February 2024 - AFRI-Discuss

FW: Approved- the AFRALO response to the public comment “Draft Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Study"
by ICANN At-Large Staff Feb. 6, 2024

Feb. 6, 2024

Dear AFRALO members, Following the consensus call, staff notes that there are no comments or objections. The AFRALO statement<https://docs.google.com/document/d/16i41pJPaInqqpLKNaGyNhJUBGfO9iSKqUTHG71T…> responding to the Public Comment “Draft Final Report of the 2023 African Domain Name Industry Study<https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-final-report-of-th…>” has been approved by consensus. The statement will be sent to the ALAC for vote and further submission to the public comment proceeding. Thank you! At-Large Staff ICANN Policy Staff in support of the At-Large Community Website: atlarge.icann.org<http://atlarge.icann.org/> Facebook: facebook.com/icannatlarge<http://facebook.com/icannatlarge> Twitter: @ICANNAtLarge<https://twitter.com/ICANNAtLarge> [signature_3287684181] From: afri-discuss-bounces <afri-discuss-bounces(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> on behalf of AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Reply-To: Hadia El Miniawi <hadiaminiawi(a)yahoo.com> Date: Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 6:47 PM To: AFRI-Discuss <afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: [AFRI-Discuss] Consensus call: To approve the AFRALO response to the public comment “Draft Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Study" Dear AFRALO members, On behalf of Hadia Elminiawi, AFRALO Chair, this is a consensus call in accordance to article 8.1 of AFRALO operating principles,<https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/AFRALO+MOU+and+Organising+Docume…> to approve the AFRALO response to the public comment “Draft Final Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Stud<https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-final-report-of-th…>y On 21 December 2023, the Public Comment opened. The comment will close on 08 February 2024. On Monday 29 January<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=297369693> 2024 AFRALO Chair held a call open to all AFRALO members to review and discuss the document. The following AFRALO members volunteered as penholders: Hadia Elminiawi<https://community.icann.org/display/~hadia.elminiawi>, Hervé Hounzandji, Levy Syanseke<https://community.icann.org/display/~levy.syanseke> and Adebunmi Akinbo<https://community.icann.org/display/~adebunmi.akinbo>. On Wednesday, 31 January<https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=297369701> 2024, Hadia Elminiawi presented an overview of the Draft Final Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Study<https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/draft-final-report-of-th…> and the main points from the perspective of AFRALO. The pen holders have drafted the following Statement: AL-ALAC-ST-1223-03-00-EN [docs.google.com]<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/document/d/16i41pJPaInqq…> [docs.google.com][cid:image002.png@01DA5866.4DDBA640] [X] [Image removed by sender.] AL-ALAC-ST-1223-03-00-EN Please review the document by Monday, 05 February at 23:00 UTC. With the support of AFRALO, and if no objections or comments are received, the report will be sent to the ALAC to be endorsed. Policy staff will submit the statement to ICANN org on 8 February 2024. Thank you very much! Kind regards, At-Large Staff

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Consensus call: To approve the AFRALO response to the public comment “Draft Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Study"
by Hadia El Miniawi Feb. 4, 2024

Feb. 4, 2024

Dear AFRALO members, On behalf of Hadia Elminiawi, AFRALO Chair, this is a consensus call in accordance to article 8.1 of AFRALO operating principles, to approve the AFRALO response to the public comment “Draft Final Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Study On 21 December 2023, the Public Comment opened. The comment will close on 08 February 2024. On Monday 29 January 2024 AFRALO Chair held a call open to all AFRALO members to review and discuss the document. The following AFRALO members volunteered as penholders: Hadia Elminiawi, Hervé Hounzandji, Levy Syanseke and Adebunmi Akinbo. On Wednesday, 31 January 2024, Hadia Elminiawi presented an overview of the Draft Final Report of the 2023 Africa Domain Name Industry Study and the main points from the perspective of AFRALO. The pen holders have drafted the following Statement: AL-ALAC-ST-1223-03-00-EN | | | | | | | | | | | AL-ALAC-ST-1223-03-00-EN | | | Please review the document by Monday, 05 February at 23:00 UTC. With the support of AFRALO, and if no objections or comments are received, the report will be sent to the ALAC to be endorsed. Policy staff will submit the statement to ICANN org on 8 February 2024. Thank you very much! Kind regards, At-Large Staff

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Re: [AFRI-Discuss] Hijacked domain
by Martha Alade Feb. 2, 2024

Feb. 2, 2024

Please can anyone offer help and advise on hijacked domain? It's urgent On Sunday, January 14, 2024, Yaovi Atohoun via AFRI-Discuss < afri-discuss(a)atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > > The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) > organization (org) will host two webinars this month to provide usage data > on the recently launched > <https://www.icann.org/resources/press-material/release-2023-11-28-en> Registration > Data Request Service (RDRS), and answer any questions about the service. > The RDRS handles requests for access to nonpublic registration data related > to generic top-level domains (gTLDs). > > > > The webinar dates are: > > Webinar #1: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 at 00:00 UTC for 60 minutes > Register for the session here > <https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TYml0TOvRq-wzO7c61MeEg>. > > Webinar #2: Thursday, 25 January 2024 at 15:00 UTC for 60 minutes > Register for the session here > <https://icann.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_k8UpjvF6Re-0gBIjO-HjsA>. > > > > More detail here > <https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-webinars-to-provide-fi…> > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > *Yaovi ATOHOUN* > > Director, Stakeholder Engagement & Operations - Africa > > www.icann.org > > > -- *I just published an article on inclusion; a must read - https://zenodo.org/records/10053058 <https://zenodo.org/records/10053058>* Warm regards, *Martha Omoekpen Alade* *WITIN.org/impact <https://witin.org/impact>* : *21 years of impact- year by year -increasing Women and Girls' Representation in the Digital Ecosystem*

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