[AFRI-Discuss] Call for topics: Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN Statement for ICANN63

Seun Ojedeji seun.ojedeji at gmail.com
Fri Sep 14 09:01:50 UTC 2018


Hello Tijani,

I agree with your suggested focus topics, I think we can take the first and
last bullets as I think the next round is still very critical matter of
interest (especially to developing economies).

That said, do pen me down as member of the drafting team as well.

Regards

Sent from my mobile
Kindly excuse brevity and typos

On Fri, 14 Sep 2018, 09:48 Tijani BEN JEMAA, <tijani.benjemaa at topnet.tn>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> The call for topics expired yesterday and we received proposals from
> Abdulkarim, Wisedom, Barrack, Bamba, Hadia, Abiola and Liz. Thank you for
> participating in the topic selection process.
> The topics received are new gTLD subsequent procedure, Open data, EPDP and
> IDN / Universal acceptance.
> Seun commented on the proposal for EDPD saying the EPDP work is very fast
> moving and there is a high chance that whatever we have as a draft may
> become obsolete by AFRALO/AFRICANN meeting. I agree with him.
> The new gTLD subsequent procedure is one of the most hot subject today at
> ICANN. It was proposed by several persons. But it contains several topics
> such as open round or consecutive rounds, application fees, applicant
> support, community applications, etc. If we decide to address them all
> together, our statement will be superficial. We need to be focused and give
> clear and precise opinion to have the required impact.
> I think we should choose among:
>
>    - Open round or consecutive rounds
>    - Application fees,
>    - Applicant support,
>    - Community applications
>
> I propose « Community Applications » since in the 2012 round, the
> community application was a big failure, and I think we need to give our
> opinion on how to make it successful. Please give your proposals as soon as
> possible, and not later than Monday 17 September.
> To respect the timeline, I also propose that we start forming the drafting
> team so that on 17 September, we will have the final topic identified and
> the drafting team formed. I’m volunteering to be on the drafting team.
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *Tijani BEN JEMAA*
> Executive Director
> Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations (*FMAI*)
> Phone: +216 98 330 114
>             +216 52 385 114
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> Le 11 sept. 2018 à 04:38, Sarah Kiden <skiden at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I also wanted to mention that Hadia El Miniawi had already sent comments
> on a separate thread. Her suggestion was:
>
> “ Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) which would include universal
> acceptance or the EPDP.”
>
> Regards,
>
> Sarah
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 19:12 Sarah Kiden <skiden at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> English
>>
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>>
>> I hope this email finds you well. The ICANN63 meeting in Barcelona, Spain
>> is only about 1.5 months away. We plan to have the Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN
>>  meeting as agreed during the AFRALO monthly call on 5 September 2018. T
>> his is a call for topics for the statement for the meeting.
>>
>>
>> We have several topics to choose from since we are now commenting on the
>> initial report of the new Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) subsequent
>> procedures Policy Development Process (PDP) Working Group (an open round
>> or consecutive rounds, Universal Acceptance, application fees, applicant
>> support, community applications, etc). We also have the Expedited Policy
>> Development Process (EPDP) working now and we may choose to give our
>> opinion as a region on several aspects of the temporary specifications like
>> data collection, processing, transfer, retention, and access to non-public
>> data).
>>
>>
>> This wide range of topics mentioned above are given as examples. Of
>> course, you may suggest other topics if you so desire.
>>
>>
>> As is the norm, the topic that receives the most support will be
>> selected. A drafting team will then be constituted to prepare the
>> statement.
>>
>>
>> Please note that the final statement should be prepared early to allow it
>> to be translated into French before ICANN63. We request that you please send
>> your topics by Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 23:59 UTC.
>>
>>
>> Please see our timeline below:
>> 10 - 13 September: Call for topics
>> 14 September:        Announcement of the selected Topic
>> 14 - 17 September: Call for drafting team members
>> 18 September:        Announcement of the drafting team and starting of
>> drafting the statement
>> 26 September        1st draft of the statement published & Opening of the
>> comment period
>> 03 October:            Closing of the comment period
>> 04 - 08 October:     Drafting of the final version
>> 09 October:            Final draft published
>> We look forward to receiving your topics!
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>>
>> Sarah Kiden
>> AFRALO Secretariat
>> (On behalf of AFRALO Leadership Team)
>>
>>
>> ==================
>> French
>>
>> Chers collègues,
>>
>>
>> J'espère que cet email vous trouvera en bonne santé. La réunion de
>> l'ICANN63 à Barcelone, en Espagne, se tiendra dans à peu près un mois et
>> demi. Nous prévoyons avoir la réunion conjointe AFRALO-AfrICANN comme
>> convenu lors de l'appel mensuel d'AFRALO du 5 septembre 2018. Ceci est
>> un appel à proposition de thèmes pour la déclaration de la réunion.
>>
>>
>> Nous avons plusieurs sujets desquels nous pouvons choisir puisque nous
>> commentons actuellement le rapport initial du Groupe de Travail sur les
>> Procédures ultérieures de développement des politiques (PDP) des nouveau Domaines
>> Génériques de premier niveau (gTLD) (un tour ouvert ou des tours
>> consécutifs, acceptation universelle, frais de candidature, soutien aux
>> candidats, candidature communautaires, etc.). Nous avons également le
>> Processus Accéléré de développement de politiques (EPDP) qui est actuellement
>> à pieds d’oeuvre et nous pourrions choisir de donner notre avis en tant
>> que région sur plusieurs aspects des spécifications temporaires, tels
>> que la collecte des données, leur traitement, leur transfert, leur conservation
>> et l'accès aux données non publiques.
>>
>>
>> Ce large éventail de thèmes mentionnés ci-dessus est donné comme exemples
>> . Vous pouvez bien entendu suggérer d'autres sujets si vous le désirer.
>>
>>
>> Comme c'est la norme, le sujet qui recevra le plus de soutien sera
>> sélectionné. Une équipe de rédaction sera alors constituée pour préparer la
>> déclaration.
>>
>>
>> Veuillez noter que la déclaration finale devrait être préparée tôt pour
>> permettre sa traduction en français avant l'ICANN63. Nous vous demandons s’il
>> vous plait d'envoyer vos suggestions avant le jeudi 13 septembre 2018 à
>> 23h59 GMT.
>>
>>
>> Veuillez consulter notre calendrier ci-dessous :
>> 10 - 13 septembre : appel à proposition de sujets
>> 14 septembre : Annonce du sujet sélectionné
>> 14 - 17 septembre : Appel aux membres de l'équipe de rédaction
>> 18 septembre : Annonce de l'équipe de rédaction et début de la rédaction
>> de la déclaration
>> 26 septembre : 1er brouillon de la déclaration publiée & Ouverture de la
>> période de commentaires
>> 03 octobre : Clôture de la période de commentaires
>> 04 - 08 octobre : Rédaction de la version finale
>> 09 octobre : Version finale publiée
>>
>>
>> Nous sommes impatients de recevoir vos sujets.
>>
>>
>> Cordialement,
>>
>> Sarah Kiden
>> Secrétariat d’AFRALO
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>>
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