<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I think DCA has already given their clarification in response to UNIFORUM's push for </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">media manipulation to its favor, which seem to continue </span><a href="http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1110237447043.html" style="font-size: 12pt; ">http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs053/1102516344150/archive/1110237447043.html</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It is my understanding that many of the IDN TLDS were corrected by ICANN before publishing for similar errors as some registries have reported, why DCA's application did not get similar treatment leaves it to
certain imagination. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Despite, ICANN has made a statement to fix such errors, who caused what error is not </span><span style="font-size: 16px; ">determined</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> I suppose. Here is a link that states the case: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "> </span><a href="http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/19/icann-may-let-new-tld-applicants-modify-their-applications/" style="line-height: 16px; font-size: 12pt; ">http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/19/icann-may-let-new-tld-applicants-modify-their-applications/</a></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; ">The group is working on a process that could allow
applicants to fix errors in their final applications. Officially:</span><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><blockquote style="margin: 20px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 1px 0px 1px 20px; background-image: url(http://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/themes/dnw3/images/qoute.gif); font-style: italic; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "><div style="padding: 1em 0px 0px; line-height: 16px; ">ICANN has received requests for changes to submitted applications. We take these requests very seriously and are working on developing guidelines for these changes.</div></blockquote><div style="padding: 1em 0px 0px; line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; ">The ICANN community spent a lot of time coming up with applicant guidelines, but one it didn’t think to
include was a mechanism for fixing errors in applications.</div></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> </div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Hope this helps.</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">--Lerato Ma<br></div> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> africann@afrinic.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July
19, 2012 7:55 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history<br> </font> </div> <br>
Hi all,<br><br>The bottom line is that there has only been one Applicant for .africa<br>according to:<br><br>http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en<br><br>or is ICANN information incorrect?<br><br>Regards,<br><br>McTim<br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net" href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>