<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Badru,</div><div><br></div><div>This is my point exactly. I've seen many a tender rejected for not following the directions. This is a worrying statement about the competence at DCA. </div><div><br></div><div>ICANN is probably trying to be fair. But, it does allow a judgement on the merits of their proposal.</div><div><br></div><div>Ben</div><div><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Nov 3, 2012, at 3:25 PM, Badru Ntege <<a href="mailto:badru.ntege@nftconsult.com">badru.ntege@nftconsult.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Ben</div><div><br></div><div>In the business world this would be good ground to reject a tender proposal regardless of how good the financial proposal looked. Infact we would not even get to Openning the financial proposal envelope.</div><div><br></div><div>But then again Maybe there was justifiable reason. Still waiting anxiously for reasoning behind decision. </div><div><br></div><div>Hoping to learn something or two :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Badru Ntege</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">CEO </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">NFT Consult Ltd </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><a href="http://Www.Nftconsult.com">Www.Nftconsult.com</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>“Vision without execution is hallucination.” </div><div>― Thomas A. Edison</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div></div><div><br>On 3 Nov 2012, at 09:39, "Ben Fuller" <<a href="mailto:abutiben@gmail.com">abutiben@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">I agree with Nii. I teach at a local university and have a 40 year track record of successful research and other funding applications. In one of my classes where I teach about funding and project applications I refer time and time again to the fact that you have to read the directions before you submit an application. This is basic. Clearly the DCA Trust did not do this and has had to wage a campaign of dubious ethics to rectify their massive screw up. <div>
<br></div><div>Now that they have "won" because ICANN has been generous in allowing them to correct an unforgivable mistake, let's concentrate on the real issue: Are they competent to manage a key piece of Internet infrastructure on behalf of the continent? If they get the basics of the application wrong, what about reading and understanding the RFCs? Or the help files for BIND/DNSSEC etc? Based on what I have seen thus far, the answer is a resounding "No."</div>
<div><br></div><div>Ben</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Nii Narku Quaynor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quaynor@ghana.com" target="_blank">quaynor@ghana.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>You should be embarrassed? </div><div><br></div><div>If can't get the simple things right (choice of string) then what can one expect from an RO?<div>
<div class="h5"><br><br>On Nov 2, 2012, at 17:15, Pierre Lotis NANKEP <<a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">lnankep@yahoo.fr</a>> wrote:<br><br></div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div></div><blockquote type="cite">
<div><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br></span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span><a href="http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=wkvqrzcab&v=001gjTeQvTgjpoYAleDdzGbBBXOaaov1pRIb4Xe5JQCVAD7Kqc2PYevMUcG1pmP65ciyg5bftVxwUzFbtt5VMMPVuMyC5rmhgkN085xs4KUSr8%3D" target="_blank">Good Bye .DOTAFRICA: A Significant Landmark Victory in the Battle for .Africa gTLD</a><br>
</span></div><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></div><div style="font-size:14pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt">--</span><br>
<span style="font-size:13px">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></span></div> </div></div></blockquote>
</div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><div class="im"><br><span>AfrICANN mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net" target="_blank">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a></span><br>
<span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a></span><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
AfrICANN mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>**********************************************<br>Dr. Ben Fuller <br><a href="mailto:abutiben@gmail.com" target="_blank">abutiben@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="mailto:ben@fuller.na" target="_blank">ben@fuller.na</a> <a href="http://www.fuller.na" target="_blank">http://www.fuller.na</a><br>blog: <a href="http://www.fuller.na/" target="_blank">http://www.fuller.na/</a> skype: drbenfuller<br>
*****************************************<br>
</div>
</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>AfrICANN mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a></span><br></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>AfrICANN mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a></span><br><span><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>