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

[Barrack Otieno]

Mctim,

I appreciate your point the thing is understanding the ICANN process,
you must be empowered to participate in at-large discussions, maybe
people like you or Njeri Rionge or Waudo can enlighten interested
members in a townhall meeting, i was just thinking aloud :-), Africa
is communal.

Regards


On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:36 AM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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> Cheers,
>
> McTim
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