Fw: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history

[McTim]

Hi Brian,

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:

> *Facts Regarding the African Union Commission (.Africa) application*
>
> * *
>
> 1.    The African Union Commission’s (AUC) involvement in the dotAfrica
> (.Africa) Top Level Domain (TLD) process has been mandated by African Heads
> of State (OR Tambo Declaration) and African Minister’s in charge of ICT
> (Abuja Declaration).****
>
> 2.    In fulfilling its mandate the AUC has, in accordance with an open
> and transparent Request for Proposal (RFP) process, officially endorsed
> UniForum SA t/a the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) to apply for and launch the
> dotAfrica (.Africa) TLD.****
>
> 3.    The AUC/ZACR, in accordance with the procedures and standards
> prescribed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
> (ICANN), has officially lodged an application with ICANN for the delegation
> of the (.Africa), under reference number: 1-1243-89583. This application
> constitutes the official AUC endorsed application for the dotAfrica
> (.Africa) Top Level Domain.  Further details of this official application
> is available at:****
> http://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/applicationdetails/1184
>   ****
>
> 4.    There is a competing private application, for a confusingly similar
> string, lodged by DotConnectAfrica Trust. The application for the
> dotdotAfrica (.dotAfrica) TLD string, under reference number 1-1165-42560.
>

I am not sure that the 2 strings will be found to be "confusingly similar".

My hope is that they would not be.  I don't think they are, but YMMV.  It
would be a way for ICANN to solve a politically thorny issue.



-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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