Hello,

Jeff@Nairobi wrote:

>
> I do detect in the July 2000 communique the hint of a
> debate between the GAC and the ccTLD group, to which
> Nii alludes:
>
> > Currently, the GAC and the ccTLD constituency have
> > different proposals under discussion. In short the jury
> > is still out and we should remain open, agile and work
> > for consensus.
>
> It is good news indeed to hear that there is an ongoing
> debate, and I am personally greatly appreciative of Dr.
> Quaynor's active participation in that debate.  Is there
> some way for interested parties to remain current on the
> substance of the debate, to provide regular input to the
> various delegates, etc?
>

join the relevant institutions or participate with them as the case may be.
www.cctld.org
www.aftld.org
are a start. One may lisase with LACTLD, APTLD and CENTR as well. Note the
need to build African Institutions and constructive participation
establishes our consensus positions on issues.

On the specifics, there were 2 meetings between GAC and the ccTLD
constituency, I am aware of, which occured at Yokohama. These had been
scheduled as normal meetings of the organizations but each inviting the
other to discuss the topics such as best practices, guidelines and
redelegation. Its good dialog. One would hope that there will be  more such
consultations in LA.

The cctld constituency material on the topics may be found at (see email
from cctld secretariat)

----- Original Message -----
From: Abhisak Chulya <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: Kanchana Kanchanasut <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 6:04 AM
Subject: [cctld-discuss] Important Documents Translated into Spanish,
Russian and Chinese


> Dear Colleagues:
>
> Regarding our outreach activities, ccTLD Secretariat would like to
announce
> that we have ccTLD important documents such as Best Practices,
> Re/delegation, and Bylaws, already translated into Spanish, Russian and
> Chinese.   Please go to the following URLs:
>
> For Best Practices: http://www.wwtld.org/ongoing/bestpractices/
>
> For Bylaws: http://www.wwtld.org/ongoing/bylaws/
>
> French, Japanese and Hindi translations are on the way soon.  We are
waiting
> to hear from our ccTLD registry for Arabic translation.
>
> Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.  For all regional
> organizations, please help spread the words by announcing it on your web
> sites.
>
> Thank you and we hope this would help outreach the unreachable.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Interim ccTLD Secretariat
>

> The reason I ask relates particularly to this comment by
> Nii:
>
> > The most important thing to remember is that the
> > stability of the Internet is paramount and hence do not
> > support any policy or program that may lead to
> > instability of the Internet eg. the disappearance of
> > ccTLD domain name space from the Internet.
>
> Indeed.  I can envision a situation wherein the private
> sector and public organizations become so frustrated
> with the management of ccTLDs under some future
> framework for their administration that they all simply
> decide to abandon ccTLDs and work through the gTLDs.
>

no one will do that. the name space has value.

> Would that be a good thing for Africa?
>

it is not good for the Global Internet and it will *not* happen in Africa.

Nii


> Cheers!
> Jeff @ Nairobi
>
>
>
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