[kictanet] promoting the ccTLDs

Thu Jun 21 10:39:42 EAT 2007

Becky,

I totally share your concerns...why the hullabaloo about
.eac when .ke, .ug and .tz are performing miserably? (no
offence Michuki, its none of your fault, just a reflection
of our non-digitized society).  

I mean am trying to see the 'miracle' that .eac would do
for us in light of the trends suffered by the individual
.ke, .ug and .tz and I have not quite succeeded...plse
could somebody educate me?

walu.

--- Rebecca Wanjiku <rebeccawanjiku at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> while its good to have a .ea, i think in the intervening
> period we can promote the .ke, .tz etc
> i have met people who think that having a .ke domain
> restricts you to kenya or you are not seen as "modern"
> enough
> some have .biz, .net and see it as more "global" than .ke
> 
> in my opinion, if people appreciate their ccTLDs, then
> they will not need much convincing when the new regional
> ones come up..
> 
> for instance, the .tz is free yet their registration is
> not much,
> 
> if there is no proper awareness, then we might have all
> the domains and still the uptake is low,
> yes people in the industry will understand, but we need
> others to on the same page,
> regards
> 
> Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com> wrote: I had
> specified "Top Level Domain" Sponsorship"  but you  see
> they threw me to ccTLDs. Figured this would assist as
> foundation for relevant Kiswahili content. 
> 
> Could there be other Kiswahili speakers  interested we
> run with it next year? 
> 
> Michuki Mwangi <michuki at kenic.or.ke> wrote: Did you
> request for a .SWA ccTLD or a .SWA TLD?. There is no open
> window
> for sponsored TLD's submission. I think this will
> probably open up in 2008.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Alex Gakuru wrote:
> > After I requested to sponsor .swa for Kiswahili
> speaking community of
> > interest, ICANN/IANA 18 May 2007 reply referred me to
> ccTLDs as follows:
> > 
> > ---snip---
> > Please see the following for information on how new
> country code top-level
> > domains (ccTLDs) are created:
> > 
> > 
>
http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-establishment-procedures-19mar03.htm
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
> > ---snip---
> > 
> > Michuki is quite right on "The process will require
> intense collaboration
> > from the community and its stakeholders to be
> successful."
> > 
> > Alex
> > */
> > Michuki Mwangi /* wrote:
> > 
> >     Bill et al,
> > 
> >     Bill Kagai wrote:
> >     >
> >     > Michuki...I therefore see [.eac] as an aggressive
> business strategy
> >     > complimenting [.ke], [.tz] etc and not as
> competition.
> >     >
> > 
> >     Competition is healthy, it is an instigator of
> creativity and innovation
> >     and i welcome such incentives. For your
> information, there are
> >     interested parties evaluating  submissions to ICANN
> for a TLD for Africa
> >     i.e .africa. Hence this will make the African scene
> alot more
> >     interesting in my opinion.
> > 
> >     Any addition into the Root zone outside the ccTLD
> category will be
> >     considered under the Sponsored/Unsponsored TLD
> category. There are
> >     procedures to this as evidenced in the following
> URL:
> > 
> >    
>
http://www.icann.org/tlds/new-tld-application-instructions-15aug00.htm
> > 
> >     ICANN has published guidelines for applying for a
> TLD under the
> >     following URL and i would wish to invite the
> members to read through
> >     this document.
> > 
> >    
> http://www.icann.org/tlds/application-process-03aug00.htm
> > 
> >     > Alice...If KICTANET knows some influential people
> at the East Africa
> >     > Community Secretariat in Arusha, maybe they can
> help get things into
> >     > second gear with ICANN??
> >      >
> > 
> >     ICANN will not just insert a TLD in the Root zone.
> The process will
> >     require intense collaboration from the community
> and its stakeholders to
> >     be successful. The case studies for .asia and .eu
> are well documented on
> >     their webiste www.dotasia.com and www.doteu.com -
> also from the ICANN
> >     website. It will be interesting to have the
> community read through their
> >     experiences in order to have a deeper understanding
> of the issues faced
> >     in the process.
> > 
> >     I would recommend a start of by identifying the
> need for the regional
> >     TLD (i think we have interest based on this
> threads), then convening a
> >     regional working group that is inclusive of
> stakeholders to drive the
> >     process to its logical conclusion.
> > 
> >     Notably resources are critical in the process as it
> somewhat tends to
> >     drag on in trying to ensure inclusion  of all
> stakeholders. More of the
> >     social engineering than the technical.
> > 
> >     Its is however possible to achieve this and we
> should probably aim for
> >     the next ICANN window on TLD applications - which i
> think happens ever 4
> >     years.
> > 
> >     Regards,
> >     -- 
> >     Michuki Mwangi
> >     KENIC
> > 
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