[Aftld-members] The Africa Domain Name System Forum Awards Call for nominations

[Barrack Otieno]

Hi members,

This is a polite reminder.  Nominations are still open
https://dnsforum.africa/awards/

Thank you

Best Regards

On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 10:55 PM Barrack Otieno <barrack at aftld.org> wrote:

>
> Background
>
> This year, the Africa DNS Forum, a journey that started in 2013, turns
> 10 years old. It has been a decade of mixed results, great insights,
> challenges, and opportunities. We are confident of the tremendous
> success witnessed in the industry and the opportunities that abound
> considering the DNS landscape in Africa which could not have been
> achieved without the support of various actors within and beyond the
> African continent. One of the objectives of the forum inception is to
> recognize, reward, appreciate and acknowledge excellence in the Africa
> DNS Marketplace. This would be by establishing a well thought out and
> transparent criteria for selecting deserving individual and
> institutional players who have made significant contribution to the
> overall growth and development of the Africa DNS Industry and
> marketplace.
>
> Categories of the Awards
>
>
> There will be two categories of awards during this 10th Africa DNS Forum
>
> Recognition and Acknowledgement Award (Ten in total): This award will
> target institutions and / or individuals who were outstanding in
> contributing to the development of the DNS industry in Africa; Could be
> organizers of the DNS Forum or any other events that have contributed to
> DNS development in Africa.
> Africa DNS Excellence Award: (Two in total) to be offered to one
> institution and one individual who have been demonstrated being
> innovative and successful in maintaining a resilient and sustainable
> development of the DNS industry in Africa. Target institutions could
> include but not limited to registries, registrars, registrants, ISPs, or
> research institutions. This would be an annual award going forward.
>
> Selection Criteria
>
> The Ideal candidates may be organizations or Individuals that meet some
> of most of the below properties.
> Developing capacity-building programs that positively influenced African
> DNS landscape
> Past Hosts for Africa DNS Forums
> Consistent sponsors of Africa DNS Forum over the years
> Establishment and Promotion of National DNS Fora Across Africa
> Championing innovative solutions to improve the African DNS Marketplace
> Individuals should be of African nationality
> Promoting Research in the Africa DNS Market Place
> Institutions / organizations headquartered in Africa
>
>
>
> Selection Panel
>
> A community based review panel of eminent personalities in the domain
> name ecosystem will consider the nominations in light of the criteria
> and recommend a short list of nominees for each category to the
> organizing partners of the Africa DNS Forum for consideration and
> adoption.
>
> The  members of the selection panel include:
>
> Prof Souleymane  Oumtanga
> Prof. Prof Nicolas Razafindrakoto
> Hadia El Miniawi
> Oluniyi Ajao
> Ramanou Biaou
> Mary Uduma
>
> The panel shall select their own chair and agree on working methods, and
> the secretariat of the Africa DNS forum would offer any necessary
> support to the panel to ensure they execute their work within the
> required timelines.
>
> Timelines
> The call for nominations shall be publicly published online in the
> Africa DNS website: www.dnsforum.africa  and potential nominees and
> interested candidates requested to send their nominations via email to
> awards at dnsforum.africa. The following is a proposed timeline of
> activities:
> Call for Nominations published online by Sept 12, 2022
> Deadline for receiving nominations is Sept 19, 2022
> Deadline for Consideration and Evaluation of Nominations Sept 23, 2022
> Selected Nominees are submitted to the Secretariat by Sept 26, 2022.
> The recipients will be officially unveiled during the Africa DNS Forum
> Gala on October 5, 2022.
>
>
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> Barrack Otieno
>
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>
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