AINC

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Arabic Internet Names Consortium (AINC) ????????
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Presented By Zakaria Amar AINC Vice-Chair
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AINC Founding Members

• Arab ccTLDs Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Libya,
  Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar,
  Saudi Arabia, UAE.
• Technology Providers
• i-DNS.net, NativeNames.net, Neteka,
  RealNames, Verisign and Walid.com
• IT Consultants Millennium Inc., Shebaak.com,
  Ayna.com, Alfoursan International, Maktoob.com
  and Dubai Internet City
• Individual Members from world wide Arabic
  Speaking individuals, Universities and other
  establishments.

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AINC Committees

• Linguistic Committee
• ccTLD Committee
• ABLINC Committee
• Membership Committee
• Technical Committee
• Policies Committee
• Arab Government Relations Committee
• Events Committee
  
• International Relations Committee
• Financial, Administrative Legal Committee

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AINC Mission

• The Arabic Internet Names Consortium AINC
  teaches, communicates, innovates, generates
  wealth, governs, does business, rule-makes and
  progresses in all walks of life through the use
  of digital technology. It is an entity that has
  a digital nervous system, which provides the
  unlimited knowledge management resources for
  further progress and knowledge creation.

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Major Current Agenda Items

• Arabic Based Languages (Arabic, Farsi, Urdu..)
• LINGUSITS CONCERNS SOLUTIONS
• STANDARD gTLDs / ccTLDs equivalence
• SHARED WHOIS

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Consumer Rights
Continued - Major Current Agenda Items
Who owns the Registered Domain Name?
Intellectual Property Enforcement? ccTLD
model Market Confusion caused by misleading
information models. Dispute Policy
Regulations. Anti Cyber
Squatting Regulations. Solution is ?
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Our gTLDs Choices
Majority Choices .name .info .tv .org
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Other Alternative Choice ? .? .?
. .org .net .com
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Our ccTLDs Choices
A) .eg ? ? . ?-?. ??.
B-1) ???. .Egypt

• Postal Code ( 2 Characters)
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B-2) ????. ????. ??????. ??????. .Jordan
.Morroco

• Full Name ( ? Characters )
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• Include the AL ? ? or not?

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How could AINC achieve its goals?

• We need the support of ICANN, IETF, WIPO and Arab
  institutions such as the Arab League and the ITU
  regional office for Arab countries, etc.
• We need consumers to voice themselves and let us
  know their feedback
• We need trademark holders to present their
  perspective

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Conclusion

• We have to recognize that the Internet is a
  global medium
• We have to recognize the cultural and linguistic
  differences when looking for a solution. The
  involvement of local communities is very
  important
• When examining solutions we have to pay more
  attention to the long-term solution
• Cooperation with MINC, ICANN, IETF, ITU WIPO is
  very important to the legitimacy of AINC
• Institutionalizing our activities is very
  encouraging for the industry and for the Arabic
  Internet user
• Standards that we come up with need to be
  compliant with the current Internet
  infrastructure. We dont need to have an Arabic
  Intranet. We need to be part of the global
  community

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• Please visit our site at
• http//www.A-INC.org
• Or http//www.ArabicDomainName.org

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Upcoming meetings

• 1) SASNET 2002, March 20 -22 hosted by
• The Government of Mauritania
• 2)Tunisia meeting April 15-18, 2002 Annual AINC
  meeting/ Seminar to be hosted by The Government
  of Tunisia, Tunisia Internet Agency Alfoursan
  International

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MULTUMIRI
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DANK
MERCI
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THANK YOU !