[kictanet] Invitation to the 2009 Kenya Internet GovernanceForum (Kenya IGF); 19th August 2009

[Evans J. Nyagah]

Dot eac is even a better idea but we could reserve dot ea as well, is  
kenic running with this or it will get lost in the air, I would  
classify this as a great opportunity for the future of kenic in an  
itegrated environment.

BR
Evans

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On Aug 12, 2009, at 1:04 PM, "Bill Kagai" <billkagai at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Evans J. Nyagah<ejnyagah at telkom.co.ke 
> > wrote:
>> Talking of ICANN, Alex who would regulate an east Africa domain, i.e.
>> dot co.ea, et al?
>> Do we have a body looking at this with the talk of ea federation?
>
>
> I remember we discussed this in June 2007. Following is a transcript
> of what contributors felt...before Kenya changed...
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> For those in the know, how feasible is introducing a dot [EA] domain.
> With a lucrative market population of 109 million after adding Rwanda
> and Burundi into East Africa Community...is it possible to have one
> website with a [.ea] domain instead of having 5 websites for [.ke],
> [.ug], [.tz], [.rw] and [.bi]?? And may be soon [.southsudan]??
>
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> Bill..
> Good thought..I guess there should also be an option of copyrighting
> concepts and ideas. timely and well thought.
>
> Ben Makai
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>  may be this will help
> http://www.icann.org/tlds/new-tld-application-instructions-15aug
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> Well,
>
> there is .EU .. And take it from me, they are not very organized ..
>
> Kai
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> Dear All,
>
> It has taken the .EU over 4 years to have it in place. Its taken
> similary .ASIA the equivalent to have theirs in place.
> .EA is entered into the IS0-3166-1 standards table and reserved as the
> country code for Ceuta and Melilla.
>
> Hence for ICANN to issue a two letter code, it has to be in the
> ISO-3166-1 table.
>
> There are other requirements that also have to be met for the  
> process to
> be completed. It requires intense collaboration amongst members of the
> community to see the application approved by ICANN.
>
> For whats it worth its some discussions that we have been having  
> amongst
> ourselves and there are challenges to this effect.
>
> First line of thought is are we at a point ready to thrown in
> competition to our national ccTLDs?.
>
> If to compare with the EU, most ccTLD's within the region are well
> established with over 100,000 domain names - hence very financially
> stable. In our region, none of the 3 ccTLDs are above 10,000 domains.
> Can the ccTLDs compete with the .EA or its equivalent?.
>
> Or is the thinking line that we may eventually move to a political
> federation and hence no need of the .KE, .TZ, .UG, .RW, .BI et al.
>
> Regards,
> Michuki Mwangi
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>
> Kagwe James wrote:
>> Anything can change I guess and with the current waves of regional
>> integrations ICANN may have to reconsider its hard stance on this and
>> create another classification of regional top level domains (RTLD)  
>> just
>> like the CCTLD's, or something like that.
>
> Bill Kagai to Kenya    show details 6/20/07
>
>
> Perhaps what is important is to ensure we do not get tangled in
> logistics and endless debate over the [.ea] domain with Melila and
> Ceuta. An alternative can be an ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 extension [.eac]
> for [.EastAfricaCommunity] which I have checked is still unclaimed.
>
> I do not hold any copyright to the [.eac] or [.ea] idea so if KICTANET
> or any of its members can run with it, it will be beneficial to
> me...because I will reach a bigger market for my stock information
> subscription without the public fret that [.ke] is taking all the
> business in East Africa.
>
> Michuki...I therefore see [.eac] as an aggressive  business strategy
> complimenting [.ke], [.tz] etc and not as competition.
>
> 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??
>
> Bill

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