<div dir="ltr"><div>Ali has called a spade a spade. <br><br></div>This campaign by DotConnectAfrica is ill-mannered and in bad taste. Nevertheless, I don't want to be in their shoes when all the legals bills fall at their feet once this is over. Hopefully they (she) will have learnt a lesson.<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva 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"><div dir="ltr">Auguste, divorce people from the process. That way, your judgment will not be biased.<div><br></div><div>Ali's point is very clear, and that has been observed the world over. The Cross Community Working group on ICANN Accountability (CCWG) to which many Kenyans were members has debated that issue for months. Actually, the whole idea of the IANA function transition from oversight of the US NTIA was to show commitment that the US is ready to let go control of the Internet.</div><div><br></div><div>Ali, even after the IANA transition, the US will still have much control of the process because ICANN is a California based organisation, registered and answerable to Californian company law.</div><div><br></div><div>.eu is sponsored by European Commission and operated by EURid, which is a consortium of several ccTLDs in UE. EURid was appointed by the European Commission to run the string.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, DotAsia is a consortium of official top-level domain authorities around Asian (e.g. “.cn” in China, “.jp” in Japan, “.in” in India, “.sg” in Singapore”, etc.) and regional Internet organizations (e.g. APNIC, APTLD, APIA, etc.).<br></div><div><br></div><div>As you can see, there is no one size fits all approach for geoTLDs.</div><div><br></div><div>PS: My thoughts alone, they don't represent any organisation I am affiliated with.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div>______________________<br>Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya<br><a href="http://twitter.com/lordmwesh" target="_blank">twitter.com/lordmwesh</a><br><br><br></div></div>
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<p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">The owner of DotConnectAfrica, she is an US citizen, that is the real reason why.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Allow me to quote you: “</span><span lang="EN-US">.Africa belongs to the people of Africa, in this case mandated by the AU ” !!!!!</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">Good day<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d" lang="EN-US">YANKEY<u></u><u></u></span></p><div></div></div><p></p>
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<p></p><div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="EN-US"> kictanet [mailto:<a href="mailto:kictanet-bounces%2Byankeyka" target="_blank">kictanet-bounces+yankeyka</a>=<a href="mailto:africa-union.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">africa-union.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ali Hussein via kictanet<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 13 April, 2016 8:56 PM<br><b>To:</b> Auguste K. Yankey<br><b>Cc:</b> Ali Hussein; Gideon<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Breaking: US Court GRANTS DotConnectAfrica Trust a Preliminary Injunction on .Africa gTLD<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">This is really nonsense and one of the reasons why the American mandate on ICANN needs to end ASAP.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Did anyone other than one supported by the countries in the EU own and manage .eu or how about .Asia?<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Why is it that American courts are running roughshod on this issue? <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">.Africa belongs to the people of Africa, in this case mandated by the AU. Am I the only who sees this???<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Ali Hussein</b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Principal</b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Hussein & Associates</b><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><a href="tel:%2B254%200713%20601113" value="+254713601113" target="_blank">+254 0713 601113</a> / 0770906375<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Twitter: @AliHKassim<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Skype: abu-jomo<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPad<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On 13 Apr 2016, at 7:33 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">back at the University of Nairobi, we spent many days debating on ouster of court clauses, where a process such as ICANN new gTLD program intends to take away jurisdiction of the courts. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">This will be an interesting one to watch. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">2016-04-13 18:47 GMT+03:00 Gideon via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>:<u></u><u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Mauritius - April 13, 2016 - <a href="https://www.prlog.org" target="_blank">PRLog</a> -- A UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA - WESTERN DIVISION ruling has granted a Preliminary Injunction for DotConnectAfrica, the decision for case no. 16-CV-00862 RGK (JCx) (<a href="http://dotconnectafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/75-Order-Granting-Preliminary-Injunction-DCA-Trust-April1216.pdf" target="_blank">http://dotconnectafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/75-Order-Granting-Preliminary-Injunction-DCA-Trust-April1216.pdf</a>) [PDF], DotConnectAfrica Trust v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers & ZA Central Registry.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Link: <a href="https://www.prlog.org/12549573-us-court-grants-dca-trusts-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-on-africa-gtld.html" target="_blank">https://www.prlog.org/12549573-us-court-grants-dca-trusts-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-on-africa-gtld.html</a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Gideon Rop<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nmutungu%40gmail.com" target="_blank">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/nmutungu%40gmail.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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