<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Thanx all the update. Yeah, the representation and subsequent appointments to the KENIC board may need a bit of reviewing.<br><br>walu.<br>nb: btw, DRAKE. Is this an acronym or someones name? google returns a music label. Sorry to ask, but am not sure I have heard of him/them (but maybe i dont need to).<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 6/29/11, Barrack Otieno <i><otieno.barrack@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenic AGM<br>To: jwalu@yahoo.com<br>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br>Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 10:01 PM<br><br><div class="plainMail">Thats precise Mwendwa, thanks.<br><br>On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:55 PM, lordmwesh <<a
ymailto="mailto:lordmwesh@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=lordmwesh@gmail.com">lordmwesh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> You have captured most issues Mr. Barrack.<br>> But I wish to narrow down to this Issues addressed<br>> 1. Growth prospects. There was a strategy to capture all schools in<br>> Kenya and give them a domain Target was about 31000 domains. Not very<br>> sure.<br>> 2. Register all companies in Kenya. Target, ...<br>> 3. There was a flame war on representation of registrars on the KENIC<br>> board which the chairman Mr. Burachara extinguished before any<br>> substantive agreement. Registrars felt that the current representation<br>> of DRAKE on the Kenic board was not 'representative' since the drake<br>> members are not known, they don't have an open forum, and there are no<br>> elections or apointments by members from the existing registrars. The<br>> issue of the Board being
reconstituted might need to be discussed at<br>> lengths and taken to the secretary before the next AGM. Members were<br>> to create a mailing list for registrars to be discussing issues they<br>> feel are important and air them at the AGMs.<br>> 4. Google challenged us to pull up our socks on local content. The<br>> local content would be brought by more domains registered. They<br>> predicted a market growth in Kenya of $2Billion in digital advertising<br>> by the end of 5 years, with current advertising revenue per year in<br>> all media standing at $600Million.<br>> 5. The recent downtimes at the registry was queried, but Paul Musee<br>> assured members that the problem has been delt with by providing two<br>> redundant links to support the main link, and more links are being<br>> sort from TESPOK members. Any volunteers here?<br>><br>> Moses Kemibaro had a good summary on the AGM. Probably you can
look at his blog.<br>><br>> Organisation and Attendance of the general AGM was good.<br>><br>> Kind Regards<br>> Mwendwa Kivuva<br>> 0722402248<br>> Transworld Computer Channels<br>><br>><br>> On 29/06/2011, Barrack Otieno <<a ymailto="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com" href="/mc/compose?to=otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Hey Walu,<br>>><br>>> Your absence was noticeable, the meeting went on well, most of the matters<br>>> discussed were inhouse, notable topics were the progress on the local<br>>> dispute resolution mechanism being established at Kenic to arbitrate on<br>>> domain related disputes, we were also briefed on the KeNIC Strategic plan<br>>> which is being implemented in phases and going by what was presented the<br>>> future looks bright (at least the Financial report demonstrated this),<br>>> google also did a very
interesting presentation highlighting opportunities<br>>> that the internet is likely to offer in the near future and the need for<br>>> strategic partnerships (Kenic intends to work with registrars to make sure<br>>> they hit a target of 50000 .Ke domains) , the organisers promised to put up<br>>> all this information on their website , i am sure it is being compiled<br>>> somewhere. And lest i forget we were taken through the new look KeNIC<br>>> website whose aim is to improve how the TLDs clients interact with it. I<br>>> looked at the Strategic Plan which seems great, i am still searching for<br>>> their digital strategy which i hope is tucked somewhere in the website, as<br>>> you can see, a lot of this were inhouse issues with brief comments on KeNICS<br>>> role at ICANN. (Participation and Hosting number 37)<br>>><br>>> Best Regards<br>>><br>>> On Wed, Jun 29,
2011 at 4:31 PM, Walubengo J <<a ymailto="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" href="/mc/compose?to=jwalu@yahoo.com">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>>> I missed the above AGM that took place last week? Anyone willing to give<br>>>> us<br>>>> updates/briefs on key highlights/what transpired or did not transpire?<br>>>><br>>>> Ave scanned their website www.kenic.or.ke but nothing uploaded yet...last<br>>>> minutes were for 2009, wonder where 2010 minutes are. Anyway, am<br>>>> specifically interested in.<br>>>><br>>>> a) what is the .KENIC position with regard to dot.africa?<br>>>> b) how does KENIC expect to be impacted by the creation of dot.africa?<br>>>> c) what is the current market structure/position between the tld dot.Ke<br>>>> and<br>>>> the secondary domains? 2yrs ago it was quite an issue.?<br>>>> d) anything
else we should know?<br>>>><br>>>> walu.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> --<br>>> Barrack O. Otieno<br>>> Afriregister Ltd (Kenya)<br>>> www.afrire <<a href="http://www.afriregister.com" target="_blank">http://www.afriregister.com</a>>gister.bi,<br>>> www.afriregister.com<<a href="http://www.afriergister.com" target="_blank">http://www.afriergister.com</a>><br>>> <<a href="http://www.afriregister.com" target="_blank">http://www.afriregister.com</a>>ICANN accredited registrar<br>>> +254721325277<br>>> +254-20-2498789<br>>> Skype: barrack.otieno<br>>><br>><br>><br>> --<br>> ______________________<br>> twitter.com/lordmwesh<br>> transworldAfrica.com <<a href="http://transworldafrica.com/" target="_blank">http://transworldafrica.com/</a>> | Fluent in computing<br>> kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we
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