Update on AFTLD

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Update on AFTLD

• Yann Kwok
• ltyann_at_id.mugt
• www.aftld.org

The African Association of Top Level Domains
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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 ccTLDs
• www.apoutreach.org/africa/meeting_minute.html

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Resolutions from first meeting

• Founding Committee set up
• Chairman elected and mandated to proceed with
  legal incorporation of the entity

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Registration in Mauritius

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

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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

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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

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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

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AFTLD meeting in Carthage (03)

• One day meeting with the particiapation of other
  regional organisations (APTLD, CENTR, LACTLD)
• Exchange of experiences between african ccTLD

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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

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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

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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)

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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)

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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

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For more information

• www.aftld.org
• ltyann_at_id.mugt?