<br>while its good to have a .ea, i think in the intervening period we can promote the .ke, .tz etc<br>i have met people who think that having a .ke domain restricts you to kenya or you are not seen as "modern" enough<br>some have .biz, .net and see it as more "global" than .ke<br><br>in my opinion, if people appreciate their ccTLDs, then they will not need much convincing when the new regional ones come up..<br><br>for instance, the .tz is free yet their registration is not much,<br><br>if there is no proper awareness, then we might have all the domains and still the uptake is low,<br>yes people in the industry will understand, but we need others to on the same page,<br>regards<br><br><b><i>Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru@yahoo.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> I had specified "Top Level Domain" Sponsorship" but you see they threw me to ccTLDs. Figured this would
assist as foundation for relevant Kiswahili content. <br><br>Could there be other Kiswahili speakers interested we run with it next year? <br><b><i><br>Michuki Mwangi <michuki@kenic.or.ke></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Did you request for a .SWA ccTLD or a .SWA TLD?. There is no open window<br>for sponsored TLD's submission. I think this will probably open up in 2008.<br><br><br>Regards,<br><br><br>Alex Gakuru wrote:<br>> After I requested to sponsor .swa for Kiswahili speaking community of<br>> interest, ICANN/IANA 18 May 2007 reply referred me to ccTLDs as follows:<br>> <br>> ---snip---<br>> Please see the following for information on how new country code top-level<br>> domains (ccTLDs) are created:<br>> <br>> http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-establishment-procedures-19mar03.htm<br>> <http: www.iana.org="" cctld=""
cctld-establishment-procedures-19mar03.htm=""><br>> <br>> Best regards,<br>> <br>> Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)<br>> ---snip---<br>> <br>> Michuki is quite right on "The process will require intense collaboration<br>> from the community and its stakeholders to be successful."<br>> <br>> Alex<br>> */<br>> Michuki Mwangi <michuki@kenic.or.ke>/* wrote:<br>> <br>> Bill et al,<br>> <br>> Bill Kagai wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Michuki...I therefore see [.eac] as an aggressive business strategy<br>> > complimenting [.ke], [.tz] etc and not as competition.<br>> ><br>> <br>> Competition is healthy, it is an instigator of creativity and innovation<br>> and i welcome such incentives. For your information, there are<br>> interested parties evaluating submissions to ICANN for a TLD for Africa<br>> i.e .africa. Hence this will make the African scene alot
more<br>> interesting in my opinion.<br>> <br>> Any addition into the Root zone outside the ccTLD category will be<br>> considered under the Sponsored/Unsponsored TLD category. There are<br>> procedures to this as evidenced in the following URL:<br>> <br>> http://www.icann.org/tlds/new-tld-application-instructions-15aug00.htm<br>> <br>> ICANN has published guidelines for applying for a TLD under the<br>> following URL and i would wish to invite the members to read through<br>> this document.<br>> <br>> http://www.icann.org/tlds/application-process-03aug00.htm<br>> <br>> > Alice...If KICTANET knows some influential people at the East Africa<br>> > Community Secretariat in Arusha, maybe they can help get things into<br>> > second gear with ICANN??<br>> ><br>> <br>> ICANN will not just insert a TLD in the Root zone. The process will<br>>
require intense collaboration from the community and its stakeholders to<br>> be successful. The case studies for .asia and .eu are well documented on<br>> their webiste www.dotasia.com and www.doteu.com - also from the ICANN<br>> website. It will be interesting to have the community read through their<br>> experiences in order to have a deeper understanding of the issues faced<br>> in the process.<br>> <br>> I would recommend a start of by identifying the need for the regional<br>> TLD (i think we have interest based on this threads), then convening a<br>> regional working group that is inclusive of stakeholders to drive the<br>> process to its logical conclusion.<br>> <br>> Notably resources are critical in the process as it somewhat tends to<br>> drag on in trying to ensure inclusion of all stakeholders. More of the<br>> social engineering than the technical.<br>> <br>>
Its is however possible to achieve this and we should probably aim for<br>> the next ICANN window on TLD applications - which i think happens ever 4<br>> years.<br>> <br>> Regards,<br>> -- <br>> Michuki Mwangi<br>> KENIC<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> kictanet mailing list<br>> kictanet@kictanet.or.ke<br>> http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet<br>> <br>> Please unsubscribe or change your options at<br>> http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/alex.gakuru%40yahoo.com<br>> <br>> <br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> Get the Yahoo! toolbar and be alerted to new email<br>> <http: us.rd.yahoo.com="" evt="48225/*http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/index.php">wherever<br>> you're surfing.<br>> <br>> <br>>
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