[kictanet] Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Application for the .Africa gTLD

[Brian Munyao Longwe]

FYI

 Dear All,



The African Union Commission (AUC) conducted an African Expert meeting to
discuss all relevant issues regarding the .Africa *gTLD *project which aims
at branding the African continent on the cyberspace and provide African
community with a continental mark on the Internet.



The meeting took place on the UNECA on 5-6 November 2010. The participants
were 13 experts from different organizations and member states. It is worth
mentioning that the AUC was mandated by the AU Communication and Information
Technologies Ministerial Conference (CITMC) and the consequent AU Heads of
States Summit decisions to carry out the required steps towards having
.Africa *gTLD. *



Thus, the meeting has recommended different scenarios and actions taking
into consideration the tight timeline Africa have before the forthcoming
round of applications in ICANN. These scenarios covered the issues of the
potential institutional structure, Technical and Financial modules. The
following points have been recommended as immediate actions to be taken:



1-      Announce the intention in the public forum of ICANN and in all
Technical, Business and Policy forums..

2-      Sign the Guide Book Letter.

3-      Write a message to the GAC.

4-      Formalize project Task Force.

5-      Prepare and submit the required documents to ICANN.

Accordingly, the meeting recommended all participated Experts to be members
of the Task Force and also to expedite the process.



Best.



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