Irene and All I think it is very clear that my motivation is that we have more representation in the names area both internal through the existing networks and also external. However we do not feature in the external names debate's and discussions. The internet is a community we all accept and as i suggested the technical side is fine and we have no problems with it however the advocacy side is non existence and needs to be attended to. My suggestions do not have to be adopted though we need to trigger a productive debate not based on ego's to achieve an inclusive solution that will help us all as ugandan's.
I do beleive that at times in our community we have those who have the knowledge and access and believe that others should worship them for their knowledge, but dare they try to acquire knowledge. That mentality will never build us as a nation. It might build the individual but what value is that. Yes how dare I even suggest to change the status quo, you see the problem with change it comes whether or not we like it. I do not make the suggestion as a service provider but as someone who believes more needs to be done. Decisions on the future of the internet are being made all around us at home through the regulator and also internationaly however in uganda it's always the same "usual suspects" who attend and at times contribute very little or the contribution is totally ignored. We have created and empowered a small elite which controls the internet in uganda with little regard to others. Unfortunatley this comes all the way to the top. And before anyone says it i'm part of it :-). So unpopular as it might be to a few we need a body that will be accountable to a cross sector of the population. I beleive that's where we need to start. On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 11:45:45 +0000 (GMT), Irene Kaggwa-Sewankambo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > I think what we need in the sector is more community driven > relationships such as has been initiated throught the various networks > like i-network, National Internet Governnance Forum. Why should it be > only the ccTLD registry operator or manager supposed to senstise the > masses? We can expect them to inform people about the prices of domains > names under .ug and how to register a domain name under this but the > issues I highlighted extend beyond this. When it comes to operations, you > say it should be joint yet when it comes to sensitising the community > (which I repeat extends beyond service providers to include users), the > bag is being passed. > > I think we need to learn to move our Internet (ICT at a general level) > community forward by recognising we are a family. When your brother or > sister asks you a question that you know the answer to, do you say go to > your teacher? > > Earlier on, UCC attempted to begin on this through the production of a > booklet called "A guide to Internet" which attempted to cover the various > apsects involved in Internet use (getting access, applications/uses, domain > names, threats to Internet). i-Network also recently produced something on > packages offered by the various providers in the market. I cant see why we > cant build on such efforts and also increase outreach meachanisms to > increase the understanding and awareness among the Internet Community on > these things otherwise we stand to do other community members an injustice > by requiring them to participate in a debate without sufficient > information. > > Regards > Irene > > > > Badru Ntege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 11:31:06 +0000 (GMT), Irene Kaggwa-Sewankambo wrote: >> Mr. Ntege, >> >> Your sentiments are noted. It should be noted that UCC held a workshop >> in about March 2006 to obtain the perception of the local Internet >> Community on how they wanted .ug managed. There was a misconception at >> that time that UCC was trying to grab the management of .ug while the > real >> purpose was to get more stakeholder involvement in how .ug should be run >> and responding to concerns that had been received by UCC about the > current >> management of .ug. >> >> One of the observations from the above workshop was that there is a low >> understanding about .ug, management of ccTLDs, registrars, registry and >> the market structures in this side of the industry. I think if we desire >> to get a collective decision on how to manage .ug, we need to consider > the >> sensitisation of all stakeholders on these. >> >> Regards >> Irene >> > > thanks Irene > > And i think here the sensitisation should be done from the revenues earned > from selling the domains. here in lies the chicken and egg syndrom. If the > body in charge is not commercially motivated but has a civil and social > motivation then sensitisation can be done. By outsourcing the technical to > a commercially driven entity then we have the balance. > > _______________________________________________ > To post, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WIU-Forum information page and archives: > http://lists.wougnet.org/mailman/listinfo/wiu-forum > Information about WOUGNET: http://www.wougnet.org > WIU-Forum is hosted on Kabissa - Space for change in Africa > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
