[kictanet] ICANN Approves Historic Change to Internet's Domain Name System
Barrack Otieno
otieno.barrack at gmail.com
Tue Jun 21 15:12:04 EAT 2011
Thanks Alice and Washi, like Washington says i also embraced the news with
some pessimism due to the fact that the levels and rate of penetration of
the internet as well as the awareness of matters pertaining to the domain
name industry are not very encouraging on the African continent, i wonder
whether anything was discussed towards this end otherwise as Washington says
the benefits might be skewed towards the western world because of global
politics, i recall that there were already guys lobbying for some of the
gtlds which i will not mention here during last years ICANN and they treated
us to a sumptuous dinner which we could not refuse in the true African
Spirit. We look forwad to more information i am sure some of this issues
could form good discussion topics during the forthcoming IGF.
On another note we have able leaders representing this great continent at
the ICANN meeting, Katim, Ann-Rachel, Alice among others sitting at vantage
points in various commitees, i would wish to challenge all of you to look at
frameworks that will help this continent move away from asking for waivers
and compete favourably with the other economic powerhouses, i am sure a
discussion around this during the forthcoming IGF is likely to be exciting
as well.
Thank you
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 1:25 PM, <alice at apc.org> wrote:
> The application fee is steep, not to mention other related fees that could
> eventually amount to over 1mUS$ or more.
> This issue has been debated over a long time and the decision to estalish
> the so called "Joint SO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group" was
> to develop a sustainable approach in providing support to applicants from
> developing countries who can not afford those amounts, plus the technical
> requirement among others. So if dot jaluo meets the required criteria
> would qualify for support.
>
> best
> alice
>
>
> On 6/21/11 11:34 AM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for this Alice.
>
> Please excuse my pessimism, but I still think "Internet Presence" needs to
> be determined by how many people are connected, as opposed to the
> availability of gTLDs.
> Then I also see this new development as something which appears to have
> been prompted by the "elite club" Suppose I wanted to create dot.jaluo, it
> means I have to cough USD 185'000? Yawa?? I know conglomerates will afford
> this, not the "ordinary Internet user" hapa mashinani (mashinani == KE).
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:19, <alice at apc.org> wrote:
> >
> > The new gTLDs will effectively allow the creation of any TLD with up
> to 64
> > characters, generic words, brand names, regional suffixes, allowing
> > owners to become domain registries. According to the CEO, this will
> open
> > up the domain "naming system to unleash the global human
> imagination," .
> > This development will also provide owners with the rights to create
> top
> > level domain names in any script or language. Applications for gTLDs
> will
> > be accepted from 12 January to 12 April 2012.
> >
> > There are currently only 22 generic top level domains, which are
> .com,
> > .int, .edu, .mil, .net, .org, .arpa, .info, ,museum, .name, .pro,
> .asia,
> > .cat. .jobs. .mobi. .post . biz, .tel .coop, .travel. .tel, gov.
> >
> > With this new development, there is likely to be several hundred new
> > generic top-level domain names which could include such addresses as
> .
> > bank, .hotel. .shop, .coke, . africa, .nairobi, among others. It
> will
> > cost US$185,000 to apply among other requirements, like technical
> > standards, etc a price that rich global organizations will be
> willing to
> > pay to maximize their presence on the internet.
> > Too expensive?
> >
> > Yes particularly for developing countries with the same needs to not
> only
> > increase our presence on the internet but for some to protect
> against
> > trademark infringement dot.mpesa anyone?
> >
> > During the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, the Government Advisory
> committee
> > (GAC) had advised the board to initiate a process that would see
> > provisions made to support needy applicants and applications from
> > developing countries.
> >
> > The Joint SO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group was set up
> with
> > the main objective to develop a sustainable approach in providing
> support
> > to applicants requiring assistance in applying for and operating new
> gTLDs
> > Registries.
> > This group have recommended a number of innovative approaches that
> are
> > currently under consideration by ICANN community including the
> government
> > advisory committee.
> > Yesterday's resolution included a "program to ensure support for
> > applicants from developing countries, with a form, structure and
> processes
> > to be determined by the Board in consultation with stakeholders
> including:
> > (a) consideration of the GAC recommendation for a fee waiver
> corresponding
> > to 76 percent of the $185,000 USD evaluation fee, (b) consideration
> of
> > recommendations of the ALAC and GNSO as chartering organizations of
> the
> > Joint Applicant Support (JAS) Working Group, (c) designation of a
> budget
> > of up to $2 million USD for seed funding, and creating opportunities
> for
> > other parties to provide matching funds.........Final Report from
> the JAS
> > Working Group (requested in time to allow staff to develop an
> > implementation plan for the Board’s consideration at its October 2011
> > meeting in Dakar, Senegal), with the goal of having a sustainable
> > applicant support system in place before the opening of the
> application
> > window";
> >
> >
> >
> > More on this later
> >
> > Very best
> >
> > Alice
>
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> > Nairobi,KE
> > +254733744121/+254722743223
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> >
>
>
>
>
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