On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 12:44 AM, McTim <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 5:06 AM, Alex Gakuru <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Great development, for the technical side of the Internet. Unfortunately >>> AFRINIC, historically most shy to Human Rights, >> >> >> How is the most inclusive bottom-up open and transparent IG mechanism we >> have in Africa "most shy" to HR?? >> > > Who are their HR people? > You and me and everyone else interested in making policy. WE make policy, the NIC just does what we tell them in terms of policy. > >> >> >>> is the wrong (or not) best vehicle to carry Civil Society and its >>> multi-stakeholder bar. >>> >> >> It is AfrICANN, not AfrINIC that is the vehicle for this. >> >> You mean AfrICANN is incorporated distinctly separate from AFRINIC? I > always considered it just another mailing list hosted by AFRINIC. > It is a mailing list. It is hosted by the NIC, but they have nothing whatsoever to do with AFRICANN folk self-organised activities. They do not moderate or actively participate, they just provide (free) hosting. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel