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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Badru Ntege >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. At the risk of sounding like one of Badru's "elite", The fact is that I have not seen evidence of anyone blocking someone else's quest to acquire knowledge. The resources are out there on the internet and if anyone is not taking part, its is simply because they have not made any effort to actually do so. For example the Afnog workshops: The annoucements are forwarded and broadcast to all of the lists but only after taking the effort to call some people up and actually encourage them to apply, do you get them making an effort. I still reiterate that this has no relation at all with the ccTLD and how it is managed. > 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. Again because of the point I raised. Everyone has access to these things. They are on the internet, the announcements are public and participation is free most of the time. For example there are a number of Afrinic LIRs in Uganda, but the chances are low that you'll find Ugandans at the meetings. Not because some "elite" are blocking them, but clear lack of interest or such things are low on their list of priorities. >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. My point is that this very apathy that afflicts our internet community is certainly going to afflict this body as well. Creating yet another body on top of the many existing ones is not the way to go and in any case we can form the body without entrusting it with the .ug ccTLD. if the purpose is about empowering the users and getting more participation, then I do not see where the ccTLD comes in. As I said before, I do not see the need to entrust a fledging organisation whose stability is not proven with one of the most critical resources we have especially when what we have currently works. Noah.
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