I did not have the background I agree new moves have to be made if both sides are willing to make the effort, This is very important to all of us.
Kiggs On Jun 10, 2011, at 8:30 AM, Paul Bagyenda wrote: > Granted this is a tech list, but perhaps we are better off accounting for the > non-technical issues around this proposal. > > 1. Bureaucrats love to look busy. This is an opportunity to look busy. And, > make no mistake, they will keep getting busy on this issue, so CFI needs to > pay attention. As Kurup points out, CFI cannot go on ignoring them. > 2. My information is that CFI has been invited on several occasions to > discuss this issue and has ignored said invitations. It may be that some bad > blood has existed between the bureaucrats and CFI owing to past encounters, > but, as I understand it, this is a new team, one that is willing to listen. > It is in CFI's (and our) long term interests to start pressing flesh. My > source says he will work to cause a workshop with invites to ye luggers, to > discuss the issues. > 3. This one is purely tactical: CFI has put itself into a situation where > only itself has a financial incentive in maintaining the status quo. Why not > immediately announce a generous reseller program, with up to 50% commission > at certain volumes? That would certainly make a government take-over that > much more difficult. > > > P. > On Jun 09, 2011, at 12:14, Hari Kurup wrote: > >> >> >> On 8 June 2011 16:30, Noah Sematimba <[email protected]> wrote: >> So this has nothing to do with all stakeholders having an equal say in the >> .ug ccTLD management. This is about government grabbing control forcefully >> of the ccTLD. >> >> >> Agree but there doesn't seem to be much you can do about that. >> >> A government, if it is really determined, can ignore ICANN's authority as >> global coordinator and take over management of its domain. A case in point >> is the govt of South Africa which introduced legislation to reclaim control >> over the .za name space from the incumbent ccTLD manager. ICANN could only >> just observe and accept the reality [1]. >> >> Besides the ICP-1 [2] document that was quoted here earlier states:- >> "The desires of the government of a country with regard to delegation of a >> ccTLD are taken very seriously. The IANA will make them a major >> consideration in any TLD delegation/transfer discussions". >> >> >> [1] Park, Y.J., 2009. National CCTLD Disputes: Between State Actors and >> Non-State Actors, The. Int’l J. Comm. L. & Pol'y, 13, p.185. Available at >> http://ijclp.net/files/ijclp_web-doc_10-13-2009.pdf [Accessed June 9, 2011]. >> >> [2] ICANN | ICP-1: Internet Domain Name System Structure and Delegation >> (ccTLD Administration and Delegation). Available at: >> http://www.icann.org/en/icp/icp-1.htm [Accessed June 9, 2011]. >> >> >> >> Happy heroes day! >> >> -- >> Hari >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list 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 mailing list host is not responsible for them in >> any way. > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list 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 mailing list host is not responsible for them in any > way. -- Acta Virum Probant --
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