Thanks Paul
I share your concern to engage the policy makers and the
industry as well as the general public . My worry is that if the
implications and opportunities arising from ICANN are not captured
immediately, this will be lost. We need a get-together of the those
who participated at ICANN to distil the key issues that Kenyan system –
policy , regulatory and industry needs to follow up.
Else we shall find ourselves heading for Brussels without internalising
the Nairobi ICANN outcomes
Cheers
MM
From: Paul Kukubo [mailto:pkukubo@ict.go.ke]
Sent: 14 March 2010 19:25
To: mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] the legacy of ICANN in Kenya - my take
Mureithi
Excellent Summary. I did attend some sessions at the ICANN
and it was impressive to see such small details work so well. Conference organisers
did a superb job with such important things as availing enough sockets and
power cables to laptop users at the conference. Those with the greatest
understanding of this space on the new gTLDs (global Top Level Domains) must
keep the understanding and implications of this among the policy makers, the
industry and the general public here in Kenya.
Some (if not most) of the sessions used Adobe Acrobat
Connect (Online Conference Software) to provide online collaboration to
participants both here and globally and the feedback from many is that it
worked perfectly thanks to stable and high quality links.
Yes I do agree that this validates our ability to provide
collaborative services of any kind over the internet and thus BPO. There was
sizeable amount of twitter feeds coming out of #ICANN sending details on the
debate, and even pics from the venues. The Twitter feeds are still on.
On another note, I am sitting on my laptop on twitter
following another conference taking place in Texas on Africa (twitter
##africa3d0, #sxsw) (http://sxsw.com/interactive) and
Eric of Ushahidi has just been on a live stream (about an hour ago) from Kenya
speaking to conference participants and reading in, I have seen comments on
Mpesa and African Innovation come mentioned.
From tomorrow, www.nethope.org
hosts its Annual Global Summit in Nairobi bringing to Kenya over 70 top level CIOs
from humanitarian organizations around the world. I am hoping the Kenyans
attending will broadcast this to the rest of the world through the online tools
available.
All these help build 'the ecosystem'.
Congratulations to the ICANN team here for a good
organizational job.
Paul Kukubo
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On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 5:38 PM, muriuki mureithi <mureithi@summitstrategies.co.ke>
wrote:
Hi Listers
After an attempt that aborted in 2008, ICANN
came full throttle into Nairobi and after 6 action packed
days it was time to park the bags and leave– they did and they are
gone heading for Brussels!
Will Nairobi be remembered or put it differently
will Nairobi remember ICANN. What’s the impact both ways? My take
is that the impact was both ways – Nairobi provided a fertile
ground for Board action and ICANN event affirmed the local ICT
sector and raised high to a pedestal for the world to see.
Nairobi was a watershed for gTLDs . Being held
in a developing country, it provided a fertile groundswell
for consideration that resulted in at least two resolutions.
EOI was thrown out by the Board for good
reason - the criteria would have worked against the developing countries and
small entities. This however is a short term reprieve and should only be a
breather. Nairobi also provided a fertile moral ground to persuade
the Board to pass a resolution supporting the formation of a working
group to develop a sustainable approach to providing support to applicants
requiring assistance in applying for and operating new gTLDs. These
provide a lifeline for developing countries to participate
meaningfully in the new space to be unleashed by the new gTLDs. It is a
challenge thrown to us.
ICANN more than affirmed the maturity of the ICT sector
, the challenge is to build on this . A large number of ICANNers did not come
to Nairobi courtesy of the mishandled security issues. This was a
blessing in disguise for the ICT sector. The scribes did their work,
transcribing live from California, some board members, presenters , and
other participants participated fully – no
latency . ICANN confirmed beyond doubt that our ICT infrastructure is world
class and beyond reproach. In the main conference hall, I estimated over 200
devices all online and most streaming and the wireless internet speeds
were incredible, the cellular networks were incredible and according to
one staffer of ICANN, bandwidth capacity and quality was no different
from any developed world country!! He thought the best thing should have
been to stream the Carnivore Gala live to those who didn’t come. Our ICT
system has come of age and fully confirmed by ICANN. If scribes can
sit in California and do their thing , the converse is true, we can
offer first class scribing to world. This is an item we should
shout loudly when marketing the BPO sector . Secondly, ICANN did
official business on audio and video conferencing , is there any reason
where we should not aggressively use audio and video conferencing in government
, private sector and even social engagements?
Finally, ICANN provided a stepping stone and
great credentials to bring IGF to kenya next year .
Media was caught unawares and never could catch
up with the biggest event on internet that ever landed in Kenya . coverage of
the opening day was a whimper and subsequent coverage tacked away
in obscure pages.
Cheers
Muriuki Mureithi
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