<div>Good observation Walu, guess its all due to lack of awareness, probably the focus should be in "further digitization" by educating the masses before we can think of .eac</div>
<div>Regards<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Walubengo</b> <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Becky,<br><br>I totally share your concerns...why the hullabaloo about<br>.eac when .ke, .ug and .tz are performing miserably? (no
<br>offence Michuki, its none of your fault, just a reflection<br>of our non-digitized society).<br><br>I mean am trying to see the 'miracle' that .eac would do<br>for us in light of the trends suffered by the individual
<br>.ke, .ug and .tz and I have not quite succeeded...plse<br>could somebody educate me?<br><br>walu.<br><br>--- Rebecca Wanjiku <<a href="mailto:rebeccawanjiku@yahoo.com">rebeccawanjiku@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>
><br>> while its good to have a .ea, i think in the intervening<br>> period we can promote the .ke, .tz etc<br>> i have met people who think that having a .ke domain<br>> restricts you to kenya or you are not seen as "modern"
<br>> 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<br>> they will not need much convincing when the new regional
<br>> ones come up..<br>><br>> for instance, the .tz is free yet their registration is<br>> not much,<br>><br>> if there is no proper awareness, then we might have all<br>> the domains and still the uptake is low,
<br>> yes people in the industry will understand, but we need<br>> others to on the same page,<br>> regards<br>><br>> Alex Gakuru <<a href="mailto:alex.gakuru@yahoo.com">alex.gakuru@yahoo.com</a>> wrote: I had
<br>> specified "Top Level Domain" Sponsorship" but you see<br>> they threw me to ccTLDs. Figured this would assist as<br>> foundation for relevant Kiswahili content.<br>><br>> Could there be other Kiswahili speakers interested we
<br>> run with it next year?<br>><br>> Michuki Mwangi <<a href="mailto:michuki@kenic.or.ke">michuki@kenic.or.ke</a>> wrote: Did you<br>> request for a .SWA ccTLD or a .SWA TLD?. There is no open<br>> window
<br>> for sponsored TLD's submission. I think this will<br>> probably open up in 2008.<br>><br>><br>> Regards,<br>><br>><br>> Alex Gakuru wrote:<br>> > After I requested to sponsor .swa for Kiswahili
<br>> speaking community of<br>> > interest, ICANN/IANA 18 May 2007 reply referred me to<br>> ccTLDs as follows:<br>> ><br>> > ---snip---<br>> > Please see the following for information on how new
<br>> country code top-level<br>> > domains (ccTLDs) are created:<br>> ><br>> ><br>><br><a href="http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-establishment-procedures-19mar03.htm">http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-establishment-procedures-19mar03.htm
</a><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Best regards,<br>> ><br>> > Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)<br>> > ---snip---<br>> ><br>> > Michuki is quite right on "The process will require
<br>> intense collaboration<br>> > from the community and its stakeholders to be<br>> successful."<br>> ><br>> > Alex<br>> > */<br>> > Michuki Mwangi /* wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Bill et al,
<br>> ><br>> > Bill Kagai wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > > Michuki...I therefore see [.eac] as an aggressive<br>> business strategy<br>> > > complimenting [.ke], [.tz] etc and not as
<br>> competition.<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > Competition is healthy, it is an instigator of<br>> creativity and innovation<br>> > and i welcome such incentives. For your<br>> information, there are
<br>> > interested parties evaluating submissions to ICANN<br>> for a TLD for Africa<br>> > i.e .africa. Hence this will make the African scene<br>> alot more<br>> > interesting in my opinion.
<br>> ><br>> > Any addition into the Root zone outside the ccTLD<br>> category will be<br>> > considered under the Sponsored/Unsponsored TLD<br>> category. There are<br>> > procedures to this as evidenced in the following
<br>> URL:<br>> ><br>> ><br>><br><a href="http://www.icann.org/tlds/new-tld-application-instructions-15aug00.htm">http://www.icann.org/tlds/new-tld-application-instructions-15aug00.htm</a><br>> ><br>
> > ICANN has published guidelines for applying for a<br>> TLD under the<br>> > following URL and i would wish to invite the<br>> members to read through<br>> > this document.<br>> >
<br>> ><br>> <a href="http://www.icann.org/tlds/application-process-03aug00.htm">http://www.icann.org/tlds/application-process-03aug00.htm</a><br>> ><br>> > > Alice...If KICTANET knows some influential people
<br>> at the East Africa<br>> > > Community Secretariat in Arusha, maybe they can<br>> help get things into<br>> > > second gear with ICANN??<br>> > ><br>> ><br>> > ICANN will not just insert a TLD in the Root zone.
<br>> The process will<br>> > require intense collaboration from the community<br>> and its stakeholders to<br>> > be successful. The case studies for .asia and .eu<br>> are well documented on
<br>> > their webiste <a href="http://www.dotasia.com">www.dotasia.com</a> and <a href="http://www.doteu.com">www.doteu.com</a> -<br>> also from the ICANN<br>> > website. It will be interesting to have the
<br>> community read through their<br>> > experiences in order to have a deeper understanding<br>> of the issues faced<br>> > in the process.<br>> ><br>> > I would recommend a start of by identifying the
<br>> need for the regional<br>> > TLD (i think we have interest based on this<br>> threads), then convening a<br>> > regional working group that is inclusive of<br>> stakeholders to drive the
<br>> > process to its logical conclusion.<br>> ><br>> > Notably resources are critical in the process as it<br>> somewhat tends to<br>> > drag on in trying to ensure inclusion of all
<br>> stakeholders. More of the<br>> > social engineering than the technical.<br>> ><br>> > Its is however possible to achieve this and we<br>> should probably aim for<br>> > the next ICANN window on TLD applications - which i
<br>> think happens ever 4<br>> > years.<br>> ><br>> > Regards,<br>> > --<br>> > Michuki Mwangi<br>> > KENIC<br>> ><br>> > _______________________________________________
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