authorities. In<br>
>>> particular, the guidebook requires at least 60% of the relevant national<br>
>>> governments in a region to provide documentation in support of new<br>
>>> applications for geographic strings and there must be no more than one<br>
>>> written statement of objection.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Africa is a clearly designated geographic region as defined in the<br>
>>> UNESCO “Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions,<br>
>>> geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings” list.<br>
>>> In this regard the designation of the official AUC endorsed dotAfrica<br>
>>> (.Africa) TLD string application, submitted by UniForum SA, as a geographic<br>
>>> name is therefore technically and procedurally correct. UniForum SA is<br>
>>> confident that the "geographic evaluation process" that its application is<br>
>>> subject to provides sufficient checks and balances for the protection of<br>
>>> interests and rights of African governments and the pan-African community.<br>
>>><br>
>>> The issue as to whether DCA’s application for the .dotAfrica string<br>
>>> (1-1165-42560) will constitute a geographic name as outlined in the<br>
>>> Applicant’s Guidebook is uncertain, notwithstanding the fact that DCA<br>
>>> itself has designated the application as a “geographic name”. According the<br>
>>> Applicant’s Guidebook (section 2-17) “Strings that include but do not match<br>
>>> a Geographic Name will not be considered geographic names as defined in<br>
>>> section 2.2.1.4.2 and therefore will not require documentation of<br>
>>> government support in the evaluation process.”<br>
>>><br>
>>> UniForum contends that DCA’s .dotAfrica string application, although not<br>
>>> a direct match to the AFRICA geographic name, is so confusingly similar<br>
>>> that it must be regarded as a geographic name for purposes of evaluation.<br>
>>> It must consequently be subjected to the criteria and rules applicable to<br>
>>> the evaluation of geographic names, including government support. In<br>
>>> particular we contend that the addition of the “dot” in DCA’s .dotAfrica<br>
>>> application does not sufficiently differentiate it from UniForum SA’s<br>
>>> dotAfrica (.Africa) geographic string application and will therefore<br>
>>> confuse the public.<br>
>>><br>
>>> [BTW: The above has been posted as a public comment against the DCA<br>
>>> application]<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> > 3. Must AfricaInOneSpace be a registered organisation? Are there any<br>
>>> > consequences if it is not registered?<br>
>>><br>
>>> UniForum SA (AfricaInOneSpace) is a non-profit organization incorporated<br>
>>> in South Africa since 1988. It has been administering the <a href="http://CO.ZA" target="_blank">CO.ZA</a> domain<br>
>>> name space since 1995. It has a long and well established track record as a<br>
>>> technical registry provider.<br>
>>><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>
>>> .Africa is a geographic name and therefore requires government support<br>
>>> in terms of the Guidebook. African Heads of State have mandated the AUC to<br>
>>> setup the structures and modalities to facilitate the application and<br>
>>> administration of the .Africa gTLD, which the AUC has done through and open<br>
>>> and transparent Expression of Interest (EOI) process and which has resulted<br>
>>> in the endorsement of UniForum SA. Refer top the following links for<br>
>>> further details:<br>
>>> - Clarification by AUC on .Africa gTLD:<br>
>>> <a href="http://www.au.int/en/content/africa-union-commission-clarification-dot-africa" target="_blank">http://www.au.int/en/content/africa-union-commission-clarification-dot-africa</a><br>
>>> - Endorsement of UniForum SA:<br>
>>> <a href="http://africainonespace.org/downloads/AUC_ZACRLetterofAppointment.pdf" target="_blank">http://africainonespace.org/downloads/AUC_ZACRLetterofAppointment.pdf</a><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > Regards<br>
>>> > Mwendwa Kivuva<br>
>>> ><br>
>>> > On 25/08/2012, Pierre Lotis NANKEP <<a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">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>
>>> >> Web : <a href="http://www.antic.cm" target="_blank">http://www.antic.cm</a><br>
>>> >> Email (Pro) : <a href="mailto:pierre.nankep@antic.cm" target="_blank">pierre.nankep@antic.cm</a><br>
>>> >> GSM : <a href="tel:%2B237%2077%2066%2010%2007" value="+23777661007" target="_blank">+237 77 66 10 07</a><br>
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>>> >> De : DCA Exclusive Commentary <<a href="mailto:press.africa@dotconnectafrica.org" target="_blank">press.africa@dotconnectafrica.org</a>><br>
>>> >> À : <a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">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>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Having trouble viewing this email? Click here<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Press Contact:<br>
>>> >> Thomas Kamanzi, Newsletter Editor<br>
>>> >> <a href="mailto:tkamanzi@dotconnectafrica.org" target="_blank">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>
>>> >> 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>
>>> >><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>
>>> ).<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<br>
>>> relevant<br>
>>> >> comments that would help to further elucidate this issue for the<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> by Mr.<br>
>>> >> Neil Duncan Dundas of UniForum SA trading as ZA Central Registry, who<br>
>>> also<br>
>>> >> happens to be a director of DNS (Pty) Ltd., African Registry<br>
>>> Consortium<br>
>>> >> (ARC) and is now the public face, fronting the .Africa new gTLD<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> 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.<br>
>>> The<br>
>>> >> attempt that is being made to position or characterize the<br>
>>> application as<br>
>>> >> the official African Community application that is sanctioned by the<br>
>>> African<br>
>>> >> Union Commission and about '40' African countriesis a veryegregious<br>
>>> and<br>
>>> >> fraudulent misrepresentation.<br>
>>> >> LetDCA Trust be on one side as Ali Babaand let UniForum ZA Central<br>
>>> Registry<br>
>>> >> and its so-called partners represent the forty (40) thieves, and the<br>
>>> outcome<br>
>>> >> of this saga can be easily predicted.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> One only needs to see the published parts of UniForum's application<br>
>>> and<br>
>>> >> their answers to Question numbers 19 and 20 to verify that UniForum<br>
>>> >> deliberately failed to acknowledge any Community in their official<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> (Question No.<br>
>>> >> 18), UniForum have noted inter alia: "The ZACR and its partners in<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> pride of<br>
>>> >> Africa. "<br>
>>> >> How could such a bold statement indicating a diverse community<br>
>>> 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,<br>
>>> thus<br>
>>> >> indicating that they have not actually named any community that they<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> in<br>
>>> >> 20(a).<br>
>>> >> (c) Provide a description of the community-based purpose of the<br>
>>> applied-for<br>
>>> >> gTLD.<br>
>>> >> (d) Explain the relationship between the applied for gTLD string and<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> >> community identified in 20(a).<br>
>>> >> (e) Provide a complete description of the applicant's intended<br>
>>> registration<br>
>>> >> policies in support of the community-based purpose of the applied-for<br>
>>> gTLD.<br>
>>> >> Policies and enforcement mechanisms are expected to constitute a<br>
>>> coherent<br>
>>> >> set.<br>
>>> >> (f) Attach any written endorsements for the application from<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> UniForum is an<br>
>>> >> outright misrepresentation and fraud. According to the published<br>
>>> parts of<br>
>>> >> their application, all the pertinent questions relating to a<br>
>>> Community TLD<br>
>>> >> have been answered with a blank (Nos. 19, 20 (a) - (e); meanwhile,<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> Community<br>
>>> >> based on their relationship with African Internet Community<br>
>>> Organizations.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> ICANN Evaluation cannot be Fooled<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> UniForum cannot fool the ICANN Evaluation with this very silly and<br>
>>> dishonest<br>
>>> >> gimmick. If they have actually submitted an application on behalf of<br>
>>> the<br>
>>> >> African Community according to their putative, or rather specious,<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> (e), and<br>
>>> >> reconciled same to their stated Mission & Purpose. Therefore, their<br>
>>> claim<br>
>>> >> that they have the support of African country governments cannot be<br>
>>> >> substantiated, since the African Governments have been misled to<br>
>>> provide<br>
>>> >> support for an African Community TLD application, but none was<br>
>>> actually<br>
>>> >> submitted to ICANN based on the answers provided to question numbers<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> its<br>
>>> >> name and support to the UniForum new gTLD application for .Africa,<br>
>>> DCA Trust<br>
>>> >> will also challenge the involvement of AfTLD and whatever role that<br>
>>> they are<br>
>>> >> playing in assisting UniForum to garner questionable letters of<br>
>>> support from<br>
>>> >> African ccTLDs. DCA believes that the role of the ccTLDs should be<br>
>>> strictly<br>
>>> >> limited to managing and administering the country code TLD, and<br>
>>> should have<br>
>>> >> no involvement whatsoever in the management and administration of a<br>
>>> >> continental Top-Level Domain such as .Africa. . If the Internet<br>
>>> Governance<br>
>>> >> Model does not allow the ccTLDs to own a Continental gTLD, we do not<br>
>>> believe<br>
>>> >> that the same African ccTLDs should be involved in any cooperative<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> Duncan<br>
>>> >> Dundas that some African countries have stated their intention<br>
>>> (communicated<br>
>>> >> through ZACR) to object to the DCA application for .Africa is<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> Community TLD<br>
>>> >> application was actually submitted for the .Africa gTLD by UniForum,<br>
>>> how do<br>
>>> >> they intend to validate such an Objection? DCA believes that<br>
>>> this is<br>
>>> >> just an empty threat, and Mr. Neil Dundas and his cohorts should now<br>
>>> be<br>
>>> >> held to account by the African country governments and the African<br>
>>> Union<br>
>>> >> Commission to explain the egregious fraud that UniForum has<br>
>>> perpetrated by<br>
>>> >> misrepresenting their application; to wit, obtaining specious support<br>
>>> for an<br>
>>> >> African Community TLD application from the AUC, but failing to<br>
>>> indicate a<br>
>>> >> relationship with any community in the official answers contained in<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> against<br>
>>> >> DCA Trust, they will start withdrawing their support from UniForum.<br>
>>> DCA<br>
>>> >> therefore stands ready to defend itself against any form of<br>
>>> Objection. Mr.<br>
>>> >> Neil Dundas should save his personal integrity and reputation and<br>
>>> that of<br>
>>> >> the organization that he represents by explaining to the global<br>
>>> Internet<br>
>>> >> Community and African Governments that have supported UniForum's<br>
>>> .Africa<br>
>>> >> gTLD application, why he deliberately failed to submit a DotAfrica<br>
>>> >> (.Africa) new gTLD application on behalf of the African Community.<br>
>>> After<br>
>>> >> all, if African country governments have provided any form of support<br>
>>> for an<br>
>>> >> African Community TLD application, they should also make sure that<br>
>>> one was<br>
>>> >> actually submitted to ICANN.<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> The same way Ali Baba managed to expose and defeat the dishonesty of<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> will<br>
>>> >> be no misunderstanding anymore over the DotAfrica Internet domain<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> .africa<br>
>>> >> -Rejoinder: Official Response: Kevin Murphy- DOMIANINCITE -Only<br>
>>> ICANN<br>
>>> >> should decide on .Africa<br>
>>> >> -DCA Exclusive Commentary:A Moral Victory: "The Structure" - The<br>
>>> Internet<br>
>>> >> Kill Switch for Africa<br>
>>> >> -DCA Press Briefing :African Union & UNIFORUM SAshould beware of<br>
>>> Wrong<br>
>>> >> Doing<br>
>>> >> -DCA: Yes2dotAfrica Campaign say "NO" to African Union RFP<br>
>>> (11/23/2011)<br>
>>> >> -Say "NO" to the Masquerade 'African Agenda' for Dakar and the<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> domain<br>
>>> >> registry<br>
>>> >> -DCA Response to AU TaskForce/Infrastructure & Energy "Briefing<br>
>>> 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<br>
>>> Communiqué<br>
>>> >> -Say "NO" on Nii Quaynor, Vice Chair of African Union ".africa"<br>
>>> 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>
>>> >> Make your comments or hear what others have to say: click here...<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Before Africa does<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> "brand.africa"let it do<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> "goodgovernance.africa"<br>
>>> >> Excerpt from Key Note Address: DCA Executive Director at AITEC ICT<br>
>>> Summit<br>
>>> >> French Press<br>
>>> >><br>
>>> >> Join Our<br>
>>> >><br>
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