Umm, my thinking is that folk would be REALLY helped if they read (and understood) *before* they post or comment. <div><br></div><div>Nevertheless, the good thing about a forum like this is that we our more experienced brothers and sisters to help point us in the right direction (the guidebook, hint, hint) in order to ensure that we have the capacity to speak with some level of authority on the subject.</div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>These are all explained in the guidebook<div><div class="h5"><br><br>On Jul 20, 2012, at 10:55, Pierre Lotis NANKEP <<a href="mailto:lnankep@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">lnankep@yahoo.fr</a>> wrote:<br>
<br></div></div></div><div><div class="h5"><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="font-size:8pt;font-family:lucida console,sans-serif"><div><span lang="en"><span>Dear Community,<br></span></span></div><div><span lang="en"><span><br>
</span></span></div><div><span lang="en"><span>I</span> <span>think it's time</span> <span>for people around the world to</span> <span>mobilize to</span> <span>reorient</span> <span>the</span> new gTLD <span>initiative</span> of <span>ICANN</span><span>.</span></span></div>
<div><br><span lang="en"><span></span></span></div><div><span lang="en"><span><span style="font-weight:bold">First</span>,</span> <span>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)">gTLD"</span> <span>chosen</span> <span>by ICANN</span> <span>is not adequate</span><span>.</span> <span>It</span> <span>is confusing</span><span>.</span></span></div>
<div><br><span lang="en"><span></span></span></div><div><span lang="en"><span>It</span> <span>would have been desirable</span><span>,</span> <span>in the concern</span> <span>to respect</span> the <span style="font-weight:bold">national sovereignty</span><span></span> (.cameroon, .lagos, .douala, etc.), <span>in the concern</span> <span>to respect the </span><span style="font-weight:bold">regional </span><span style="font-weight:bold">sovereignty</span> <span>(.africa, .afrique, .europe, etc.) and</span> <span>in the</span> <span>concerns</span> to <span>respect</span> the <span style="font-weight:bold">cultural identities</span><span></span> (.biafra, .muslim<span>, .bamileke, etc.), to talk about</span> <span style="font-weight:bold">new</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span><span style="font-weight:bold">TLD</span></span> <span>(</span><span>removing the "</span><span style="font-weight:bold">g</span><span>"</span><span>), instead of <span style="font-weight:bold">new gTLD</span>.</span></span></div>
<div><br><span lang="en"><span></span></span></div><div><span lang="en"><span>The international community</span> <span>understands</span> <span>the economic issues</span> <span>that have</span> <span>motivated</span> <span>the choice</span> <span>of ICANN</span><span>,</span> <span>and</span> <span>the desire for</span> <span style="font-weight:bold">open Internet</span> <span>for all and <span style="font-weight:bold">without control</span></span><span>! </span></span><span lang="en"><span>We appreciate</span> <span>it</span><span>!</span></span></div>
<div><br><span lang="en"><span></span></span></div><div><span lang="en"><span><span style="font-weight:bold">Second</span>, For me</span><span>,</span> <span>dot<span style="font-weight:bold">Africa</span></span> or <span>dot<span style="font-weight:bold">Afrique</span></span><span></span> <span>belongs to the category</span> <span style="font-weight:bold">new</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">regional</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">TLDs</span> <span>and not</span> <span>to the category</span> <span style="font-weight:bold">new</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">g</span>TLDs</span><span>.</span></span></div>
<div><br><span lang="en"><span></span></span></div><div><span lang="en"><span>From this perspective</span><span>,</span> <span>the open conflict</span> <span>between</span> <span>DCA</span> <span>and</span> <span>UniForum</span> <span>will not exist.</span> <span>In this</span> <span>sense</span><span>, ICANN</span> <span>can</span> <span>then</span> <span>negotiate only with</span> <span>the African Union</span><span>.</span><br>
<br></span><span lang="en"><span>ICANN</span> <span>must implement</span> <span>a</span> <span>systematic</span> <span>policy to protect</span> <span style="font-weight:bold">new</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">national</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span><span style="font-weight:bold">TLDs</span> and</span> <span style="font-weight:bold">new</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">regional</span><span style="font-weight:bold"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold">TLDs</span><span>.</span> <span>Only the</span> <span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,255)">new</span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,255)"> </span><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,255)">gTLDs</span> <span>("<span style="font-weight:bold">g</span>" as generic and not "<span style="font-weight:bold">g</span>" as geaographic) will</span> <span>be</span> <span>object</span> <span>of</span> <span>open competition</span><span>.</span></span></div>
<div><br></div><div>Best regards.<br><span lang="en"><span></span><span></span></span></div><div><br><span lang="en"><span></span></span></div><div> </div><div>--<br>Pierre Lotis NANKEP<br>IT Engineer / ANTIC<br>Web : <a href="http://www.antic.cm" target="_blank">http://www.antic.cm</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">De :</span></b> Lerato Mamboleo <<a href="mailto:lerato.ma@yahoo.com" target="_blank">lerato.ma@yahoo.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">À :</span></b> "<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>> <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><div>
<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif"><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" 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" target="_blank">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 style="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" 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" target="_blank"><span>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>
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<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"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> McTim <<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>
<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><a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en" target="_blank">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en</a><br>
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