Hi McTim, yes but it is concerning that ICANN organize event to promote trademark, intellectual property and the unsuccessful trademark clearinghouse ( that was pushed by ICANN staff and bypassed the policy development process) in Africa. Best Regards, Rafik 2014-05-15 22:45 GMT+09:00 McTim <[log in to unmask]>: > FYI: > > A blog on the just concluded DNS & Trademarks workshop in Benin has > just been posted at: > > > http://blog.icann.org/2014/05/curtains-fall-on-the-domain-names-trademarks-and-user-rights-protection-workshop-benin-africa/ > > So there is on-going related activity in this area. > > On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Rafik Dammak <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > Quite important comment to respond : it is a continuity of the work > started > > with the new gTLD applicant support Working Group or JAS that was pushed > by > > NCSG in Kenya meeting in 2010 and initiated as joint cross community > group > > between GNSO and ALAC. The WG provided several recommendations to the > board > > to support applicants form developing countries and in particular > non-profit > > to become registries. unfortunately the board acted too late and there > was > > no enough outreach during the critical time of application period. > > > > There were also requests from African and MENA strategy working group to > > (Amr and me were members of the latter) to support more DNS industry in > > developing countries in order to have more registrars. > > > > the report outlines several issues and barriers for any entrepreneur from > > developing countries to be an ICANN accredited registrar. they are due to > > ICANN requirements and to the registrar accreditation agreement which is > the > > contract between registrar and ICANN. > > > > having more registrars and registries from Africa, LAC, AP is important > to > > serve users more closely and for strengthening internet infrastructure in > > developing countries. registries and registrars are part of the internet > > ecosystem and their presence is enabler for more local content (providing > > cheaper access to hosting service since registrars usually provide > bundled > > services etc). it will important to support non for profit model to serve > > communities. > > > > I think that I will start drafting a comment and welcome any volunteer to > > join me in this effort. we have other comments in parallel and we will > try > > to share the workload. just contact me . > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Rafik > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Yaovi Atohoun <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: 2014-05-15 17:19 GMT+09:00 > > Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Call for comments- appel à commentaires; > Report: > > Supporting the Domain Name Industry in Underserved Regions > > To: AfrICANN list <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > Dear all, > > (Français plus bas) > > > > This is a report about supporting the domain name industry in underserved > > regions, prepared by ICANN staff for public comment. Public comments on > this > > report will be used to determine next steps to support the domain name > > industry in underserved regions. > > > > More information at > > > http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/dns-underserved-14may14-en.htm > > > > Thanks > > ----- > > Bonjour à tous, > > > > C'est un appel à commentaire du rapport sur l'appui à l'industrie des > Noms > > de Domaies dans les regions mal désservies. Les commentaires publics > > serviront pour la détermination des prochaines étapes pour l'appui à > > l'industrie des Noms de Domaines dans les régions mal désservies. > > > > Plus d'information à > > > > > http://www.icann.org/fr/resources/registrars/accreditation/dns-underserved-14may14-fr.pdf > > > http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/dns-underserved-14may14-en.htm > > - > > > > Merci > > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A > route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel >