The debate on revitalising our .ke ccTLD registry continues today. Yesterday, we tackled Governance issues. Suggestions were made, the major ones dealing with Transparency at the .ke registry, and Equality on representation. Thank you for contributing, reading, and listening. Please feel free to continue contributing to that thread, as we go to the theme of the day. Today we will tackle Stakeholder Engagement and Operational Issues. Public / Stakeholder Engagements 1. Should KeNIC hold Annual General Meetings? Is there value in holding the AGMs? 2. When was the last AGM held? 3. Can the annual reports, and deliberations of the AGMs be published on the KeNIC website? 4. Should the AGM be open to the public? 5. Accountability: How accountable is KeNIC? To whom does it account to? Operational Issues 1. A great effort has been made to popularise the .ke brand, including some popular advertisements, using patriotism to encourage Kenyans, and opening up the second level. But numbers don't lie. Currently, we are at around 80,000 .ke domains, while South Africa is at 1.3million. Is there more work that can be done to make .Ke popular? 2. What are the challenges in selling the .ke brand? What are the opportunities? 3. Is there a challenge in generating content for the KeNIC website? Some pages as noted yesterday have not been updated for some years now. 4. What support does KeNIC give to Registrars? Here are some statistics that I had shared on Tuesday, that may help in stimulating the debate. Germany population 82.67 million .de domains: 16 million domains (one domain for every 5 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 19% .de is the third largest registry in the world and is ran by DENIC which is a non-regulated not-for-profit cooperative owned by registrars. South Africa Population 56 million .za domain: 1.3 million domains (one domain for every 46 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 2.3% .za is the largest ccTLD in Africa, managed and regulated by ZADNA which is an agency of South African government under the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services. Kenya population 50 million .ke domain: 79,773 domains (one domain for every 627 people) Percentage Domain penetration: 0.16% .ke is managed by KeNIC which is envisioned as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) entity Looking forward to a fruitful debate.