[kictanet] ICANN: Africa must work hard too...

[McTim]

Hi barack, It would be fairly trivial for kictanet to become an als
(member) in at-large. The bottom line is that individuals should
become involved as per individual interests. Rgds, mctim

On 3/11/10, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good observation Becky,
>
> Am glad similar concerns were raised by the CEO KIXP at a forum with
> the President Rod Beckstrom, she articulately raised the fact that the
> constituencies need to be demystified and the president alluded to
> this fact, i noted that there are "ICANN VETERANS" and they are quick
> to notify you on this which literally freezes a fast timer, however
> the fact that we are thinking this way shows that we are moving in the
> right direction, Dr. Siganga has for a number of times urged the local
> community on this forum to join those constituencies the dilemma is
> which one to join, we need forums at country level to look at how we
> can contribute significantly to the ICANN process, the constituencies
> are many and it is easy to get lost in the cloud. Probably it can be a
> structured discussion on KICTANET, what do you say Walu?
> Regards
>
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Wamuyu Gatheru
> <wamuyulearn at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> The notion of the USA contributing 90% to ICANN ,because most registrars,
>> are based there was challenged at the ccNSO meeting yesterday. The
>> registrars obtain their revenues from internet users across the world -
>> and
>> Africa's share is growing especially with broadband. Europeans and others
>> who spoke thereafter in the ccNSO meeting all began their statements by
>> saying that they make payments to ICANN.
>>
>> regards, Wamuyu
>> ________________________________
>> From: "alice at apc.org" <alice at apc.org>
>> To: wamuyulearn at yahoo.co.uk
>> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Sent: Tue, 9 March, 2010 17:52:40
>> Subject: [kictanet] ICANN: Africa must work hard too...
>>
>> http://wanjiku.co.ke/
>>
>> ICANN: Africa must work hard too...
>> 08 03 2010
>> Comments: 3
>> Available in: English
>>
>> There are many African governments and citizens who do not understand the
>> role of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
>>
>> For some, ICANN should operate in the bottom later ensuring that we have
>> internet access and that the pipes are faster. Others think that ICANN
>> should be involved in the running of domain registries, which are in
>> shambles and in some cases fighting over petty issues. Others think that
>> ICANN is there to fund them; talk of reliance on aid.
>>
>> Of course ICANN has no role in all these things and what it points is that
>> more outreach is needed and maybe ICANN should have an office in Africa.
>>
>> But how? According to Rod Beckstrom, 90 percent of ICANN contributions
>> come from North America, so that may be the reason why we have 3 offices
>> in the US and none in Africa.
>>
>> That makes sense; if Africa does not contribute anything, how will the
>> office be supported? So, for Africa to be on level terms, then we must
>> also be willing to contribute, but am not sure how when our registry
>> operations are still manual.
>>
>> I was chatting with Rafik Dammak, who accuses me of complaining or whining
>> too much but then, what do I do?
>>
>> Rafik told me of how the various constituencies within ICANN are always
>> looking for participants but what do you do when they dont contribute to
>> those meetings and in some cases stay outside within the coffee houses
>> instead of meeting rooms?
>>
>> Yes, its good to have geographical representations but we also need to
>> start bringing something on the table and contributing to the debate more
>> than we do currently.
>>
>> Regarding the financial contributions, I have no words; will leave it for
>> the others.
>>
>> Ends
>>
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