Dear Community, This is a polite reminder. The Awards are still open. Click on this link <https://dnsforum.africa/awards/> to nominate an institution or person you think deserves the award.
Best Regards On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 10:50 PM Barrack Otieno <[email protected]> wrote: > > Background > > This year, the Africa DNS Forum, a journey that started in 2013, turns 10 > years old. It has been a decade of mixed results, great insights, > challenges, and opportunities. We are confident of the tremendous success > witnessed in the industry and the opportunities that abound considering the > DNS landscape in Africa which could not have been achieved without the > support of various actors within and beyond the African continent. One of > the objectives of the forum inception is to recognize, reward, appreciate > and acknowledge excellence in the Africa DNS Marketplace. This would be by > establishing a well thought out and transparent criteria for selecting > deserving individual and institutional players who have made significant > contribution to the overall growth and development of the Africa DNS > Industry and marketplace. > > Categories of the Awards > > There will be two categories of awards during this 10th Africa DNS Forum > > > 1. > > Recognition and Acknowledgement Award (Ten in total): This award will > target institutions and / or individuals who were outstanding in > contributing to the development of the DNS industry in Africa; Could be > organizers of the DNS Forum or any other events that have contributed to > DNS development in Africa. > 2. > > Africa DNS Excellence Award: (Two in total) to be offered to one > institution and one individual who have been demonstrated being innovative > and successful in maintaining a resilient and sustainable development of > the DNS industry in Africa. Target institutions could include but not > limited to registries, registrars, registrants, ISPs, or research > institutions. This would be an annual award going forward. > > > Selection Criteria > > The Ideal candidates may be organizations or Individuals that meet some of > most of the below properties. > > - > > Developing capacity-building programs that positively influenced > African DNS landscape > - > > Past Hosts for Africa DNS Forums > - > > Consistent sponsors of Africa DNS Forum over the years > - > > Establishment and Promotion of National DNS Fora Across Africa > - > > Championing innovative solutions to improve the African DNS Marketplace > - > > Individuals should be of African nationality > - > > Promoting Research in the Africa DNS Market Place > - > > Institutions / organizations should headquartered in Africa > > > Selection Panel > > A community based review panel of eminent personalities in the domain name > ecosystem will consider the nominations in light of the criteria and > recommend a short list of nominees for each category to the organizing > partners of the Africa DNS Forum for consideration and adoption. The > proposed members of the selection panel include. > > 1. > > Prof Souleymane Oumtanga > 2. > > Prof. Prof Nicolas Razafindrakoto > 3. > > Hadia El Miniawi > 4. > > Oluniyi Ajao > 5. > > Ramanou Biaou > 6. > > Mary Uduma > > > The panel shall select their own chair and agree on working methods, and > the secretariat of the Africa DNS forum would offer any necessary support > to the panel to ensure they execute their work within the required > timelines. > > Timelines > > Nominees and interested candidates are requested to send their proposals > via email to [email protected]. The following is a timeline of > activities: > > 1. > > Call for Nominations published online by Sept 12, 2022 > 2. > > Deadline for receiving nominations is Sept 19, 2022 > 3. > > Deadline for Consideration and Evaluation of Nominations Sept 23, 2022 > 4. > > Selected Nominees are submitted to the Secretariat by Sept 26, 2022. > > The recipients will be officially unveiled during the Africa DNS Forum > Gala on October 5, 2022. > > > -- > Barrack O. Otieno > +254721325277 > www.dnsforum.africa > Skype: barrack.otieno > PGP ID: 0x2611D86A > > > > > -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A
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