Thank you Badru. Just one question. In terms of deliverables and tangible benefits, what has the South African model managed to achieve that we have not here in Uganda?
Tim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Badru Ntege Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LUG] Suggested future for Uganda's Top Level domain (.UG) Hi All Sorry for cross posting The debate on whether this is being done right in Uganda or not seems to follow our current power isues. It seems to go on and off with half hearted attempts which at times fail to get buy in. I would like to revisit this debate from a totally different point of view. Domain names, Ip addresses and Phone numbers have become the most important resources in the new world economy. Just like we do not have a private company in charge of issuing phone number ranges we should not have a private company in charge of our country top level domain. I suggest we take on a model similar to the south african one where non profit organisation oversees the country top level domain cctld and then contracts other organisations to techniaclly manage the resource. This would be a five year renewable contract. We would create an NGO for example Mydot UG (writen MY.UG) this would be a non for profit organisation which would take the revenues earned from the domain registrations and put them back into capacity building activities. For continuity CFI would be automatically awarded the first 5 year contract. However i do suggest that in a period of two years we would look at spliting the tlds into .co.ug .or.ug .ac.ug. To create an environment that helps the entire market we would then look at having other organisations bid to offer services like for example .or.ug. I do believe that CFI have done a comendable job to date but i feel there is a lot that needs to be done which at the moment can not fit well in a for profit organisation. When you look around the world or even just the continent you realise that little contribution from uganda exists at the technical or policy level when it comes to the Names arena. We as a country are missing out heavily because we are too lazy to tackle this issue. I would also like to put it on record that i do not beleive that UCC is the right body to handle the cctld. I do beleive we need an entity with about 6 board members from the following areas of the population Public (gov-maybe represented by someone from the ministry of ICT ) Private Academia Civil society Legislative The cctld manager The cctld manager would then oversee the work of the organisation subcontracted to manage the .ug. The manager would also be responsible for formulating polices and representing Uganda in the international forums making decisions today on the future of the internet. I would like to ask bodies like wougnet and Inetwork to pick up this debate and make sure that within a very short time we have a resolution. In the interests of all the current and ongoing Internet Governance debates we as country need to be fully represented and our voices need to be heard. I welcome constructive and positive online debate on this issue. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
