<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lucida console, sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">Dear Community,<br></span></span></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"><br></span></span></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">I</span> <span class="hps">think it's time</span> <span class="hps">for people around the world to</span> <span class="hps">mobilize to</span> <span class="hps">reorient</span> <span class="hps">the</span> new gTLD <span class="hps">initiative</span> of <span class="hps">ICANN</span><span class="">.</span></span></div><div><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span style="font-weight: bold;">First</span>,</span> <span class="hps">the expression <span style="font-weight: bold; color:
rgb(0, 0, 255);">"new</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class="hps">gTLD"</span> <span class="hps">chosen</span> <span class="hps">by ICANN</span> <span class="hps">is not adequate</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">is confusing</span><span class="">.</span></span></div><div><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">It</span> <span class="hps">would have been desirable</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">in the concern</span> <span class="hps">to respect</span> the <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">national sovereignty</span><span></span> (.cameroon, .lagos, .douala, etc.), <span class="hps">in the concern</span> <span class="hps">to respect the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">regional </span><span
style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">sovereignty</span> <span class="hps">(.africa, .afrique, .europe, etc.) and</span> <span class="hps">in the</span> <span class="hps">concerns</span> to <span class="hps">respect</span> the <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">cultural identities</span><span class=""></span> (.biafra, .muslim<span class="hps">, .bamileke, etc.), to talk about</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">new</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="hps"><span style="font-weight: bold;">TLD</span></span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span class="atn">removing the "</span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">g</span><span>"</span><span>), instead of <span style="font-weight: bold;">new gTLD</span>.</span></span></div><div><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span></span></span></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">The international community</span> <span
class="hps">understands</span> <span class="hps">the economic issues</span> <span class="hps">that have</span> <span class="hps">motivated</span> <span class="hps">the choice</span> <span class="hps">of ICANN</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">the desire for</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">open Internet</span> <span class="hps">for all and <span style="font-weight: bold;">without control</span></span><span class="">! </span></span><span id="result_box" class="short_text" lang="en"><span class="hps">We appreciate</span> <span class="hps">it</span><span class="">!</span></span></div><div><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Second</span>, For me</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">dot<span style="font-weight: bold;">Africa</span></span> or <span
class="hps">dot<span style="font-weight: bold;">Afrique</span></span><span class="hps"></span> <span class="hps">belongs to the category</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">new</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">regional</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">TLDs</span> <span class="hps">and not</span> <span class="hps">to the category</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">new</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">g</span>TLDs</span><span class="">.</span></span></div><div><br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span></div><div><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">From this perspective</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">the open conflict</span> <span
class="hps">between</span> <span class="hps">DCA</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">UniForum</span> <span class="hps">will not exist.</span> <span class="hps">In this</span> <span class="hps">sense</span><span class="">, ICANN</span> <span class="hps">can</span> <span class="hps">then</span> <span class="hps">negotiate only with</span> <span class="hps">the African Union</span><span>.</span><br><br></span><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">ICANN</span> <span class="hps">must implement</span> <span class="hps">a</span> <span class="hps">systematic</span> <span class="hps">policy to protect</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">new</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">national</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="hps"><span style="font-weight: bold;">TLDs</span> and</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"
class="hps">new</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">regional</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="hps">TLDs</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps">Only the</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class="hps">new</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class="hps">gTLDs</span> <span class="hps">("<span style="font-weight: bold;">g</span>" as generic and not "<span style="font-weight: bold;">g</span>" as geaographic) will</span> <span class="hps">be</span> <span class="hps">object</span> <span class="hps">of</span> <span class="hps">open competition</span><span class="">.</span></span></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards.<br><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span></span><span class=""></span></span></div><div><br><span
id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class=""></span></span></div><div> </div><div>--<br>Pierre Lotis NANKEP<br>IT Engineer / ANTIC<br>Web : http://www.antic.cm<br>Email (Pro) : pierre.nankep@antic.cm<br>GSM : +237 77 66 10 07<br></div> <div style="font-family: lucida console, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Lerato Mamboleo <lerato.ma@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> "africann@afrinic.net" <africann@afrinic.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Jeudi 19 juillet 2012 17h23<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Help with .africa history<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv1523812536"><div><div
style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div><br></div><div><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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.prlog.org/11899992-dca-trust-and-uniforum-sa-have-both-applied-for-the-same-africa-geographic-name.html" style="font-size:12pt;">http://www.prlog.org/11899992-dca-trust-and-uniforum-sa-have-both-applied-for-the-same-africa-geographic-name.html</a><span style="font-size:12pt;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12pt;">It is my understanding that many of the IDN TLDS were corrected by <span class="yiv1523812536yshortcuts yiv1523812536cs4-visible" id="yiv1523812536lw_1342714836_1"
style="cursor:pointer;color:rgb(54,
99, 136);border-bottom-width:2px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(54, 99, 136);">ICANN</span> 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>determined<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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/19/icann-may-let-new-tld-applicants-modify-their-applications/" style="color:rgb(35, 71, 134);outline:0px;line-height:16px;font-size:12pt;"><span class="yiv1523812536"
id="yiv1523812536lw_1342714836_2">http://domainnamewire.com/2012/06/19/icann-may-let-new-tld-applicants-modify-their-applications/</span></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-size:12pt;font-family:times, serif;"><blockquote style="margin:20px 0px 0px 20px;padding:1px 0px 1px 20px;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-size:12pt;font-family:times, serif;"> </div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times, serif;">Hope this helps.</div></div><div> </div><div>--Lerato Ma<br></div> <div style="font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div style="font-family:times, serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <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 rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></div></div><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"
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