[kictanet] [Skunkworks] Call for nominations for the DNS Awards - KENIC nomination

Fri Jun 14 12:44:03 EAT 2013

Ali,

It's definitely parochial and I would hope Kenic would rise above
protecting local registrars at the expense of accessibility to the dot ke
domain name system.

-Adam

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On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Adam
>
> I would disagree with you on the issue of allowing anyone without a Kenyan
> Address to register a domain. Although this may sound abit parochial in
> thinking but it is the trend worldwide now with ccTLDs. This is the last
> e-land grab and we must ensure that Kenyan domiciled companies/individuals
> have the first access to this.
>
> On the issue of opening up the second level domain space i.e. .ke this is
> something that KeNIC should have done long time ago. In fact this is
> something that Moses Kemibaro and I championed when we were directors at
> KeNIC. So I support it fully.
>
> Regards
>
> Ali Hussein
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> On Jun 14, 2013, at 10:50 AM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
>
> The third thing is the lack of accessible second level domains like
> nakumatt.ke instead of nakumatt.co.ke
>
> If Kenic would announce that it wants to work on these things but can't
> because of X, I'd be happy to support you guys (although I'm not sure how
> exactly).
>
> Cheers.
> Adam
>
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> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:
>
>> Great criticism Adam.
>>
>> I am sure KENIC is not averse to criticism.
>>
>> Such comments are the ones that make us pull up our socks. I'm sure if we
>> think hard, we can position KENIC as one of the great registries in the
>> Region.
>>
>> Have a good one.
>>
>> ______________________
>> Mwendwa Kivuva
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>>
>>
>> On 14 June 2013 10:38, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:
>>
>>> How can we vote for KENIC when we can't use globally standard registrars
>>> like Gandi because KENIC won't allow registrars without a Kenyan address
>>> register domain names?
>>>
>>> Even the Somalia registrar allows this:
>>>
>>> http://www.soregistry.so/
>>>
>>> Also, .ke doesn't have DNSSEC as brought up in a previous thread.
>>>
>>> I'm sure you're all nice people but organizationally, KENIC is a let
>>> down.
>>>
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>>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> There is a call for nominations for the DNS Awards for the best
>>>> registry/registrar in Africa.
>>>>
>>>> Please nominate KENIC. We need the visibility and profile.
>>>>
>>>> Have a good one.
>>>> Warm Regards
>>>> ______________________
>>>> Mwendwa Kivuva
>>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>>>> google ID | Skype ID: lordmwesh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Dandjinou Pierre <pdandjinou at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: 14 June 2013 02:22
>>>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] final call for nominations for the DNS
>>>> Awards
>>>> To: "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear Listers,
>>>>
>>>> This is a final call for the nominations for the Africa domain name
>>>> Award. kindly go to africanncommunity.org and fill out the
>>>> questionnaire if you want to give a chance to your preferred
>>>> registry/registrar.
>>>>
>>>> Ceci est le dernier appel pour la nomination des registres et
>>>> registrars pour l'attribution du prix du nom de domain africain. Merci de
>>>> visiter le site africanncommunity,org et de remplir le questionnaire afin
>>>> de donner une chance a votre registre/registrar preferre.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>> Pierre
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