[Chapter-delegates] Chapter-delegates Digest, Vol 67, Issue 84

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   1. Re: SO TLD (Was: Application to form a Chapter	in Somalia)
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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:22:55 +0000
From: Sabrina Wilmot <wilmot at isoc.org>
To: Tommi Karttaavi <tommi.karttaavi at isoc.fi>,	Chapter Delegates
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Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] SO TLD (Was: Application to form a
	Chapter	in Somalia)
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Dear Tommi,

Thanks for your reply and question. This is a interesting development because the re-delegation of .SO domain has been ongoing for quite a while I think. We had previously looked at this issue and found that according to current IANA details (http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/so.html) the administrative contact is Ahmed Aden, who is the Permanent Secretary. He has been spearing the process to revive .SO and after the re-delegation in 2009, the .SO technical Point of Contact and Name Servers were hosted within the ITU in a temporary arrangement. After reviewing a sustainability model they approached various registry operators to provide the technical operations and grow the ccTLD, and settled on the GMO Registry.

That means, the technical operations have been outsourced to the GMO registry to provide the technical backend and services, however, sponsoring organisation remains as the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication with Mr. Aden as the Admin Point of contact.
The IANA whois validates this position. If the change included the administrative point of contact or Sponsoring Organisation then it would amount to a re-delegation but they did not re-delegate, therefore, the .SO still belongs to the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications under the current Permanent Secretary.

Best regards,
Sabrina

On 29 Dec 2010, at 12:17, Tommi Karttaavi wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> It just came to my attention that the .so TLD has been redelegated to a domain investor company and that the transitional federal government of Somalia is apparently claiming that the persons who authorised the redelegation were not in a position to do so.
> 
> http://www.domainerincome.com/news/somalian-government-wants-so-tld-back/
> 
> http://www.somaliweyn.org/pages/news/Dec_10/6Dec32.html
> 
> In light of this it would interesting to hear if the Somalian Chapter is going to be chartered and what is their position on this.
> 
> Seems like a pretty confusing case. Anyone have any further information on it?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tommi
> 
> On 26.7.2010 19:23, Sabrina Wilmot wrote:
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> 
>> The following application for a Chapter in Somalia has been received. It
>> is being sent to this list for peer comment and review.
>> 
>> Please note that the Chapter is not yet formed and has not officially
>> been recognised by ISOC.
>> 
>> If there are people on this list that know the individuals proposing to
>> establish the Chapter, feedback is especially welcome.
>> 
>> The period allowed for comments is two weeks and the deadline is August
>> 11, 2010.
>> 
>> Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Sabrina Wilmot
>> ISOC
>> 
>> ------------------------------
>> 
>> *Chapter Application*
>> 
>> A. Proposed name of the Chapter
>> Internet Society Somalia Chapter
>> 
>> B. Community of Interest the Chapter will to serve
>> Somali ICT and business community as well as researchers and University
>> students. There are no other Internet Society Chapters in Somalia at
>> this stage.
>> 
>> C. Purpose and Scope of Chapter
>> Despite the current political situation of Somalia, the ICT and business
>> community in Somalia have been (albeit gradually) developing their
>> internet use over the use. By establishing this Chapter we intend to
>> make the use of the internet and application associated with such as
>> e-business and e-learning an integral part of the business, ITC Somali
>> community and in some cases, where possible the general public.
>> 
>> The launching of the .so ccTLD and other projects will contribute to the
>> wider use internet application in Somalia. This Chapter is expected to
>> help us move forward with the introduction of internet community
>> centres, universities sites for the students, and other initiatives that
>> are more specific to sectors such as researchers and online educators.
>> 
>> The initial scope of the chapter is limited and very focused on the
>> areas mentioned above, however, we are very ambitious and hope to
>> develop the chapter further and make an integral part of the business,
>> education and some government agencies. In summary, In general, our
>> focus is on education, capacity building, increasing awareness about the
>> Internet and its role in developing network infrastructure for enabling
>> communities to use the Internet. Initially we plan to start engaging the
>> ICT, students and business community but ultimately we plan to cover the
>> community in general. The specific action plans and our approach to this
>> project will be furnished if required.
>> 
>> D. Founding Members of the Chapter
>> Mohamed Ibrahim, Project Manager, .so ccTLD,
>> Jabril Abdulle, Director, Centre for Resarch and Dialogue (CRD)
>> 
>> E. List of Supporters
>> 1. Somali Telecommunication Association: Ahmed Aden, Abdulqadir Mohamud
>> 2. Centre for Research and Dialogue : Jabril Abdulle, Hassan Sh Mohammed
>> 3. Bakaal WorldWide Money Transfer: Hamid Aden, Abdifatah Mohamed
>> 4. Benadir University: Abdurahman Said, Aden Ibrahim
>> 5. Geelo: Zahro Mohammed, Mulki Elmi
>> 
>> F. List of Requirements
>> I have checked the current rules and regulation and found that at the
>> moment there is no requirement to establish this Chapter. I have
>> contacted the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication as well as the
>> Ministry of planning, and they both indicated a positive reaction to
>> this project, and have no objection to our application to Internet
>> Society Somali Chapter.
>> 
>> G. Additional Information
>> The Chapter will be registered as a community or civil society
>> organization. It will have links with educational institutions,
>> government agencies and all other interested parties.
>> 
>> H. Your Contact Information
>> Mohamed Ibrahim, Project Manager .so ccTLD , Mogadishu.
>> I have been a Research Fellow at Melbourne University and I will be
>> working remotely from Somalia until end of July 2010. Currently I?m
>> working with Somali Civil Societies such as CRD and Geelo in Somalia as
>> well as providing technical advice to the Somali Ministry of
>> Telecommunication. I have been providing technical assistant to
>> educational projects in North Somalia for the last few years. I?m
>> currently based in Mogadishu and my area of interest is developing the
>> education, ICT and telecommunication sector of my country, Somalia.
>> 
>> Jabril Abdule, Director, Centre for Research and Dialogue, Mogadishu,
>> www.crdsomalia.org .
>> Jabril is a well known Somali activist focused on peace initiatives and
>> related academic research. Recently enabled video streaming of Somali
>> conferences held in many parts of the world.
>> 
>> 
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