<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body>BTW<div>What happened at the Addis meeting?<br>Can we have a critical analysis which, I believe strategic issues such as this would have been discussed on face-to-face basis ..?</div><div> </div><div>'Objections' is not a small matter to be overshadowed by other issues. I hope to read about this in Proceedings of the Addis - Africa Strategy Meeting ...from the Secretariat.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div>Yassin<br><br><font size="2">From Yassin . Sent from samsung mobile. On O2.</font> </div><br><br><br>McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br><br>http://www.independent-objector-newgtlds.org/english-version/the-independent-objector-s-comments-on-controversial-applications/africa-general-comment/<br><br>Some interesting bits:<br><br>"Given that the African Union Commission, representing the large<br>majority of African States, has issued an early warning, it seems<br>unlikely that the applicant DotConnectAfrica Trust will meet<br>requirements to pass the Geographic Names Panel review."<br>.<br>.<br>".As for his possibility to object on the community ground and only if<br>both applications pass the review of the Geographic Names Panel and<br>can’t reach an agreement, the IO was of the opinion that an objection<br>against the application for a new gTLD string “.Africa” submitted by<br>DotConnectAfrica Trust could be warranted."<br><br>and not surprisingly:<br><br>"IMPORTANT GENERAL REMARK: The applicant DotConnectAfrica Trust deemed<br>it useful to put into doubt my impartiality and independence. I wish<br>to make clear that my inclination not to lodge an objection to their<br>application is by no means the result of what can be seen as an<br>attempt to intimidate me."<br><br>It's a good read, and the DCA and UniForum replies to his initial<br>assessment are included at the bottom.<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>AfrICANN@afrinic.net<br>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann<br> </body>