October 2012 - isoc - Skunkworks Site

Fw: [Itu2012chapters] WCIT: Chapter info update
by Davis Onsakia 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

Good to see ISOC Kenya Chapter response here - http://www.internetsociety.org/wcit-preparations-around-world Regards and many thanks, Davis M Onsakia 'The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.' - Maureen Dowd ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Sally Wentworth <wentworth(a)isoc.org> To: itu2012chapters(a)elists.isoc.org Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 3:05 PM Subject: [Itu2012chapters] WCIT: Chapter info update Hi all -- Please update us on what is happening in your country with regards to WCIT preparations! You can help us update our website by contributing updates or new information to the form that is located here: https://internetsociety2.wufoo.eu/forms/national-contributions-to-wcit/ Many thanks, Sally Sally Wentworth Internet Society +1 703 439 2146 wentworth(a)isoc.org www.isoc.org _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu.

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Chevening Scholarships now open: Apply
by Alice Munyua 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

http://ukinkenya.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/working-with-kenya/chevening-page Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarships programme. These scholarships support study at UK universities – mostly one-year Masters’ degrees – for students with demonstrable potential to become future leaders, decision-makers and opinion formers. Best Alice

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Internet regulation at national level?
by Barrack Otieno 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nii Narku Quaynor <quaynor(a)ghana.com> Date: Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 3:29 AM Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Internet regulation at national level? To: "africann(a)afrinic.net" <africann(a)afrinic.net> Some have asked for regulation at national level but have failed to name what to regulate and how to regulate it. Perhaps as was pointed out by one member de-regulation may be more beneficial to Internet countries and we should take that seriously I also heard that we should regulate IP numbers and domain names at national level. Well and good but how could this be done when IPs are administered globally(iana/nro) and regionally through afrinic? Similarly gTLD administration is not within the purview of nation states as its administered globally at ICANN. Also best practices suggest ccTLDs are better managed in a multi-stakeholder model giving participation to registrants, ISPs, operators, civil society, technical community, government and others. Thus ccTLDs are not directly under government regulation and at best fall in a self regulatory regime Whois accuracy was mentioned but I did not hear what the government will do beyond education. Also making laws on Whois beyond ccTLD is questionable. Dispute resolution was additionally noted as potential area of regulation but this is a legal practice and perhaps better to reinforce existing local legal institutions with new Internet capacity than for government regulation The Internet is different for two reasons from the compared transportation examples. First the Internet is already regulated because it uses transmission media that is already very well regulated. Thus an Internet user has paid the tariffs by the access and need no further fees Secondly, it defies geography by its organization in that an operator in one country may operate a network that spams beyond its region. Thus networks are not exactly national and national regulation would only interfere in their expansion Content regulation was mentioned and all have pointed to it as difficult. All ways known disrupt the network structure and do not achieve the intended objective as one can always work around. It also begin to create authoritarian society by determining what adults read or access. It breaks the openness which has allowed the developing countries including Africa to catch in capacity Competition has been suggested as another reason we need regulation at national level. One very smart input pointed out that most of the concerns are governance issues and not regulation yet non of the advocates gave it the infamous ++++++++1? Issues of policy environments that support development of national industries, technical capacity, infrastructure of cables and exchange points, business environment, local content, etc are governance issues which all nations are exploring ways to gain competitive advantage in. That is not achieved by closing our borders and regulating to hell. Africa will fall behind if we go that route As standards are global it should be clear our nations role is to prepare its citizens to participate in international organizations such as IETF, ISOC, W3C, ICANN, the I*s and in Africa the Af*s. So assuming there is a role for regulating the Internet nationally the next the question of why do it if it's being done elsewhere remained unanswered. In fact if we are to be sincere Africa has some way to go to develop what it takes to participate in existing global organizations and very unclear the ability to do The strength of nation states is in developing enabling environment for investments, capacity, security, openness, competition, IPv6 migration, etc which are governance issues in a de-regulated Internet environment So, can someone make the case for national regulation of the Internet again clearly? _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] REMINDER: WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey Available Until 31 OCT 2012
by Barrack Otieno 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Glen de Saint Géry <Glen(a)icann.org> Date: Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 4:48 PM Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] REMINDER: WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey Available Until 31 OCT 2012 To: "africann(a)afrinic.net" <africann(a)afrinic.net> https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-25oct12-en.htm REMINDER: WHOIS Technical Requirements Survey Available Until 31 OCT 2012 25 October 2012 Mid-September 2012 ICANN invited the community to participate in a survey about possible Technical WHOIS Requirements. If you have not reviewed the survey, or you have a saved response, the WSWG team asks that you complete the survey on or before 31 October 2012, 23:59 UTC. After which, the Working Group will close the survey and begin to analyze the submitted responses. For more details about the survey and link to the survey, please see the original announcement: http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-17sep12-en.htm We look forward to your participation and thank you for sharing your views with the team. Glen de Saint Géry GNSO Secretariat gnso.secretariat(a)gnso.icann.org http://gnso.icann.org _______________________________________________ AfrICANN mailing list AfrICANN(a)afrinic.net https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Fwd: [kictanet] Draft National ICT Masterplan
by Barrack Otieno 31 Oct '12

31 Oct '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Kukubo <pkukubo(a)ict.go.ke> Date: Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:01 PM Subject: [kictanet] Draft National ICT Masterplan To: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> Listers The Kenya ICT Board wishes to invite comments towards the completion of the Kenya ICT Masterplan 2012-2017 being developed on bhealf of the Ministry of Information and Communication. The link to view the draft can be found here. We shall also be finalizing a Facebook page to receive comments on the same. http://www.scribd.com/doc/110892993/Kenya-ICT-Masterplan-2012-2017-For-Revi… We propose to open this out for comment for 10 days after which we shall commence the process of editing and finalisation. This review process follows several review forums where the summary masterplan has been presented to various stakeholders for comment including workshops, conferences. We welcome comments and proposals through this forum in order to enrich and complete this process. Regards CEO Paul Kukubo Kenya ICT Board -- Paul Kukubo Chief Executive Officer, Kenya ICT Board PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 12th Floor, Teleposta Towers Koinange Street Tel +254 20 2089061, +254 20 2211960 Fax: +254 20 2211962 website: www.ict.go.ke local content project: www.tandaa.co.ke, www.facebook.com/tandaakenya twitter:@tandaaKENYA BPO Project: www. doitinkenya.co.ke Digital Villages Project: www.pasha.co.ke personal contacts _______________ Cell: + 254 717 180001 skype: kukubopaul googletalk: pkukubo personal blog: www.paulkukubo.co.ke personal twitter: @pkukubo ____________________ Vision: Kenya becomes a top ten global ICT hub Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/otieno.barrack%40gmai… The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications. -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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Baku IGF interest in remote participation?
by Alice Munyua 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Would ISOC ke or any ISOC ke member be able to take this on? Best Alice ------------------------------------------------- Hi listers, Any interest in helping set up a remote participation hub for the upcoming Baku IGF similar to the ones here <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation/list-of-remote-hubs-2012> (http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation/list-of-remote-hubs-2012) If so, ping me off list. Cheers, Ory

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WIKI PAGES
by kelvin githira 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hi all, kindly see belows wiki for the unesco project. http://ictglossary.wikia.com/wiki/ICT_COMPETENCY_FRAMEWORK_FOR_TEACHERS_-_G… a few editing points that remain will be done by end of day today. @ charles will update you on phone. Regards, kelvin

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Re: [ISOC_KE] Notice of monthly meeting
by Tom Oketch 27 Oct '12

27 Oct '12

Dear Liz, Please accept my apologies.I am out of town. Pass my regards. On 27 October 2012 00:30, Richard Otieno <richard.otieno(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [image: Boxbe] <https://www.boxbe.com/overview> Richard Otieno ( > richard.otieno(a)gmail.com) is not on your Guest List<https://www.boxbe.com/approved-list>| Approve > sender <https://www.boxbe.com/anno?tc=12761366152_36976069> | Approve > domain <https://www.boxbe.com/anno?tc=12761366152_36976069&dom> > > Liz > > My apology but am together with you. > > Kind regards > > @richard > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Liz Orembo <lizorembo(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Dear colleagues, >> I hope this communication finds you well. We are going to have our >> monthly members' meeting this coming Saturday, 27th Sept. >> >> Agenda: General progress of the chapter >> IGF local hub >> Any other business >> >> Time: 10am-12pm >> Venue: View park towers, 10th floor >> >> See you on Saturday! >> >> -- >> Best regards. >> >> Appologies if you have received this mail before. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> isoc mailing list >> isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke >> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc >> >> > > > -- > Richard Otieno > Cell +254 20 2312 498 > +254 714 714 905 > +254 735 431 503 > +254 721 680 611 > +254 751 611 680 > skype: comolor > > > _______________________________________________ > isoc mailing list > isoc(a)lists.my.co.ke > http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/isoc > > -- Tom Oketch Executive Director La Vie Foundation P. O. Box 2160-00200 Nairobi. Tel: +(254) 722-849 120 (*Kenya*) +(252) 24774257 (*Somaliland*) E-mail: tomoketch(a)gmail.com Website: www.laviefoundation.org FaceBook Page: www.facebook.com/laviefoundation<http://www.laviefoundation.org/> *Programmes: Entrepreneurship & Other Trainings; Elderly and Ageing Persons Care; Information Management and Dissemination; Local and International Volunteerism; Peace Building, Disaster Management and Relief Services.*

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Notice of monthly meeting
by Liz Orembo 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

Dear colleagues, I hope this communication finds you well. We are going to have our monthly members' meeting this coming Saturday, 27th Sept. Agenda: General progress of the chapter IGF local hub Any other business Time: 10am-12pm Venue: View park towers, 10th floor See you on Saturday! -- Best regards. Appologies if you have received this mail before.

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Test
by Barrack Otieno 26 Oct '12

26 Oct '12

-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/

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