[NCSG-PC] African DNS market Study NCSG comment / Endorsement
Matthew Shears
matthew at intpolicy.com
Fri May 12 10:45:30 EEST 2017
Hi - I have read through this quickly. I have not read the report. I
made a few small edits. I think it is OK to send - I am trusting that
others who have read the report in detail have reviewed.
Matthew
On 12/05/2017 00:20, Rafik Dammak wrote:
> Thanks Adyen for the editing, the comment looks neat.
> the ICANN staff is planning to make its response report by 18/19th
> May, if we want to have our comments included we should submit by this
> Friday
> I see that many of our African members agree with the content and I
> don't see any specific concern in the statement other than the
> confusion about sampling (i.e. 1400 domain) which was resolved already
> by removing it due to nonconsensus. I do interpret that we have
> support from NCSG list.
> we need PC members to go through the statement and give their opinion
> on Friday in order to submit in time.
>
> Best,
>
> Rafik
>
> 2017-05-12 5:10 GMT+09:00 Ayden Férdeline <icann at ferdeline.com
> <mailto:icann at ferdeline.com>>:
>
> I have just done some edits on the Google Doc too, adding some
> pleasantries to the introduction, fixing the formatting, and
> shortening a few sentences to make them easier to read. But I
> stopped on page 3, because I have not read the report and I can't
> comment on our arguments. Some of them are giving me pause. I
> don't know that I disagree with them, I just don't have the
> background to understand what we are asking versus what the report
> currently contains. I have deleted a few sentences from the first
> page which were not consistent with the draft report that I skim
> read, but I think the entire comment would benefit from review
> from someone who has actually, comprehensively, read it.
>
> - Ayden
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [NCSG-PC] African DNS market Study NCSG comment /
>> Endorsement
>> Local Time: 11 May 2017 4:35 AM
>> UTC Time: 11 May 2017 03:35
>> From: stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca
>> <mailto:stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca>
>> To: ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is <mailto:ncsg-pc at lists.ncsg.is>
>>
>>
>> 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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