<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ok, food for thought then.</div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;"> it is perfectly reasonable to have the AU involved</span><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
12.800000190734863px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;">I do not find reasonable at all that that a government is allowed to bid, endorse and object? - the familiar </span><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;">Kangaroo courts of Africa, yeah?;)</span><br></div><blockquote style="border: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Its just that the </span></span><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent;">governmental approvals (for them) and the objections (against
DCA)</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13px; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px;">seem to be very challenging for your bid.</span></span></div></blockquote><div style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span><span>Well, you do the math, but I trust DCA has a pretty good record of overcoming its challenges, so am confident it will manage. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12.800000190734863px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); line-height: 18px; font-size:
13px;">As the saying goes - Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all!</span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 18px;"><br></span></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">--Lerato Ma</span><br></div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><blockquote style="border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <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> Lerato <lerato.ma@yahoo.com>; africann@afrinic.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, November 30, 2012 7:13 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] The Google campaign – An ITU view<br> </font> </div> <br>
Hi again (before I go offline for the weekend)<br><br>On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Lerato <<a ymailto="mailto:lerato.ma@yahoo.com" href="mailto:lerato.ma@yahoo.com">lerato.ma@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>> If you see the matter as I do, that ICANN has asked that governmental<br>> and/or intergovernmental entities weigh in on new gTLDs that have a<br>> geographic scope, it is perfectly reasonable to have the AU involved.<br>><br>> in light of the above I see zero abuse of trust, bad influencing, lies<br>> or manipulations coming from any of your opponents.<br>><br>><br>> That is what makes my point clear. The governments cannot impose their will<br>> on a disqualified application<br><br>CAn you tell me exactly how they are disqualified? I just don't<br>anything in the guidebook or their application that is disqualifying.<br><br>, that is if your eyes can see beyond<br>> government approvals, or are you
also going to call the winner before the<br>> ICANN evaluation is over!<br><br>no, am happy to let the process run its course. Its just that the<br>governmental approvals (for them) and the objections (against DCA)<br>seem to be very challenging for your bid.<br><br><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>_______________________________________________<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> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>