True McTim. It states<div><br></div><div>"<span style="line-height:19px;font-size:13px;font-family:sans-serif">ICANN requires applicants for geo TLDs to provide a documentation of support or non-objection from relevant government(s) or authority (ies). The same documentation is required to entities applying for a city name unless if the name will only be used for a generic term brand. If there is multiple applications on a particular city name, applicants are required to resolve the competition among themselves.</span>"</div>
<div><br></div><div>Attached the ICANN New gTLD Program Explanatory Memorandum. Proposed Process for Geographic Name Applications <a href="http://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/geographic-names-22oct08-en.pdf" target="_blank">http://archive.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/geographic-names-22oct08-en.pdf</a></div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 July 2012 16:11, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:35 AM, Dr Yassin Mshana <<a href="mailto:ymshana2003@gmail.com" target="_blank">ymshana2003@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Even me I am getting tired of repeating myself - there should be no War - it<br>
> is only a matter of Fair Competition!<br>
><br>
> Bringing in AU in the competition is wrong<br>
<br>
It is called for in the Applicant guidebook. Please read it.<br>
<br>
While you might be correct that it is "wrong" for some value of that word,<br>
it is an ICANN requirement for a geo-TLD that covers a continent wide area.<br>
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<br>
--<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
McTim<br>
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>
route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>
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