Alan, I am commenting in between but am not sure Spark on the iPad seems handles that properly.
el On 17 Nov 2017, 09:45 +0200, Alan Levin <a...@futureperfect.co.za>, wrote: > Hi Michele et al > > > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 7:58 PM, Michele Neylon - Blacknight > > <mich...@blacknight.com> wrote > > > > […] > > > > > And either way it’s not just Africa > > > The Latin American market is as bad if not worse, with many ccTLDs in the > > > region looking for $50+ per year. > > > > Yes, in this case I'm not trying to assist Latin Americans since I live in > > Africa and I want to support my African colleagues... I think that we've > > all learned that it's not helpful to close domains or wrap them up in > > bureaucracy and high annual costs... I think by enabling people (globally) > > to easily register new ones it's simply broad based economic and social > > development opportunities that seem to be missed by these operators. > > > > EL: > > Thank you for your concern about the ccTLD managers, but in some cases, as > > in ours, ‘seems’ just doesn’t do it. In some cases, such as ours, the ccTLD > > Managers have a plan. > > In many others, no amount of support will help. Been there, done that, got > > the T-Shirt, didn’t move on. > > > > EL: > > And, have you ever asked those who you want to support, whether they/we > > want/need this ‘support’? > > > > > Also, if you look at the African ccTLDs there are still quite a few that > > > don’t offer any level of automation or a proper registrar system so it’s > > > hard to see how they’d scale. > > > > Yes. There are many registry service providers that are helping or trying > > to help African cctlds... even in Africa... this is no excuse for failure! > > > > EL: > > I agree with you in some way, CoCCATools is there, but it’s much deeper. > > > > EL: > > It is secondary to proper structure. There are at least two African ccTLDs > > running outdated versions of CoCCATools, have an enourmous staff/management > > turnover, hardly any invoicing/accounting, and focus on numbers of domain > > names instead of getting their house in order. > > > > EL: > > Commercial Registry service providers are not only wrong from a > > developmental aspect, but also the service they provide is shockingly bad > > (I see their raw zone and whois data once in a while) as they put exactly > > zero effort into it once landing the gig (no real profit to be made). > > > > > But why do you want them to buy African domains? A domain by itself is of > > > no value. If you are trying to encourage content then it’s a very > > > different conversation > > > > My clients provide service to African countries. They travel there and > > assist to build things, fix things, help people, doctors, engineers, > > teachers, etc.. > > > > They think that buying their domain names is a way to show commitment to > > them. Unfortunately I need to explain this is a false view. > > > > EL: > > This level of ‘commitment’ leads us to the great no-good-do-gooders debate > > which was sufficiently exhausted on the DEVEL-L List in the early 90’ > > > > Sincerely > > > > > > Alan
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