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

Thu Aug 13 16:21:07 EAT 2009

Hi Evans,

The two letter codes used for country codes are derived from the
ISO-3166-1 table maintained by the International Standardization
Organization - ISO (www.iso.org).

The two letter codes EA are reserved (not in use) for Ceuta and Melilla
Cities which are Spanish enclaves located on the Mediterranean Sea.

Its therefore going to be a long approach to reverse this reservation
from Spain to East Africa before then proceeding to request for entry of
this into the Root Zone from ICANN as a ccTLD similar to what the EU did
for the .EU.

Applying for the dot EACA means its going to be a sponsored TLD. The
approach will be similar to what .ASIA did for their region. There
currently exists a procedure for new (sponsored) TLD applications at
ICANN. However theres ongoing discussions for opening up the Root to
more gTLDs. More information on this discussion is available on the
ICANN website http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm

The next round of applications for new gTLDs should be likely in late
2009 or 2010 depending on the outcome of the discussions.

Points to consider is that a sponsored TLD costs money (lots of money)
and will meet a stringent technical and financial model requirements. As
such, while its a good to have the question to ask is; is there a
business case for domain names in the region to warrant for the creation
of a regional gTLD. How have our ccTLDs faired in comparison with the
existing gTLDs and what opportunities would this present should we
choose to proceed with this initiative?.

my2cents.

Regards,

Michuki.

Evans J. Nyagah wrote:
> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> 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...
>>
>>    hide details 6/19/07
>>
>>
>> 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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>>    hide details 6/19/07
>>
>>
>> Bill..
>> Good thought..I guess there should also be an option of copyrighting
>> concepts and ideas. timely and well thought.
>>
>> Ben Makai
>>    hide details 6/19/07
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  may be this will help
>> http://www.icann.org/tlds/new-tld-application-instructions-15aug
>>
>>
>>    hide details 6/20/07
>>
>>
>> Well,
>>
>> there is .EU .. And take it from me, they are not very organized ..
>>
>> Kai
>>
>>    hide details 6/20/07
>>
>>
>> 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
>> - Hide quoted text -
>>
>>
>> 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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