[afrinic-discuss] [Fwd: China To Launch Alternate Country Code Domains]

[McTim]

Hi again,

On 2/28/06, Ken Lohento <klohento at panos-ao.org> wrote:
>
>
> AfriNIC does numbering resources, not naming …What connection do you see?
>
> KL : Well, Of course, the core activity of Afrinic is about numbering
> resources. But what organization is specialized on naming in Africa?
>

AfTLD


> Should not Afrinic be involved or interested in technical internet
> governance issues in Africa?
>
Well yes, that's their role, they are an RIR.

However, they can't do ALL of the IG issues, they aren't supposed to.

 My answer is yes. And more over, taking into account the feebleness of
> technical capacity in Africa
> AfriNIC should be like a "supporting organization" in relation to Internet
> technical issues, especially when it's about naming, root servers, even if
> it's not it's core business.
>
If you can convince the AfriNIC membership to fund these activities, more
power to you!!

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Cheers,

McTim
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