[AfrICANN-discuss] SARP decision on our .UMMAH application

[Seun Ojedeji]

Hi Katim,

I so envy this level of maturity and self control you have shown in this
mail.

Thanks!
On 19 Mar 2013 14:12, "Katim S. Touray" <kaamt at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Dr.,
>
> I believe my previous e-mail adequately answers your question. I am not
> going to be drawn into a question and answer session on this list, as if I
> am being cross-examined in a court of law. I am sure our request to ICANN
> will be taken through due process, and you can use that process for all its
> worth.
>
> Have a great day, and best wishes!
>
> Katim
>
>   *From:* Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.na>
> *To:* Katim S. Touray <kaamt at yahoo.com>; AfrICANN list <
> africann at afrinic.net>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:41 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] SARP decision on our .UMMAH application
>
> But you WERE then aware of the risks?
>
> el
> --
> Sent from my BlackBerry
> *From: * "Katim S. Touray" <kaamt at yahoo.com>
> *Date: *Tue, 19 Mar 2013 03:12:23 -0700 (PDT)
> *To: *Dr Eberhard W Lisse<el at lisse.na>; AfrICANN list<africann at afrinic.net
> >
> *ReplyTo: * "Katim S. Touray" <kaamt at yahoo.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] SARP decision on our .UMMAH application
>
> Hi Dr.,
>
> I'm sorry for my late reply to your e-mail, but thanks for asking your
> question.
>
> Basically, all support applicants were evaluated using a scoring system
> published in the Financial Assistance Handbook (
> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assistance-handbook-11jan12-en.pdf).
> According to the letter from ICANN, the SARP determined that our
> application did not meet one of three criteria, i.e. the public interest
> criterion (which covers such issues as serving an underserved language,
> non-profit ventures, as well as local entrepreneur efforts).
>
> We evaluated our application against all three criteria, and concluded
> that we had a reasonable chance of getting support because we, in our
> judgement, met the minimum requirements for support. The SARP clearly
> disagreed with your position. Despite this I, through the official
> channels, submitted our request for reconsideration a few days to ICANN,
> and we are waiting for our request to be taken through the required process
> before they can provide us their verdict. I hope you now get the picture.
>
> Many thanks to all of you for your support, and best wishes!
>
> Katim
>
>    *From:* Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el at lisse.na>
> *To:* Katim S. Touray <kaamt at yahoo.com>; AfrICANN list <
> africann at afrinic.net>
> *Cc:* "africann at afrinic.net" <africann at afrinic.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 15, 2013 4:05 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] SARP decision on our .UMMAH application
>
> Your application did not meet the criteria, apparently.
>
> Would you be willing to give is more details as to why this is so?
>
> Were you aware of the rules, risking exclusion if failing to meet
> criteria? If not why not?
>
> greetings, el
>
> --
>
> Sent from Dr. Lisse's iPhone 5
>
>
> On Mar 15, 2013, at 0:47, "Katim S. Touray" <kaamt at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Greetings! I hope you all had safe and pleasant trips home from the ICANN
> meetings in Addis. It was great meeting all of you, and have very uplifting
> discussions.
>
> Speaking of ICANN, I am writing to inform you that unfortunately, the
> ICANN Support Application Review Panel (SARP) has declined our application
> for financial support for our .UMMAH gTLD application, and further, our
> application is being dropped from the gTLD application process (
> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/ applicants/candidate-support/s
> arp-results-12mar13-en.pdf<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/sarp-results-12mar13-en.pdf>).
> As you can imagine, this is quite shocking news, given especially that as
> things are, we would not even be allowed to seek funding from elsewhere.
> Despite this, I am exploring the possibility of our being allowed to seek
> funding from elsewhere. It's not easy, and will never be!
>
> That's about it for now. Have a great weekend, and best wishes!
> Sincerely,
> Katim
>
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