Re: [alac] Africa Position Marrakech

[<alice@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Annette and all
Thank you for this thread, however,  I would like to consult with the wider 
African internet user groups Re; issues that they wish ALAC could address at 
the next ICANN meeting.
Regarding sponsoring ALS's to attend the meeting, does ALAC have a budget 
line that could support this?
alice


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annette Muehlberg" <annette.muehlberg@xxxxxx>
To: "Pierre Dandjinou" <dandjinou.pierre@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: <alice@xxxxxxx>; "'ALAC'" <alac@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [alac] Africa Position Marrakech


> Thank you, Pierre, for this important advice.
>
> All,
> up to now, ICANN folks travel around the world from meeting to meeting, 
> but it is not really clear what this hopping from region to region is 
> actually good for.
>
> I would like to make real use of the regional presence by focusing in each 
> meeting on some regional issues - within an ALAC workshop and in the 
> Public Forum.
>
> So, Pierre and others, keeping the list of issues below in mind, could you 
> think of a list of demands we should present to the public and are worth 
> discussing within a workshop (either as one part of a more general 
> workshop or one specific workshop only on africa specific issues)?
>
> How important is the IDN issue in Africa? Examples, studies?
>
> And who is going to take care of the financing of local ALSes to come? Do 
> we get another funding?
>
> Best
> Annette
>
>
>
> Pierre Dandjinou wrote:
>
> > Annette and all,
> >
> > Some of the issues that are specific to the African community would 
> > include
> > the following :
> >
> > - The high entry cost for operating registries. (50 k i believe) makes it
> > difficult for African operators to be fully part of the industry; thus, 
> > only
> > recently did an african operator (from South Africa) managed to obtain an
> > accreditation from Icann.
> > - Management of cctlds : most african users do not have the appropriate
> > informations as to the development of these and most NIC are not
> > transparently managed.
> > - Dispute resolution /redelegation as relates to the domain names
> >
> > Agree with your point on having a few African ALSes in Marraketch. In the
> > past, we were able to bring a few of them (in tunis I think) thanks to a
> > funding from Infodev.
> >
> > Regards to all and congrats for the good job done in Wellington.
> > Pierre
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-alac@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-alac@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Annette Muehlberg
> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 2:09 PM
> > To: alice@xxxxxxx
> > Cc: ALAC
> > Subject: Re: [alac] Africa Position Marrakech
> >
> > Would be good to know, if we could address some specific issues and 
> > interests by the african community on ICANN issues in Marrakech meeting. 
> > Proposals?
> >
> > Also, it would be nice if at least some member of african ALSes could join 
> > us there and give inputs in advance.
> >
> > Annette
> >
> > alice@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Would be interesting to know what mistakes  made in North America in 
> > > 1960s and how they were addressed. The desire by AfrISPA is not just more 
> > > bandwidth but use-value for internet, relevant content addresses the 
> > > use-value of the internet as illustrated in the paper
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John L" <johnl@xxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <shahshah@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: <alice@xxxxxxx>; "ALAC" <alac@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 5:21 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [alac] Africa Position Paper on Internet growth through 
> > > content
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > > Well it isn't so clear that a statistical study was done. This seems to 
> > > > > be
> > > > > a call by African ISPs for what they consider important. They may be
> > > > > advocating more use of Internet for educating and informing, or a call 
> > > > > for
> > > > > 'content' may just mean a desire for more 'bandwidth'. Further, because 
> > > > > so
> > > > > much of email is web-based, it is hard to differentiate.
> > > > I can't tell from the report what they consider important either.
> > > >
> > > > I just hope they're not repeating the mistakes we made here in North 
> > > > America in the 1990s.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for 
> > > > Dummies",
> > > > Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Mayor
> > > > "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.