[NCSG-PC] African DNS market Study NCSG comment / Endorsement
Stephanie Perrin
stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
Thu May 11 06:37:44 EEST 2017
I did an edit on the Google doc, just to smooth the additions and
different style of the various authors. I have no content to add,
sorry....but please feel free to edit if I have destroyed the sense of a
given segment. It seems to me it could go now.
Stephanie
On 2017-05-10 21:45, Rafik Dammak wrote:
> Hi Dorothy,
>
>
> are you proposing those changes below to be included in the document
> as a response to Ayden?
> the document to be tidied-up and need someone to go through at least
> checking format and proofreading.
>
> for submission, my suggestion was to do it by Friday so we should
> finalize review and endorsement by then. definitely, we shouldn't miss
> that extended deadline
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> 2017-05-10 23:43 GMT+09:00 dorothy g <dgdorothydg at gmail.com
> <mailto:dgdorothydg at gmail.com>>:
>
> 1. Include country profiles
>
> 2. Use global references for determining methodology of analysis
>
> 3. Increase the emphasis on out reach and education to get
> greater buy in of stakeholders especially in response to
> questionnaires.
>
> 4. Include scenarios for typology of countries. E.g. Nacent,
> Mid-range, Mature,
>
>
> I am afraid this will be another case where we discuss and then
> end up not sending anything because of timing. How much more time
> are we giving this? Who finalises?
> best
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2017 at 10:51 AM, Rafik Dammak
> <rafik.dammak at gmail.com <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Ayden,
>
> Thanks for the comments,
>
>
> 2017-05-10 22:30 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline
> <icann at ferdeline.com <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>>:
>
> Hi,
>
> I don't think this comment is ready for submission just
> yet, but it is getting there. I am very grateful to
> Dorothy for drafting it, and to all those who have
> contributed comments. Alas, I think we need to be more
> specific about what we would like done differently next
> time the study is conducted.
>
>
> can you make the suggetsion directly in the document?
>
> I am also not sure that the third point is correct. It was
> not that 1,400 domains out of 4.1 million were analysed;
> it was that surveys were sent to 1,400 respondents from
> six sectors (some of whom were registrants). Even if it
> was referring to domains, my hunch is that a sample size
> of 1,400 domains probably is representative.
>
> I also am curious about the comment Anriette made on-list
> about budget; I wonder if it was a case of the external
> consultants who drafted the report underbidding for the
> project, or if ICANN paid a suitable amount for the work
> but they did not pay the local contractors a suitable
> amount for their contributions, or something else
> altogether. I am not sure we need to bring this into our
> comment but it is interesting to me.
>
>
> understood, but I am not sure that is the comment is the right
> place for that while we can ask details about the budgeting
> planned for those studies and which criteria for informational
> purpose.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: [NCSG-PC] African DNS market Study NCSG comment
>> / Endorsement
>> Local Time: May 10, 2017 6:01 AM
>> UTC Time: May 10, 2017 5:01 AM
>> From: rafik.dammak at gmail.com <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
>> To: ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is
>> <mailto:ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>>, dorothy g
>> <dgdorothydg at gmail.com <mailto:dgdorothydg at gmail.com>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> we got several comments from NCSG members on the draft
>> (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ee3gKApsPyKqDE70GSmTjxbxl0DejNLV3Jfry4dAt1Y/edit
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ee3gKApsPyKqDE70GSmTjxbxl0DejNLV3Jfry4dAt1Y/edit>)
>> and I am really happy to see several
>> fellow Africans participate in the review.
>> I could get from ICANN staff to accept the submission of
>> NCSG comment after the deadline and by this week. I would
>> like to kindly ask you to review the draft for
>> endorsement or not in order to submit it by this Friday.
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: *Rafik Dammak* <rafik.dammak at gmail.com
>> <mailto:rafik.dammak at gmail.com>>
>> Date: 2017-05-05 18:40 GMT+09:00
>> Subject: African DNS market Study NCSG comment / Call for
>> comments
>> To: "NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu
>> <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu>"
>> <NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu
>> <mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu>>
>> Cc: ncsg-pc <ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is
>> <mailto:ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Dororthy kindly drafted a NCSG comment (
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ee3gKApsPyKqDE70GSmTjxbxl0DejNLV3Jfry4dAt1Y/edit
>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ee3gKApsPyKqDE70GSmTjxbxl0DejNLV3Jfry4dAt1Y/edit>.
>> ) about the African DNS Market Study
>> (https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market-study-2017-03-11-en
>> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market-study-2017-03-11-en>)
>>
>>
>> While the dealdine is for the 5th May, I already sent a
>> request to the ICANN staff telling them that we are going
>> to make a late submission and asking for extension. I
>> would like to ask members and in particular those from
>> Africa to go through the draft in google doc for review
>> and comments. We should submit this comment by next week
>> after NCSG Policy Committee endorsment based on members
>> feebdack here and in the document.
>> It will be great of you can make comments and any
>> suggestion for edits by Tuesday 9th May so we can resolve
>> them before submission.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Rafik
>>
>>
>> ===================================================
>>
>> Draft 2016 African Domain Name System Market Study
>> <https://www.icann.org/public-comments/africa-dns-market-study-2017-03-11-en>(ADNSMS)
>>
>>
>> The NCSG welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Draft
>> 2016 African Domain Name Market Study carried out by a
>> consortium led by the South Africa Communications Forum.
>>
>>
>> Methodology
>>
>> This is a first attempt to present a snapshot of the
>> African Domain Name Market. The report sets out clearly
>> the data challenges that hampered analysis in conducting
>> this baseline survey. The study indicates that poor
>> response levels (22% to the online survey) could have
>> been affected by the length of the questionnaire, and the
>> difficulty in getting responses for the full set of six
>> specifically targeted questionnaires registrar, regulator
>> etc per country. The report’s authors note that the
>> survey questionnaire could have been streamlined. A
>> Country DNS success index was developed by the authors to
>> rank the health of African DNS markets.
>>
>>
>> Comment: 1. It would be good if the report made
>> reference to other criteria for benchmarking used in
>> other regions to support the choice of the criteria used
>> in the DNS success index.
>>
>> 2. Full discussion of the methodological
>> deficiencies and lessons learnt should be included in an
>> annex to support the next iteration of the (ADNSMS)
>>
>>
>>
>> Section 5 - Africa Rising
>>
>>
>> Comment:
>>
>>
>> 1.
>>
>> In order to make cross-country comparisons more
>> realistic it may be useful to look at the size of a
>> given country’s economy and population in comparison
>> to its existing DNS market. This is done for webpages
>> on pages 85 & 86.
>>
>>
>> 2. Much of the information in this section can be found
>> in other sources and could be put in annex. The slimmed
>> down version included in the main report could focus on
>> ‘value addition’ to the main arguments and make use of
>> the excellent summative graphics some of which are
>> striking in their originality.
>>
>>
>> Section 6 Key Features of the African DNS Market
>>
>>
>> Comment:
>>
>>
>> 1.
>>
>> This section provides useful background information
>> but it could benefit from some more rigor in making
>> its economic arguments. These include the analysis of
>> demand (section 6.3) and the valuation of the
>> African DNS industry (section 6.5) . In the first
>> instance more specific cases should be given to
>> support the arguments given for changes that would
>> increase demand e.g. improved local hosting
>> infrastructure. In the second instance valuing simply
>> on the prices that have been fixed for service does
>> not take into account the multiplier effects within
>> the economy. Given the advice to drop prices and the
>> lack of evidence of the resulting increase in uptake
>> in all country markets, the current approach could
>> result in reduced valuation. This is just to point
>> out that the approach may benefit from a review.
>>
>>
>> 2.
>>
>> The detailed information on certain countries is one
>> of the best features of this study. It may be useful
>> to present a country profile for each African
>> country, a kind of summary flash card that would
>> allow us to appreciate where information is lacking
>> and which indicators will need to be tracked in each
>> context.
>>
>>
>> Section 7. Analysis of Domain Name Uptake Across the region
>>
>> (see prior comment on methodology)
>>
>> Comment:
>>
>>
>> 1.
>>
>> Please see above request for country profiles for all
>> countries
>>
>>
>> 2.
>>
>> The table presenting the rankings in section 7.2
>> should be repositioned as it is currently split
>> between 2 pages.
>>
>>
>> Section 8 Key success factors registries
>>
>>
>> Section 9 - Growth Outlook
>>
>>
>> The part of this study that needs to be given more
>> substance relates to the business models that will grow
>> the African Domain Name System Market. It is important
>> that the study includes an in-depth treatment of this
>> linked to key factors at the country context.
>>
>>
>> The observatory is clearly necessary but the terms of
>> reference for the study not only focused on the
>> observation of what is happening but the deliberate
>> intervention to speed growth. The study lists out
>> factors but these are not put in the form of business
>> models adapted to specific starting points.
>>
>>
>>
>> “The goal of this study is to identify and define the
>> strengths and weaknesses in the industry ecosystem within
>> the Africa region and develop recommendations on how to
>> advance the industry and bring it closer to the
>> opportunities available.” From Section 1 in the ICANN
>> request for comment.
>>
>>
>> Overall the study is an impressive piece of work given
>> the void it comes to fill. It should inspire many others
>> to systematic research on these issues.
>>
>
>
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