Hello all,<br><br>I couldn't let this silliness go without comment:<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<td>Alice Munyau: STOP Misrepresenting and Distorting Facts to
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<td>Tue, 7 Aug 2012 01:00:36 -0400 (EDT)</td>
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Munyau:</span> </b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;font-size:24pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="center"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:24pt"><b>Read ICANN's
Guidebook First</b></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;font-size:24pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="center"><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><b>before
Misrepresenting and
Distorting Facts to the
African </b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:32px" face="Calibri,
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Munyua-Vice Chair,
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<div style="text-align:center" align="center"><i><b><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:26pt">Alice
M<span>unyau:
trying to
legitimize a
massive cover-up
and <span style="color:#ff0000">Fraud</span></span></span></b></i>
<div style="text-align:left;font-size:14pt" align="left"><i style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><b><br>
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<div style="text-align:right;font-size:12pt" align="right"><i><b>Misrepresenting
a non-Community
TLD application <span style="color:#ff0000">as the
official
AUC-sponsored
.AFRICA gTLD</span>
application for
the African
Community</b></i><b style="text-align:center"><i></i></b></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td>
</tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br><br>Please see below for reasons why this is not a misrepresentation, nor a fraud.<br><br><br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="text-align:right;font-size:12pt" align="right"><b style="text-align:center"><i> </i></b></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;font-size:14pt" align="center"><i><b><span style="color:#194ce5;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:27px;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">Alice -
You should
resign from any
official
government
positions and
all Committee
posts that you
presently occupy
including the
ICANN GAC</span><br>
</b></i></div>
<div style="text-align:center;font-size:16pt" align="center"><b style="text-align:center"><i> </i></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left"> </span></div>
<p style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="left"><span>In
the above YouTube
Video interview at
ICANN 44 Prague,
Alice Munyau made
the following
statements<b>
which DCA
transcribed after
watching the video
on YouTube:</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt;text-align:justify"> </span></p>
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<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Alice by her own admission</span> "</span><span style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline"><i><b><span style="color:#800000;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:#7f34a4;text-decoration:underline">I
have <span style="font-size:16pt">not</span>
read the ICANN
Applicant's
Guidebook</span>"</span>,</b></i></span><span style="font-size:12pt"> i.e she
has no truthful
understanding of
the ICANN new gTLD
requirements,
despite.</span> </li></ol></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br><br>I am sure we have all (including Alice) read SOME of the Applicant Guidebook, but I doubt any of us have read it ALL. As part of the GAC and someone actively involved in the new gTLD program getting the go-ahead, I am sure that Alice has a better grasp of the new gTLD requirements than most people.<br>
<br>I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br><br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
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<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify">Alice
claims to be the <span style="color:#800000"><b>Chairperson</b></span>
of the Kenyan
Internet Governance
Steering Committee <b>under
the Ministry of
Information and
Communications of
the Republic of
Kenya,</b>
and says <span style="color:#7f34a4">"I<b> have
supported the
DotAfrica
application</b>
- </span><b><span style="color:#7f34a4">the
legitimate
one". </span>
</b></li></ol></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote>
<div><br><br>This is factually correct, how is an assertion of fact a misrepresentation or distortion?<br><br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><span>Alice
also claims that <b>her
Ministry
supported the
application
because</b>,
in her own words:
</span><span style="color:#ff0000"><b><span style="color:#800000">"the
new gTLD
Guidebook
requires that</span>
<span style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:14pt">for a
geographic
string that
you have
community
support</span>
<span style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:14pt">- and
in our case,
this
translates to
the number of
governments</span></b></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> - </span><i><b><span>60
per cent of
governments
supporting
that
application,
being a
geographic
name." </span></b></i></li></ol></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>Also factually correct. the "community" of governements MUST, according to the guidebook support (or have no objection to) a continent wide gTLD.<br><br>I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br>
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<ol><li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><i><b><span>
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<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><span>In
attempting to
explain further,
Alice also
mentioned that: </span><span style="color:#ff0000"><b><span style="color:#7f34a4">"<span style="font-size:14pt">when it
comes to
applying for a
geographic
string or a
geographic
TLD, you have
to have
support from
the community</span></span><span style="font-size:14pt">, </span></b><span style="color:#000000">and<span style="color:#800000;font-size:14pt"><b>
the community </b></span></span></span><span><span><span style="color:#800000"><span style="font-size:14pt"><b>here
actually
translates
into
government</b></span>,</span>
the Internet
community, and
other
stakeholders.</span><span style="color:#7f34a4"><b>"</b></span></span></li></ol></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>Also true, see above. the "community" of African nations need to either support an application or give no objection to it.<br>
<br>Since DCA has not gotten this (in the latest round), I believe their application is doomed when it will be evaluated by ICANN.<br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><span>Furthermore,
Alice tried to
explain why the
African Union
Commission
application is </span><span style="color:#008000"><b>"the
legitimate one</b></span><span>"
in her own words:
<b><span>"because
it is the only
organization
that brings
together the
African member
states and
that <span style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:14pt">has the
mandate to
represent
African member
states in
these matters,</span>
and so it is
the only one
we recognize
as the
legitimate one</span>
<i>because our
Ministers have
actually
written and
supported that
application
through the
African Union
Commission.</i></b> </span><span style="font-size:12pt">We were </span><span style="font-size:14pt;color:#800000"><b>n<span>ot
approached by
the other one,
so we have no
idea what the
other one is
about</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12pt"> - and that
is why it is quite
clear to us which
is the correct
one.</span><span style="font-size:12pt">"</span></li></ol></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td>
</tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br><br>Also factually true. The AU is the umbrella body of African nation states, and as such is the logical place to get approval (or non-objection) for a continent wide gTLD.<br>
<br>I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt" align="justify">Alice
finally ended her <span style="color:#ff0000"><i><b>ludicrous
sel<span style="color:#ff0000">f-</span></b></i></span><span><i><b><span style="color:#ff0000">exposé</span>
interview</b></i></span>
<b>by</b> <span><b>admitting
that <span style="color:#994ebe;font-size:16pt">she has
NOT looked at
the Applicant
Guidebook in
detail.</span></b></span></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br><br><br>First, DCA has done nothing for the last few years BUT <span style="color:#ff0000"><i><b>ludicrous
sel<span style="color:#ff0000">f-</span></b></i></span><span><i><b><span style="color:#ff0000">exposé</span>
interviews, so pot. kettle. black.</b></i></span><br><br>I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt" align="center"> <b>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</b></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;color:#194ce5;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:20pt" align="justify"><i><b>Unforgivable
Ignorance &
Fallacious Claims
and wrongly citing
ICANN's Guidebook</b></i></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br><br><br>none of the statements in the interview are ignorant, fallacious or citing the guidebook incorrectly, and so I consider the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br>
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<div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Perhaps</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">,
Alice Munyau, you
should have looked
at the guidebook,
before <b>making
your <span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="color:#7f34a4">outlandish
clai<span style="color:#7f34a4">m</span></span><span style="color:#7f34a4">s</span>
<span>on</span></span><span> a
video that</span>
<span style="font-size:14pt">you have
posted on
Youtube</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:14pt">.</span>
Chances are that
"having not looked
at the Guidebook in
detail", </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:#7f34a4"><b>you
will be displaying
palpable and
unforgivable
ignorance</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">
in trying to </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>cite
its provisions.</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Therefore,
we believe that your
</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><b>fallacious
claims should not
go unanswered!</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>You have to assert correctly that claims are fallacious, you have not done so, and thus, I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br>
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<ul>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><span>First,
it is </span><span style="color:#ff0000"><b>NOT</b></span><span>
stated </span><span style="color:#ff0000"><b><span style="color:#000000">anywhere
in the ICANN
Applic<span style="color:#000000">ant'</span></span><span style="color:#000000">s</span>
<span>Guidebook
that in
applying for a
geographic
name,
community
support is
required</span>.</b> </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align:left;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="left"><i><b><span style="color:#7f34a4">You
cannot confuse
governmental
support for
community
support. </span></b></i><span>Community
support is
required <span style="color:#ff0000"><b>only</b>
<span style="color:#000000">f</span></span><span>or</span>
a Community TLD
application. </span></li></ul></ul></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>Are not a collection of governments a Community? I believe the EU was called the European Community not so long ago.<br><br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<ul><ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><span>Second,</span><span><i><b><span style="color:#7f34a4">NO
actual
application
Community TLD
application</span>
was legally
submitted for
.AFRICA</b></i></span>.
<span>
Therefore, since
you have already
tried to explain
why support from
the community is
so crucial to an
application for a
geographic name,
you should</span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:#800000"><i><b><span>also
explain why <span><span style="color:#008000">"the
government,
the Internet
community, and
other
stakeholders"</span>
that you have
cited, <span style="font-size:16pt;color:#ff0000">failed
to submit a
Community TLD
application</span></span></span></b></i></span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:#800000"> for
.AFRICA</span><span><span style="color:#ff0000"><b>or
</b></span><i><b><span style="color:#ff0000">why</span><span>
the so-called
</span><span style="color:#800000">selected
registry
operator</span><span>
<span style="color:#7f34a4">failed
to submit a
Community TLD
application
for .AFRICA on
behalf of the
African
Community.</span></span></b></i></span></li></ul></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br><br>NO one but DCA is trying to assert (and DCA has asserted repeatedly) that the UniForum bid is a community gTLD. Repeating the assertion doesn't make it any more true than it was last time it was asserted.<br>
<br>Support from the community of nation states is essential according to the ICANN rules when applying for a gTLD that is continent wide, hence, I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br>
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<ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><span><span>Third</span>,
<b>if the
African Union
Commission,
actually
selected a
registry
operator to
apply on behalf
of the African
Community,</b>
t<span>hen
you should have
also </span></span><span style="color:#800000"><b>tried
to explain why
NO Community TLD
was actually
submitted on
behalf of the
African
Community.</b></span><span>Therefore,
you must now</span><span style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:16pt"><b>cease
and desist </b></span><span><span>from</span>
<b>further
engaging in this
act of
deliberate
manipulation, by
misrepresenting
a non-Community
TLD application</b>
as the</span><span style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:14pt"><b>
<span style="color:#008000">'legitimate
one</span>' </b></span><span><span>that
was ostensibly</span>
<span style="color:#800000"><b>submitted
on behalf</b></span>
of </span><span style="color:#7f34a4"><b><span>"the
government,
the Internet
community, and
other
stakeholders</span>"</b></span><span>.
</span><span><span>Nothing
could be further
from the truth.</span>
</span></li></ul></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote>
<div><br><br><br>The AUC DID select a registry operator to go forward with their blessing on .africa as a geographic TLD on behalf of the community of nation states of Africa. If DCA thinks they can somehow convince ICANN that UniForum's bid is a community gTLD and not a geo, well that strategy seems destined to fail IMHO, but it is why i also believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br>
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<ul><li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><span> </span></li>
<br>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="justify"><span>Fourth,
</span><b>the e
African Union
Commission is <span style="color:#ff0000;font-size:14pt">not a
legal TLD
applicant</span>
in the eyes of
ICANN</b><span>,
so it is a </span><span style="color:#7f34a4"><b>deliberate
misrepresent</b></span><span style="color:#7f34a4"><b>ation</b></span><span> on your
part to give
people the
impression </span><span style="color:#ff0000"><b><span style="color:#800000">that
there is an
African Union
Commission-application</span>.</b></span></li></ul></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>
It is perfectly reasonable to explain that the AUC has given their blessing to a non-DCA application, which is why I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br><br><br> </div>
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<div style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,76,229);text-align:left" align="left"><i><b>The
Political and
Diplomatic
Machinery of the
African Union
seized to serve
the interest of a
special internet
group - The Cabal</b></i></div>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;color:#194ce5" align="justify"> </p>
<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt" align="justify"><span>We
believe that </span><b><span style="font-size:18pt;color:#ff0000">an
outright fraud has
already been
committed</span> <span><i>by
those who
deliberately
made the African
Union to believe
that <span style="color:#7f34a4">i<span style="font-size:14pt">t must
take ownership
and leadership
of a certain
extraordinary
process</span></span>
that would lead
to the
realization of a
Community TLD
for .Africa,</i></span></b><span>
but clearly, this
has not happened. </span></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br><br>No, clearly this has not happened. DCA is the only one that is suggesting this. The guidebook is quite specific. It says that support (or non-objection) MUST be given to a successful continent wide gTLD applicant.<br>
<br>That opened the door to the AUC coming up with a process to give this support, which is why I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br><br>You can send all the "cease and desist" press releases you'd like, but you can't stop people from telling the truth.<br>
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify" align="justify"><span style="font-size:16pt"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:center;font-size:14pt" align="center"><span><b>The
African Union
Commission has
simply <span style="color:#ff0000">been
deceived</span>
into being 'used'
in a surreptitious
manner as the
political/diplomatic
machinery <span style="color:#ff0000">to
garner the
necessary
support from
governments
without getting
the African
Community TLD</span>
that it was
inveigled into
supporting.</b></span> </p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br><br><br>Does DCA really believe that the AUC is that naive?<br><br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt" align="justify"><span>Therefore,
</span><span style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:14pt"><b>as a
Kenyan government
representative,
you should be
showing more
accountability</b></span><span>
than what you are
presently doing. You</span>
<span style="color:#ff0000;font-size:14pt"><b>MUST
stop</b></span>
<span>t<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">his deliberate manipulation by
trying to </span></span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">obfuscate the issues regarding</span>
<span style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">governmental
support for a
non-existent</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:14pt">
Community</span>
TLD application</span>.</b></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br><br><br>I only see obfuscation from DCA on this issue, which is why I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify" align="justify"> </p>
<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;font-size:18pt;color:#7f34a4" align="justify"><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000">Instead
of trying to
explain or <b>justify
how (and why)</b>
governmental
support was used
to give specious
legitimacy to what
you term as the
'official .AFRICA
application', </span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000">you
should really be
explaining to
the whole world,</span> </b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-size:14pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">why the
African Union</span>
<span style="font-size:12pt">supposedly</span>
appointed a
registry operator
to apply for a
gTLD on behalf of
the African
Community <span style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:18pt">which has
now failed</span> </b></span><span style="font-size:18pt"><b>to
materialize. </b></span></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br><br>As with much of your writings, I can't parse the above. What has failed to materialise?<br><br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="text-align:left" align="left">The
truth of what we
know is that the <span style="font-size:14pt"><b>African
Union Commission
has not applied
for any gTLD</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt"> in its
name, so it is not
considered by
ICANN as an
applicant; </span><b style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:14pt">thus,
no gTLD string
name will be
legally delegated
to it under any
circumstances. </b></div></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br><br><br>This may be the only factually correct thing I have read in this entire press release.<br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="text-align:left" align="left"><b style="color:#7f34a4;font-size:14pt"> </b><span style="font-size:12pt">Moreover,
no Community TLD
application was
actually submitted
to ICANN regarding
the .AFRICA string
(a geographic
name) so it is
rather patent that
there will be no
Community-owned
.AFRICA string
regarding this
particular
geographic name. </span></div>
</div>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p>
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sans-serif"><b><span>
<div style="text-align:center" align="center"><span>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span> </div>
<div style="font-size:20pt;color:#194ce5"><i>No
Community TLD
Application
was submitted
on behalf of
the African
Community</i></div></span></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br>Again, correct, and DCA is the only body trying to suggest that it ever was going to be a community TLD and not a geo-TLD, which is why I believe the DCA reaction is a misrepresentation and a fraud, not the other way around!<br>
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sans-serif"><b><span>
</span><span style="text-decoration:underline;font-size:20pt"> </span></b></span><br>
Therefore, <b style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">against the <span>backdrop that <span style="color:#ff0000">no
Community TLD</span></span><span style="color:#ff0000">
application</span>
was actually
submitted on behalf
of the 'African
Community</b><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">', </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">could you </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#7f34a4;font-size:16pt"><b>please
explain the exact
interest</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> of </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">"</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#ff0000"><b><span>the
government, the
Internet
community, and
other
stakeholders"</span>
<span style="color:#7f34a4">in
this
supposititious
'official/legitimate'
application</span></b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">that
has been supported
by the African Union
Commission? </span></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>
</blockquote><div><br><br><br>See above for the requirement that a continent wide geo-TLD MUST have support or non objection from a majority of governments in the region.<br><br><lots of rubbish snipped><br><br><br>
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<p style="text-align:center;font-size:18pt;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px" align="center"> <br><br></p><p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify" align="justify">
<span style="font-size:20pt;color:#7f34a4"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:18pt;color:#7f34a4"><b>You
should now resign
from any official
government
positions and all
Committee posts
that you presently
occupy including
the ICANN GAC</b></span><span style="color:#7f34a4">.</span> </p>
<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt" align="justify">We
seriously believe that
<span style="color:#ff0000"><b><span style="color:#7f34a4;text-decoration:underline"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline">you
are not f<span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline">i</span></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);text-decoration:underline">t</span></span><span style="color:#7f34a4"> to
represent the
Government of
the Republic of
Kenya</span> <span style="color:#000000">in the
ICANN Government
Advisory
Committee (GAC)</span></b></span>
and we hereby <b>urge
you to resign now
and save yourself
any further public
embarrassment.</b></p></div></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>
</blockquote><div style="text-align:left"><br><br><br>The only public embarrassment here should belong to DCA as they continue their shameless campaign to smear our leading Internet community figures in their incredibly badly run campaign to obtain .africa.<br>
<p style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt" align="justify"><br><span></span></p></div></div></div><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br>