Africa DNS Forum Happening tomorrow

Mon Jul 2 01:14:33 EEST 2018

Just an addition to my previous email.

After checking the ME DNS Forum Agenda <https://www.mednsf.org/program/>
for the 2018 edition, I see there was a session (a talk of 30 minutes) on
Registrants Rights in the DN Space led by our own Su Sonia Herring. I would
like to commend whoever pushed for this and would encourage more similar
sessions to happen at other DNS Forum across different sessions. And there
are many ways our topics of interest can be reflected in the agenda and
being given more time and slots rather than having the majority of sessions
focusing on the industry side of the DNS.

Lastly, I would encourage us to use future CROPS or our other existing
funding to reinforce NCSG participation at these events. Actually, I would
even argue for using our funds at supporting participation at DNS Forums
rather than other global or regional events where we have sent participants
in the past.

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**Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
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2018-07-02 6:52 GMT+01:00 Arsène Tungali <arsenebaguma at gmail.com>:

> Dear Farzaneh,
>
> Thanks for bringing this discussion up and I do agree with most of your
> comments, the lack of civil society voices in the Africa DNS Summit. I will
> go ahead and check the ME DNS Forum webpage and agenda to see what
> improvements you have made in terms of adding registrants voices on the
> agenda.
>
> I am in Cotonou (Benin) since yesterday for the Africa Strategy review
> meeting which is a one-day working session happening today (one day before
> the Africa DNS Forum). The objective of this working session is to help
> inform the Africa Strategy (which is carried by the GSE Africa team) and
> suggest inputs/comments to inform their actions for FY19 and FY20. I am
> here as a representative of the civil society and I am glad you brought
> this up. I was invited with Sarah Kiden, who is from At-large, another
> civil society space.
>
> Since the Africa DNS Forum is a key activity run by the GSE Africa team, I
> will include and will be speaking/raising this concern of
> non-representation of civil society voices on the agenda and will call for
> the inclusion of registrant's representatives in the organizing committee
> of this event as well as have them be included in the agenda. This forum is
> more oriented at improving the Africa DNS market but, as you note, the
> interests of domain name registrants should be reflected and this is the
> group that NCSG broadly represents and advocate for. Unfortunately, i am
> not staying for the Forum but i will make sure my point is heard during the
> Strategy review meeting and hopefully be taken into account for the next
> DNS Forum in Africa.
>
> I will be glad if you can share any other important issues that you want
> me to raise during this Strategy meeting that will benefit domain name
> registrants in the Africa region. I would also like to know what our
> African colleagues here think the GSE should do more in supporting us as
> community members on the African continent. The meeting starts in an hour
> or so, what i will receive between now and then, i will be glad to convey
> it and my apologies as I should have requested this some time ago (this
> trip was confirmed like of last minute).
>
> Lastly, I know of our NCUC colleague Muriel Alapini who will be leading
> the ICANN booth at the Africa DNS Forum (maybe in addition to the names
> Farell mentioned).
>
> Regards,
> Arsene
>
> ------------------------
> **Arsène Tungali* <http://about.me/ArseneTungali>*
> Co-Founder & Executive Director, *Rudi international
> <http://www.rudiinternational.org>*,
> CEO,* Smart Services Sarl <https://www.smart-kitoko.com/>*, *Mabingwa
> Forum <http://www.mabingwa-forum.com>*
> Tel: +243 993810967
> GPG: 523644A0
> *Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo*
>
> 2015 Mandela Washington Felllow
> <http://tungali.blogspot.com/2015/06/selected-for-2015-mandela-washington.html>
> (YALI) - ISOC Ambassador (IGF Brazil
> <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/igf-ambassadors-programme/Past-Ambassadors>
> & Mexico
> <http://www.internetsociety.org/what-we-do/education-and-leadership-programmes/next-generation-leaders/Current-Ambassadors>)
> - AFRISIG 2016 <http://afrisig.org/afrisig-2016/class-of-2016/> - Blogger
> <http://tungali.blogspot.com> - ICANN's GNSO Council
> <https://gnso.icann.org/en/about/gnso-council.htm> Member. AFRINIC Fellow
> (Mauritius
> <http://www.afrinic.net/en/library/news/1907-afrinic-25-fellowship-winners>
> )* - *IGFSA Member <http://www.igfsa.org/> - Internet Governance -
> Internet Freedom.
>
> Check the *2016 State of Internet Freedom in DRC* report (English
> <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=234>) and (French
> <http://cipesa.org/?wpfb_dl=242>)
>
> 2018-07-02 6:10 GMT+01:00 Farell FOLLY <farell at benin2point0.org>:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> As it is organised in Benin, many other country-mates and members of NCSG
>> (Yazid, Mathias, etc) are attending.
>>
>> I do agree about the importance of Domain name registrants discussions,
>> it is definitely true.
>>
>> @__f_f__
>>
>> Best Regards
>> ____________________________________
>>
>> Ekue (Farell) FOLLY
>> Technology Champion & Chapter Head
>> Africa 2.0 Foundation.
>> www.africa2point0.org
>> linkedin.com/in/farellf
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2 Jul 2018, at 04:39, Joly MacFie <joly at PUNKCAST.COM> wrote:
>>
>> Please note that an IGF is also scheduled to take place in Nigeria today
>> & tomorrow.
>>
>> They have booked a livestream slot. https://livestream.com/i
>> nternetsociety2/nigf2018/
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 8:07 PM, Benjamin Akinmoyeje <benakin at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Farz,
>>> Thank you for sharing and I completely agree with you.
>>> Unfortunately this meeting has not come up on any of the ICANN related
>>> platforms I participate in Nigeria and regional.  I believe it is important
>>> to have been involved during the planning of the meeting.
>>> The awareness for this event was limited (personal opinion); that
>>> limited opportunity to influence the content, the meeting also coincides
>>> with the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum 2018.  Both meeting will be
>>> requiring the same sets of multi-stakeholders at least those from Nigeria.
>>>
>>> I hope they do some adjustment to include civil society concerns and
>>> registrants rights.
>>>
>>> Maybe we can have NCUC and NCSG members in Cotonou participate, the
>>> meeting does not seem to have remote participation arrangement.
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Benjamin
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 5:50 PM, farzaneh badii <farzaneh.badii at gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> Africa DNS Forum is going to happen tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>> Here is the website: https://dnsforum.africa/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This is the program: https://dnsforum.afri
>>>> ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Draft-Agenda-Africa-DNS-Forum-2018.pdf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Like many of the other regional DNS Forums (we had some improvement in
>>>> the Middle EastDNS Forum), looking at the agenda, it is very industry
>>>> oriented with not much focus on registrants rights. The program looks very
>>>> similar to GDD summit while ICANN argues that it's for all the regional
>>>> stakeholders to attend and bring the perspectives. While this is not closed
>>>> to civil society, I do not see any domain name registrants' rights
>>>> perspective sessions except the GDPR session which has a compliance focus.
>>>> We also don't know who the speakers will be. We have not been able to
>>>> change this unfortunately in many of the regional DNS forum and be included
>>>> in the program (other than the Middle East DNS Forum).
>>>>
>>>> Is anyone from NCSG attending? DNS forums should become good
>>>> occasions to discuss regional problems that domain name registrants face
>>>> and how their rights are impacted. I am not sure at the moment we see any
>>>> of that.
>>>>
>>>> Best
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Farzaneh
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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