Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 16:06:04 +0400
Good afternoon Mr. Gorden and good afternoon to all the recipients of this
email,
As a member of the Mauritius Internet Users List, I have been following
this topic through the different mails having been exchanged so far.
Therefore, I would like to ask a question concerning the members of the
Multi-Stakeholder Forum for better understanding and transparency.
As a matter of fact, I would like to know how many members actually form
part of this Forum and on which criteria they have been chosen ?
Thanking you in advance for your answer,
Best regards,
Amaelle Lamusse
2015-05-09 0:25 GMT+04:00 Benoit Gentil <benoit_at_fodytechnologies.com>:
> Dear Mr. Gorden,
>
> I have some concerns about the amended Note of Meeting for
> Multi-Stakeholder Forum which was held on Wednesday 22 April 2015.
>
> *Section 2.3**:*
>
> Mr. Moonesamy make the presentation in his capacity as chair of the .MU
> Select Committee.
>
> *Section 4.1:*
>
> 1. The .MU Select Commitee did not agree about the creation of a .MU
> council. What was proposed was the creation of a non-profit organisation.
> 2. Mr Moonesamy did not mention having an equal status in the setting
> up of a .MU council.
> 3. He did not mention that all stakeholders would be able to
> participate in the decision making process of the .MU council.
> 4. What he proposed out was that the ministry of TCI would have to
> implement amendments to the ICT Act 2001, please refer to the slides of Mr.
> Moonesamy.
>
> *Section** 4.2:*
>
> I was a member of the .MU Select Commitee as the representative of the .MU
> Registrars, the .MU Select Commitee never agreed:
>
> 1. For the creation of the .MU council.
> 2. For the .MU council to be responsible for the .MU policy.
>
> The report of the .MU Select Commitee did mention of a local setup with an
> escrow at the international level.
>
> The .MU Select Commitee recommended that the technical setup to be
> operational within 6 months given that .MU is a single point of failure.
> There is no mention that the process of the technical aspect might take
> much time.
>
> The .MU Select Commitee never recommend that the Multi-Stakeholder Forum
> would elect the members to sit on the .mu Council.
>
> During the discussion of the .MU Select Commitee, Mr G. Ramalingum and Mr.
> T. Dabeesing were in favour of hiring Mr Chris Disspain as a Consultant as
> he is a board member of ICANN. I raised a concern about that as it is a
> conflict of interest and it would harm the case of redelegation of the .MU.
>
> During the last meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder Forum, Mr. T. Dabeesing
> again proposed hiring Mr. Chris Disspain as a Consultant. Mr. S. Moonesamy
> raised a formal objection about the matter and requested that his objection
> be recorded in the minutes. Mr. N. Sookun and I also objected to hiring a
> board member of ICANN as a consultant.
>
> During the discussion of the .MU Select Commitee, Mr. S. Moonesamy pointed
> out that the cost on the technical setup as proposed by the ICTA was of an
> astronomical amount (Over 13 million rupees). I do not understand why Mr.
> T. Dabeesing is insisting on hiring a foreign consultant as he asked Mr. S.
> Moonesamy and I to work on the Technical proposal of the .MU Registry and
> we managed to reduce the cost by half.
>
> *Section 4.3**:*
>
> There was strong discussion about the matter of hiring the proposed
> foreign consultant. At the end of the discussion, Mr. S. Moonesamy
> suggested leaving the decision to the non-profit entity as such entity
> would be responsible for the implemention of the proposal.
>
> *Section 4.4:*
>
> I don't recall Mr. Radhakissoon mentioning the name of the .MU council.
>
> *Section 4.5:*
>
> The representative of Mauritius Telecom did not mention the name of the
> .MU council.
>
> *Section 4.8:*
>
> There was no mentioned:
>
> 1. that the .MU Council needs to be based on a tripartite system
> consisting of Public-Private-Civil society.
> 2. that Government would have to be part of the .mu Council.
> 3. that membership to the .mu Forum would be left open and not
> restricted.
>
> Mr G. Ramalingum recommended that the association follows the model of the
> Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI). It is surprising that Mr
> G. Ramalingum did not disclose the fact that he is currently a member of
> the council of MCCI and I'm concern that there is a conflict of interest
> and that there wasn't any disclosure of this interest.
>
> There was disccusion between Mr. S. Moonesamy and Mr. G. Ramalingum about
> whether the MCCI was open to everyone in Mauritius and whether the MCCI
> operates in a transparent manner. Mr. G. Ramalingum replied that it is
> transparent as it has a website.
>
> There was no mention about accountability towards the internet community
> during the meeting.
>
> There wasn't any statement about the consultant would come up with an
> holistic picture of what would be the best business model.
>
> There was no mention during the meeting that the technical registry would
> be hosted at the Mauritius Internet Exchange Point (MIXP). The permanent
> secretary of the ministry proposed that the foreign consultant would be
> paid by the ICTA. I'm surprise that the representative of the ICTA did not
> raise any issue about that given that the ICTA is supposed to be an
> independant body.
>
> There was no mention of seed money to setup the technical registry.
>
> The permanent secretary of the ministry announced that the government is
> in negociation with Yann Kwok (Internet Direct Ltd) to buy the gov.mu
> domain for 18 million rupees. Mr. Lim, representative of Mauritius Telecom
> asked if it is even possible to buy gov.mu. Mr. G. Ramalingum proposed
> that it is cheaper to buy a General Top Level Domain (gTLD) from ICANN. I
> doubt that the Government or Mr. G. Ramalingum know the criteria about the
> obtention of a gTLD.
>
> *Section 5.0:*
>
> The permanent secretary of the ministry proposed 3 legal persons to
> work-out the legal framework. There was no mention about Mr G. Ramlingum to
> be part of this sub-Commitee. It is strange that this sub-Commitee now has
> 2 persons of MCCI.
>
> There are two associations in Mauritius which claim to be the Internet
> Society:
>
> 1. http://isoc.mauritius.name/articles
> 2. https://www.facebook.com/groups/isocmauritius/
>
> Which one of them is working on this sub-Commitee?
>
> The Multi-Stakeholder Forum never agreed to a recommendation to hire an
> expert to provide assistance and help the Multi-Stakeholder Forum to chart
> the way forward.
>
> Of the 20 members present at the last meeting, 8 were from the Government.
> There were 2 members from a company and 1 member from a university in
> Mauritius in which Government has its representative. It is clear that any
> vote from this forum would be in favour of the Government. Further more it
> is strange that the ICTA which is a regulatory body is insisting on
> adopting its proposal for a .MU council when the local internet community
> is strongly against this model. It creates a perception that Government
> wants total control of the .MU registry. Further more, the organisations
> including the Government, ISPs and the university of Mauritius represented
> in the Multi-Stakeholder Forum do not have addequate technical expertise
> according to their representative. I'm concern how this Multi-Stakeholder
> Forum can take decision about the .MU ccTLD.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> *Benoit Gentil*
>
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> On 06/05/2015 14:27, Praidy Gorden wrote:
>
> My Ref: MTCI/58/2/4 V2
>
>
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>
>
> Please find attached, for appropriate action(s), the *amended* Note of
> Meeting for Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Internet Governance held on
> Wednesday 22 April 2015.
>
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
>
>
> *Mr. Praidy Gorden*
>
> for Permanent Secretary
>
> Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation
>
> Level 4, New Government Centre
>
> Port Louis
>
> Mauritius
>
> Tel: +(230) 201 3825 Fax: +(230) 201 2119
>
> *Think about the environment and print only what is required!!!*
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Praidy Gorden [mailto:pgorden_at_govmu.org <pgorden_at_govmu.org>]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:09 PM
> *To:* sramgolam_at_govmu.org; rhawabhay_at_govmu.org; ilimalia_at_ncb.mu;
> vmulloo_at_ncb.mu; tdabeesing_at_imail.icta.mu; 'velamah_at_mauritiustelecom.com';
> jlim_at_mauritiustelecom.com; soodesh.beegun_at_afrasiabank.com; arad_at_intnet.mu;
> 'ashok_at_afrinic.net'; s.sathan_at_uom.ac.mu; 'bpillay_at_mcci.org';
> ganesh_at_dclweb.org; jnrc_at_intnet.mu; 'sm+mu_at_elandsys.com'; 'ish_at_hacklog.in';
> Benoit Gentil; 'msoobron_at_govmu.org'; 'kvalaydon_at_govmu.org'
> *Cc:* spurmessur_at_govmu.org; nshewraj_at_govmu.org; psmtci_at_govmu.org
> *Subject:* Note of Meeting for Multi-Stakeholder Forum held on 22 April
> 2015
> *Importance:* High
>
>
>
> My Ref: MTCI/58/2/4 V2
>
>
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>
>
> Please find attached, for appropriate action(s), the Note of Meeting for
> Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Internet Governance held on Wednesday 22 April
> 2015.
>
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
>
>
> *Mr. Praidy Gorden*
>
> for Permanent Secretary
>
> Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation
>
> Level 4, New Government Centre
>
> Port Louis
>
> Mauritius
>
> Tel: +(230) 201 3825 Fax: +(230) 201 2119
>
> *P* *Think about the environment and print only what is required!!!*
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Praidy Gorden [mailto:pgorden_at_govmu.org <pgorden_at_govmu.org>]
> *Sent:* Friday, April 17, 2015 11:57 AM
> *To:* spurmessur_at_govmu.org; nshewraj_at_govmu.org; rhawabhay_at_govmu.org;
> sramgolam_at_govmu.org; dfaugoo_at_ncb.mu; vmulloo_at_ncb.mu; msoobron_at_govmu.org;
> oolun_at_icta.mu; tdabeesing_at_imail.icta.mu; 'velamah_at_mauritiustelecom.com';
> jlim_at_mauritiustelecom.com; vishnu.beedasy_at_mauritiustelecom.com;
> soodesh.beegun_at_afrasiabank.com; arad_at_intnet.mu; ganesh_at_dclweb.org;
> jnrc_at_intnet.mu; sm+mu_at_elandsys.com; Benoit Gentil; sonia_at_eservices.mu;
> selvanr_at_dcl.mu; 's.sathan_at_uom.ac.mu'; dev.sunnasy_at_eds.mu; '
> yann_at_sloan.mit.edu'; fdhuny_at_mcci.org; Ahsinah Koossa;
> jnarsoo_at_utm.intnet.mu; pyharel_at_frci.net; 'mcci_at_mcci.org'; pstccu_at_intnet.mu;
> 'ish_at_hacklog.in'; alimohamudally_at_umail.utm.ac.mu; '
> apec.mauritius_at_yahoo.com'
> *Cc:* psmtci_at_govmu.org; ssunth_at_govmu.org; lchan_at_govmu.org;
> shaukim_at_govmu.org; shburokur_at_govmu.org; rmurtuza_at_govmu.org;
> flavictoire_at_govmu.org; 'pseevathean_at_ncb.mu'; Nandeeta Ramkhelawon;
> contact_at_goc.gov.mu; rvenpin_at_govmu.org; Wenda Ho Tu Nam (whotunam_at_icta.mu);
> tjeetoo_at_imail.icta.mu; zollee_at_imail.icta.mu
> *Subject:* Meeting on Multi-Stakeholder Forum
> *Importance:* High
>
>
>
> My Ref: MICT/58/2/4 V2
>
>
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
>
>
> You are kindly invited to attend the next meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder
> Forum to be chaired by Mr J. Phokeer, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry
> of Technology, Communication and Innovation as follows:
>
>
>
> Date : Wednesday, 22 April 2015
>
>
>
> Time : 10.00 hrs
>
>
>
> Venue : Conference Room
>
> Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation
>
> Level 4, New Government Centre
>
> Port Louis
>
>
>
> Agenda: To discuss about (i) the Proposal of the *.mu** Select Committee*
> for the *.mu* ccTLD Framework (see attachment – Annex 1); and
>
> (ii) the *.mu* *Select
> Committee* - Technical Proposal (see attachment – Annex 2).
>
>
>
> Kindly confirm your attendance by return mail.
>
>
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
>
>
> *Mr. Praidy Gorden*
>
> for Permanent Secretary
>
> Ministry of Technology, Communication and Innovation
>
> Level 4, New Government Centre
>
> Port Louis
>
> Mauritius
>
> Tel: +(230) 201 3825 Fax: +(230) 201 2119
>
> *P* *Think about the environment and print only what is required!!!*
>
>
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