Fw: [i-network] East African Internet Governance Forum-updates
below the updates from the East African Internet Governance Forum in Uganda. walu. Alice: any major\key decisions coming out of the Kampala meeting? --- On Wed, 8/11/10, I-Network Secretariat Eunice Namirembe <namirembe@i-network.or.ug> wrote: From: I-Network Secretariat Eunice Namirembe <namirembe@i-network.or.ug> Subject: [i-network] East African Internet Governance Forum To: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network@dgroups.org> Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 6:38 PM Dear Members, Like most of you may know already, The East African Internet Governance Forum is taking place now. You are invited to follow proceedings on Twitter @EA_IGF, read updates on the blog http://www.eaigf-uganda.blogspot.com/ or follow participants updates on facebook when you search East African Internet Governance Forum and be part of the event. You can also access day one presentations on the EAIGF website using this link http://www.eaigf.or.ke/eaigf/eaigf/2010-eaigf-presentation.html. Kind regards Eunice ________________________ Visit the I-Network website - www.i-network.or.ug Follow I-Network on Twitter: http://twitter.com/inetwork The I-Network Dgroup is a platform for ICT Knowledge Sharing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit [web site]( http://d2.dgroups.org/iicd/i-network/ ) Click [here]( mailto:leave.i-network@dgroups.org ) to unsubscribe The email is intended only for the recipients. The owners of the Dgroups cannot be held responsible for the contents of the email message.
Thanks Walu, yesterday I was just asking someone whether there is some way to participate remotely. This helps. Who is in the Kenyan delegation? Perhaps we can follow their tweets for more customised info or info of particular interest to Kenyan youth. best! rgds, Grace On 13 August 2010 10:17, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
below the updates from the East African Internet Governance Forum in Uganda.
walu. Alice: any major\key decisions coming out of the Kampala meeting? --- On *Wed, 8/11/10, I-Network Secretariat Eunice Namirembe < namirembe@i-network.or.ug>* wrote:
From: I-Network Secretariat Eunice Namirembe <namirembe@i-network.or.ug> Subject: [i-network] East African Internet Governance Forum To: "I-Network Uganda" <i-network@dgroups.org> Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 6:38 PM
Dear Members,
Like most of you may know already, The East African Internet Governance Forum is taking place now. You are invited to follow proceedings on Twitter @EA_IGF, read updates on the blog http://www.eaigf-uganda.blogspot.com/ or follow participants updates on facebook when you search East African Internet Governance Forum and be part of the event.
You can also access day one presentations on the EAIGF website using this link http://www.eaigf.or.ke/eaigf/eaigf/2010-eaigf-presentation.html.
Kind regards
Eunice
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Walu, On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
below the updates from the East African Internet Governance Forum in Uganda.
walu. Alice: any major\key decisions coming out of the Kampala meeting?
I'm not sure I like the word "decision" in re: any IGF meeting. While it is possible that the EAIGF may come up with a consensus set of recommendations to pass to the global IGF, that body has no decision making authority. It's best not to raise any expectations unnecessarily. Some examples of this can be found on http://www.eaigf-uganda.blogspot.com/ and in Mwende's update. First we have the question: "Does the East African Community (EAC) need a ccTLD?" (My answer is "not really", but that is a separate issue). What struck me is the urgent need for capacity building when I read the quote: “Who wants .EAC and where shall we end up. Next will be .COMESA when we already have .AFRICA. Why don’t we just strengthen what we have,” In fact, we do NOT have .africa yet, nor is there any guarantee that we will have such a string, so let's not get our hopes up until .africa is actually in the rootzone file. Actually, there are two competing proposals to run a .africa registry, and for the record, I prefer a model that is similar to the PIR (Public Interest Registry) model which supports (funds) the IETF, ISOC and other Internet community initiatives. I'd like to see a private, non-profit body running .africa whereby all the surplus revenue (after meeting operational requirements) goes to fund the Af*s organisations. These are AfNOGand afNOG/AfREN/AfriNIC/etc. AfNOG and afREN have been reliant on donor support for part of their budget traditionally. It would be ideal if .africa could fully fund these initiatives going forward. (BTW, we may have a new Af* organisation in the making after the very successful AfPIF [African Peering and Interconnection Forum] meeting held over the last 2 days. It was very unfortunate that both meetings were held simultaneously, as many would have benefited from attending both). Speaking of IXPs, this page: http://www.diplointernetgovernance.org/profiles/blogs/highlights-of-ongoing-... says: "Recognition of the need for a regional IXP by through harmonization of regulatory frameworks (licensing requirements and interconnection guidelines) to facilitate cross-border network operators." What became clear to me during AfPIF is that the "need" for a regional peering point has been diminished by our transition from scarcity to abundance in re: bandwidth. In addition, we have zero measurements to tell us that we need a regional peering exchange. In other words, our world has changed, it's time to change our way of thinking about it as well. In general, I think the IGFs should focus more on capacity building and less on outcomes. I hope folk aren't too disappointed when the change they seek via IGF meetings doesn't come to pass via the IGF. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
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