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<DIV>regards, Wamuyu</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> "alice@apc.org" <alice@apc.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> wamuyulearn@yahoo.co.uk<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tue, 9 March, 2010 17:52:40<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [kictanet] ICANN: Africa must work hard too...<BR></FONT><BR><A href="http://wanjiku.co.ke/" target=_blank>http://wanjiku.co.ke/</A><BR><BR>ICANN: Africa must work hard too...<BR>08 03 2010<BR>Comments: 3<BR>Available in: English<BR><BR>There are many African governments and citizens who do not understand the<BR>role of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.<BR><BR>For some, ICANN should operate in the bottom later ensuring that we have<BR>internet access and that the pipes are faster. Others think that
ICANN<BR>should be involved in the running of domain registries, which are in<BR>shambles and in some cases fighting over petty issues. Others think that<BR>ICANN is there to fund them; talk of reliance on aid.<BR><BR>Of course ICANN has no role in all these things and what it points is that<BR>more outreach is needed and maybe ICANN should have an office in Africa.<BR><BR>But how? According to Rod Beckstrom, 90 percent of ICANN contributions<BR>come from North America, so that may be the reason why we have 3 offices<BR>in the US and none in Africa.<BR><BR>That makes sense; if Africa does not contribute anything, how will the<BR>office be supported? So, for Africa to be on level terms, then we must<BR>also be willing to contribute, but am not sure how when our registry<BR>operations are still manual.<BR><BR>I was chatting with Rafik Dammak, who accuses me of complaining or whining<BR>too much but then, what do I do?<BR><BR>Rafik told me of how the
various constituencies within ICANN are always<BR>looking for participants but what do you do when they dont contribute to<BR>those meetings and in some cases stay outside within the coffee houses<BR>instead of meeting rooms?<BR><BR>Yes, its good to have geographical representations but we also need to<BR>start bringing something on the table and contributing to the debate more<BR>than we do currently.<BR><BR>Regarding the financial contributions, I have no words; will leave it for<BR>the others.<BR><BR>Ends<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>kictanet mailing list<BR><A href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" ymailto="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A><BR><A href="http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target=_blank>http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</A><BR><BR>This message was sent to: <A href="mailto:wamuyulearn@yahoo.co.uk"
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