Re: .africa gTLD

[Dr Nii Narku Quaynor <quaynor@ncs.com.gh>]

Tierno S. Bah wrote:
> 
> Kent Crispin wrote:
> 
> >
> > If the the notion of TLD charters as a standards activity of the IETF
> > gets off the ground, someone could write up a charter for .africa,
> > and try to get it approved.  That would seem to me to be a better and
> > more specific forum for this kind of discussion.
> >
> 

Yes, its better.

> As the initial proponent of the .africa gTLD, here is my approach.
> First, I hope that the selection of .africa gTLD is retained for all the
> right reasons and anomalies (q.v. Zaire, Rwanda, Congo, Burundi cTLDs).
> In anticipation for such an eventual task  requested by the community, I
> am circulating to several African ISPs, engineers, users, etc. an
> outline of a charter. Hopefully, the response will result in a
> collective document drawing from the expertise of Africans and
> non-Africans alike; the common denominator being an interest in
> diversifying DNS management in Africa. From the onset, I suggested that
> this should be a shared registry, in which private sector registrars
> from the continents' five regions (North, Southern, West, East and
> Central) cooperate to build and run a viable and standards-compliant
> organization, second to none.
> I will keep the IAHC Forum informed of the progress (or stalemate). Who
> knows?

This is not useful. We are happy with our DNS management. We do it
ourselves. Diversification is of no value to us. Participating with
others, in creating "global village" is more important to us at this
time. Why are 5 regions ok and not all countries? or for that matter
one global world. These distinctions are BAD for us Africans. Tomorrow,
one may say that the .africa registry is no good and that will hurt.


> 
> - Tierno S. Bah
> AfriQ*Access, Inc.


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