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Update on AFTLD

Update on AFTLD. Yann Kwok <yann@id.mu> www.aftld.org. The African Association of Top Level Domains. AFTLD - Origins. First meeting in May 2001at the AFNOG meeting in Accra, Ghana Participation of various parties: ICANN VP ccTLD Adcom Chairman & AdCom member for African region

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Update on AFTLD

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  1. Update on AFTLD Yann Kwok <yann@id.mu> www.aftld.org The African Association of Top Level Domains

  2. AFTLD - Origins • First meeting in May 2001at the AFNOG meeting in Accra, Ghana • Participation of various parties: • ICANN VP • ccTLD Adcom Chairman & AdCom member for African region • ccTLD Secretariat • Many African ccTLD’s • www.apoutreach.org/africa/meeting_minute.html

  3. Resolutions from first meeting • Founding Committee set up • Chairman elected and mandated to proceed with legal incorporation of the entity

  4. Registration in Mauritius • AFTLD has been incorporated in Mauritius in december 20th 2002 as a non profit company • Assistance from CENTR (Europe’s sister organization for ccTLDs) • Bylaws online at: http://www.aftld.org

  5. AfTLD structure • Lightweight organization • Executive committee (ExCom): 3 up to 6 directors • Secretariat led by a General Manager who is chosen between the ExCom • Mailing lists

  6. AFTLD Training in Accra (’02) • Full day Training session done at ICANN meeting in Accra (March 2002) by ICANN Staff and Technical Experts covering: • Technical Aspects on DNS Management • Legal Aspects • Performing IANA updates • Widely attended

  7. Presentation at AFNOG ‘02 (Togo) • CFO from Brazil Registry gave a technical presentation on their registry system • Numerous African ccTLDs showed interest for an automated registry system

  8. AFTLD meeting in Carthage (’03) • One day meeting with the particiapation of other regional organisations (APTLD, CENTR, LACTLD) • Exchange of experiences between african ccTLD

  9. AFTLD training in Carthage (’03) • Technical DNS workshop held during the Carthage ICANN meeting • A success, but we need to do more trainings and in many languages (French, Portuguese, Arabic…) to improve efficiency

  10. AFTLD and ccNSO • Montréal 2003 AfTLD communiqué • 11 ccNSO members in the Africa region (ex-aequo with LAC region) • 2 members in the ccNSO LG

  11. Future Developments in AFTLD • Setting up a shared registry system to automate ccTLD registrations • No need to move primary servers • ccTLD keep full control of their primary and secondary DNS servers • AFTLD will provide the front-end and database functions • Technical Training in Africa • Sharing of experience from larger registries • Advanced DNS training (especially on the security side)

  12. Future Developments in AFTLD • Development of a Dispute Resolution System for the African region • Currently dispute resolution almost non-existent in most African countries • Aim is to offer a common context to resolve those domain-related disputes • ccTLD regional organizations cooperation: mutual observership to share experiences (as started with CENTR)

  13. Next AfTLD meetings • meeting during AfNOG 2004 in Dakar (may 2004) • General assembly during the ICANN meeting in Capetown (december 2004) • Join AfTLD: http://lists.aftld.org/mailman/listinfo/members

  14. For more information www.aftld.org <yann@id.mu>?

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