<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Rubbish, as usual.</div><div><br></div><div>This was posted to this very list, originally, but maybe the aftermath of the end-of year festivities tooketh away further of the little ability of the lister(s).</div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure, personally, that this "event" is going to achieve anything, other than that the usual suspects get (travel) funding. I for one can not see why for example a (Namibian) business would want to waste money and a whole week time, to listen to a re-hash by mediocre speakers (me of course excluded, if I were to make if :-)-O) of stuff that is well known and of no application in practice.</div><div><br></div><div>We have through this before, .NA is the first ccTLD to do DNSSec and if I am not mistaken only one other has managed themselves (.UG) the other(s) running outsourced on US infrastructure.</div><div><br></div><div>For example, of the five Namibian banks that could theoretically be interested, the two biggest feel that HTTPS is all they need, never mind that the biggest bank lets their certificate(s) expire every year. The other three don't correspond at all, which means they don't care or/and understand.</div><div><br></div><div>But, so what? It's not my problem. They run the business. They have the "experts". Even if they meed 300 Indians in a bunker to fix the daily occurring problems the moving from a perfectly working system to an Indian product which is nothing but a mess (front- and back-end). </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I feel we need to look at a real bottom up approach. Even if it is difficult to even find the managers of African ccTLDs, let alone correspond with them, or build capacity, this shotgun approach is not going to work.</div><div><br></div><div>We need to get the Registers fixed (automated) and this implies business skills, such as answering emails and issuing receipts. So that ccTLDs become viable. </div><div><br></div><div>One a a time...</div><div><br></div><div>el<br><br>Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini</div><div><br>On Feb 2, 2013, at 12:10, bouba <<a href="mailto:djamaab@yahoo.fr">djamaab@yahoo.fr</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><div><br><span id="yiv2140992572result_box" class="yiv2140992572" lang="en"><span class="yiv2140992572hps">I think</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">we are here in this list to share</span> and make strategy to defend<span class="yiv2140992572hps"> the interests of</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">our</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">African</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">Internet</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">community</span><span class="yiv2140992572hps">. </span><span class="yiv2140992572hps">we also talk about</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">transparency and</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">openness.</span>B<span class="yiv2140992572hps">ut I do</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">not understand that </span><span class="yiv2140992572hps">when someone you ask</span>
<span class="yiv2140992572hps">something</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">as</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">simple and common</span> like an <span class="yiv2140992572hps">agenda of a</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">meeting</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">it becomes
a</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">problem.</span><br><span class="yiv2140992572hps"><br>I</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">am not here</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">to cheer</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">for</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">cheer</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">... but when it</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">is a good</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">idea as</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">the March workshop</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">in Addis Ababa</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">I clap for </span><span class="yiv2140992572hps">this</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">initiative;</span><span class="yiv2140992572hps"> and as</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">the subject</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">line</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">goes</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">right</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">with</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">what interests me</span><span>, I</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">asked for more</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">information on the workshop</span><span class="yiv2140992572hps">. That 's all. Is this a problem?</span><br><span class="yiv2140992572hps"><br>I say</span><span>, you
could</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">simply direct</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">interested guys</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">to the right link</span> that <span class="yiv2140992572hps">can</span> help them. T<span class="yiv2140992572hps">he announcement was</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">made</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">public.</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">I do not understand</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">that</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">other practical information</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">are given in</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">hiding</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">while</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">we're talking about</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">the Internet and</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">all</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">things about</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">Africa.</span><br><span class="yiv2140992572hps">Nevertheless</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">we eventually</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">get this program</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">in private.</span><br><span class="yiv2140992572hps"><br>I am</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">the Coordinator of the</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">IGF</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">Secretariat</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">Central Africa</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">for 2 years,</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">I do not understand</span> concerning that <span class="yiv2140992572hps">subject (</span><span class="yiv2140992572hps">Internet governance)</span><span>, this part of</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">Africa is</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">cancel and while </span>this part <span class="yiv2140992572hps">is interested</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">and</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">request</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">information to</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">be</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">actor.</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">This may</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">be a mistake.</span><br><span class="yiv2140992572hps"><br>Mr.</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">NANKEP</span><span class="yiv2140992572">, Rapporteur of the</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">IGF</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">Secretariat</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">Central Africa</span><span>, is being</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">insulted</span> for nothing. He <span class="yiv2140992572hps">led a delegation</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">to</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">the </span><span class="yiv2140992572hps">IGF</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">Africa</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">in Cairo</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">and
was</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">chosen by</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">peers to represent them</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">at</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">AfIGF</span><span>.</span><br><span class="yiv2140992572hps"><br>We are not </span><span class="yiv2140992572hps">seek</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">fellowship</span><span class="yiv2140992572hps"></span><span>,</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">we just want to</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">participate</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">in</span> <span class="yiv2140992572hps">our means in organisation and participation. That's all.<br></span></span></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><font size="2">----<br>Djamaa BOUBA<br></font></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>