Re: .africa gTLD

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

John Palmer wrote:
> 
> >
> > John Palmer wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Again - we will contribute resources if someone wants to organize the
> > > administrative/policy part.
> >
> > John Palmer has generously and repeatedly volunteered his contribution
> > to  setting up the .africa gTLD. As the originator of the proposition of
> > a gTLD for Africa, I appreciate his concrete offer and his empathy for
> > what he correctly termed the "overlooked sibling in the world of
> > continents."
> > But, as we all know, networking is a cooperative effort; cooperation may
> > be by consensus or by unanimity (!!). I'm afraid that by looking at the
> > name service aspect alone, we may overlook the other components of the
> > puzzle: transmission, switching, routing, peering, etc. And end up in an
> > impasse.
> 
> True. I am not really good at the socio-political aspect of these kinds
> of things. I can only contribute to one aspect of this project.
> 
> This may be a novel idea, but perhaps we ought to involve some of the
> citizens of Africa. I think that by this time, they are probably a bit
> tired of "missionaries" coming in and telling them what to do.
> 
> John

Yes, we better involve Africans. I am one and we dont want to be
different so if .africa is novel it should be in the context of
regional TLDs, not only .africa. It will make us an unacceptable target
in future.

Nii