[PC-NCSG] Public Comment

[Rafik Dammak]

Hi Carlos,

thanks for the question,
the MENA dns industry study came within the MENA strategy group discussion
including several members from the community. it covered the state of
domain name in the region in particular for ccTLD but also linked that to
issues like hosting industry and localization (language). the launch of
 several TLDs in arabic script didn't receive that much interest as
expected  and assumed.
I see some values on those studies to get more facts and stats, while it is
important to evaluate the methods used there. for the africa DNS study  I
think that is still ongoing and report will come probably in coming months.

Best,

Rafik

2016-10-01 22:22 GMT+09:00 Carlos Raul <carlosraulg at gmail.com>:

> Thank you Ed!
>
> my first impression of the message is that apart from .mx, .co and .br,
> the region is in the hands of public sector/academic sector ccTLDs, that do
> not offer value added services and for some reason did not fill the
> expectations of the promoters of the new gTLDs.
>
> I can?t follow the (hidden) assumption that the caretakers of non-tradable
> goods (ccTLDs), should have jumped after globally tradable new gTLDs, of
> which many have not even a latin meaning. Quite strange to have ICANN
> paying to disect ccTLDs weaknesses, instead of why global Registries do not
> open up shop and compete locally with adequate services for local
> conditions. Maybe we forgot a few safeguards and/ or PICs. In any case the
> study forgot them too.  Smells of a comfy Duopoly situation that we have to
> cover up with another study.
>
> But I will have to go over it again, at least for the purposes of the CCT
> RT.
>
> Glad to continue to participate in the never ending discussion of
> "underserved areas". I would like to ask and invite our friends from the
> Middle East and Africa, what do they saw or expect from the other regional
> studies that ICANN Foreign Ministry has done (middle East) or is in the
> porcess of doing (Africa).
>
> Wish you all a nice weekend and good fast recovery to Ed.
>
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> On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 3:09 AM, Edward Morris <egmorris1 at toast.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi everybody
>>
>>
>> I wanted to draw this public comment opportunity to everyone's attention:
>>
>> https://www.icann.org/public-comments/lac-dns-marketplace-2016-09-22-en
>>
>> Renata, multiple Carlos' (all of whom I have copied on this email)  and
>> others have been asking about engagement in South and Central America. I'd
>> suggest one way to approach things might be to put together a group
>> response to this report. There appear to be a number of areas in the report
>>  that may be of interest yet it does not appear that some specific areas of
>> concern to noncommercial interests are included.
>>
>> This isn't an area of expertise of mine but this does appear to be an
>> important report we should comment on. My fear is that with a closing date
>> of November 1st, right before our meeting in India, we may miss it. So
>> consider this an alert to the PC leadership and other interested parties
>> that perhaps we need to try to get something going on this sooner rather
>> than later.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ed Morris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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