On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 4:44 PM, S Moonesamy <sm+mu_at_elandsys.com> wrote:
> Hi Ish, Logan,
>
> Thanks for the comments.
>
> At 09:17 25-03-2015, Ish Sookun wrote:
>>
>> I'll comment on the 2007's Public consultation paper first.
>>
>> On page 9, I find the following paragraph appear like censorship :
>>
>> "In order to protect Internet domain names from indecency, words which are
>> obscene, scandalous, indecent, and contrary to law or morality may be added
>> to the list of reserved terms, as off-limits for registration."
>>
>> What happens if tomorrow I would want to register something like
>> "geekporn.mu"?
>
>
> That is a policy question. The .mu Select Committee is not working on that
> question or taking decisions about it.
>
>> On the same page, SLDs are mentioned; nic.mu, gov.mu and edu.mu are cited.
>> Are there restrictions if someone would register a domain such as fun.mu and
>> sell sub-domains to hotel & leisure companies?
>
>
> The above is also a policy question. Please see my previous comment.
>
>> Practices like domain hoarding and cybersquatting are mentioned. We do not
>> have laws stipulated in the ICT Act pertaining to such practices. Will the
>> ICT Act be amended?
>
>
> Based on the comments I have seen there is currently agreement to amend the
> part in the ICT Act about the Internet Management Committee. The .mu Select
> Committee has not discussed about domain name hoarding or cybersquatting.
>
>> I am not in favour of selling WHOIS data to commercial companies.
>
>
> Ok.
>
>> Coming to the draft you mentioned several groups/organizations that could
>> nominate member representatives in the .mu Council. You didn't mention the
>> Mauritius Internet Users group. Will the group cease to exist at some point
>> in time?
>
>
> The draft is a proposal to start the discussion. That proposal was written
> before the Mauritius Internet Users was invited to join the
> Multi-Stakeholder Forum.
>
> I would like this group to continue to exist as long as it can regularly
> contribute to discussions about the internet in Mauritius. I am personally
> not in favour of a representation model.
>
>> You mentioned about possible conflict of interest that could arise through
>> registrars. I propose the .mu Council be balanced with a fair number of
>> members.
>
>
> There is still the issue of conflict of interest if a .mu registrar is on
> the .mu Council.
>
>> You also mentioned "This information however should not be available to a
>> registrar." It will be difficult to ascertain the same while having
>> registrar representatives in the .mu Council.
>
>
> Please see my previous comment.
>
>> I think registrars could have an association of their own and they
>> designate someone to represent them.
>
>
> I am a representative of the Mauritius Internet Users; I do not represent
> .mu registrars. I would argue for what is in the interest of the persons
> participating on the mailing list, including the .mu registrars who are on
> the mailing list.
>
>> I agree that fees are to be paid to council members as they will have to
>> dedicate their time and effort.
>
>
> By the way, that was not included in the estimated cost.
>
> At 09:40 25-03-2015, Loganaden Velvindron wrote:
>>
>> Experience show it is possible. There seems to be a misconception
>> about what a board does.
>>
>> A Board shouldn't and must not be involved in the day-to-day operation
>> of an organization.
>
>
> The above mentions that "experience show it is possible". Could you please
> provide some examples?
A non-profit organization like AFRINIC. The board members aren't paid.
However, I think that eventually, we can provide a small allowance to
cover the cost of transport and food for each board meeting.
The board's work consists mostly of strategic planning. It should not
be involved in day to day running. That's why we appoint a CEO.
Also, in this particular case, we have been trying to scale down costs.
>
> Regards,
> S. Moonesamy
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