<div dir="ltr">I can imagine:<div><br></div><div>1. .com are way cheaper</div><div>2. everyone by default wants a .com</div><div>3. Registrars have to always do the convincing to get a client to settle for a .ke</div><div><br></div><div>suppose registrars boycotted the .KE for 2 months...</div><div><br></div><div>And CA still doesn't even want to let me have my ODHIAMBO.ke :(</div><div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 November 2014 at 14:23, Bernard Kioko via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">This will just make the registrars sell .com n other non local.� Not wise in my view. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Nov 27, 2014 10:41 AM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Listers</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Apologies for cross posting.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">The above refers. Please see attached an advert appearing in the local newspapers regarding the above.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">The gist of the advert is to state:-</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">1. The CA has now developed a licensing framework to administer the .KE name space.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">2. That before any Registrar purports to sell or be accredited by KeNIC they must first be licensed by CA.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">3. That if you require more information on the above please contact the CA.</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Now, listers, a number of things have been playing in my mind over the last few days. And these are:-</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">1. Shouldn't the CA/KeNIC simply have informed Registrars on the new licensing framework etc.? This is a simple matter. KeNIC has all the contacts (through DRAKE) of the Registrars. Better still, wouldn't it be even a better idea to convene a meeting where we are all taken through the new regime? Can this new framework be shared via email to all interested parties?</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">2. What is DRAKE's official position on this?</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">3. As a Registrar the first thing that comes to mind is this:- </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Are we not complicating and putting barriers for businesses to sell .ke domains by requiring them to be licensed by CA? Isn't it enough that the Registry is now being licensed and that the Registry vets Registrars? How are we going to grow .ke if we now have to troop to CA every year? </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">I stand corrected but I have NEVER required to be licensed by CA or ICANN�to sell .ug, .tz, .com .net etc. Is it just me or is there something more to this than meets the eye?</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">C'mon guys, lets not complicate matters unnecessarily! </div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif">Ali
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