That is why there was DPD by ICANN to provide guidance too issues such as these applications - There were interesting issues such as <.ng> and <.tv> issues.<div><br></div><div>This Application for the <.africa> has come up when there is maturity in the process in the way of Guideline which should be adhered to.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Yassin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 July 2012 13:05, Vika Mpisane <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vika@zadna.org.za" target="_blank">vika@zadna.org.za</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 2012/07/02 1:10 PM, "Calvin Browne" <<a href="mailto:calvin@orange-tree.alt.za">calvin@orange-tree.alt.za</a>> wrote:<br>
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>On 28/06/2012 13:24, Dandjinou Pierre wrote:<br>
>> Rebecca,<br>
>><br>
>> Good you are writing the history of .Africa<br>
>><br>
>> To my knowledge, there has not been any application for the .Africa<br>
>> string, apart from those we now have with the new gTLD programme.<br>
><br>
>There was an actual application in one of the previous rounds. The<br>
>applicant even paid a fee, but never came to present.<br>
><br>
>I personally helped to pen the GAC' s opposition statement to this<br>
>application. This statement was, if memory serves me right, actually<br>
>adopted by the Country Code TLD Registry Constituency, as it was then<br>
>known, largely intact.<br>
><br>
>Herewith the application list concerned:<br>
><br>
><a href="http://archive.icann.org/en/tlds/tld-applications-lodged-02oct00.htm" target="_blank">http://archive.icann.org/en/tlds/tld-applications-lodged-02oct00.htm</a><br>
<br>
</div>I never knew of this link:-( Thanks, Calvin.<br>
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