<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Dear Yaovi,</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Thanks for your e-mail. Here are my replies to your questions:</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span><strong>Q1) Did ICANN tell you the reason why you could not get financial support?</strong></span></div><div><span><strong>Answer:</strong></span></div><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"><div><span>The reason why we did not get financial support from ICANN is that we failed to meet two of the three criteria for support. Although we met the financial need and financial capability criteria, we did not meet the public interest criteria. This, in and of itself is ironical because we were disqualified not because we did not have the financial need, or demonstrate the financial capability, but because we did not meet the "public interest"
criteria which itself has a number of components. The published SARP results (<a href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/sarp-results-20mar13-en.pdf">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/sarp-results-20mar13-en.pdf</a>) do not give details of how we scored on the various components of the public interest criteria, although a recent Webinar on the results (<a href="https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+SARP+Briefing+Session+-+08+May+2013">https://community.icann.org/display/atlarge/At-Large+SARP+Briefing+Session+-+08+May+2013</a> - please scroll down to the Child Pages - Action Items EN or FR) asked that these details get published. At any rate, that's all water under the bridge for us now, given that we have already withdrawn our application.</span></div></blockquote><div><span></span> </div><div><span><strong>Q2) What is the financial implication of your withdrawal?
Are you loosing also money?</strong></span></div><div><span><strong>Answer:</strong></span></div><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"><div><span>A</span><span>s per the Financial Assistance Handbook, we get a full refund of the part application fee of $47,000 that we paid.</span></div></blockquote><div><span></span> </div><div><span>I hope this helps. By the way, I am copying the At Large list on Africa on this because I forgot to copy them on my original e-mail.</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Have a great week, and best wishes!</span></div><div><span></span> </div><div><span>Katim</span></div> <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"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr"
contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Yaovi Atohoun <yaovito@yahoo.fr><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> "kaamt@yahoo.com" <kaamt@yahoo.com> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 27, 2013 9:09 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Tr : [AfrICANN-discuss] Withdrawal of UMMAH TLD application<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7362655538"><div><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><span><br></span></div><div>Dear Katim,</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal;
background-color: transparent;">I am sorry that situation. I would like to better understand:</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">1) Did ICANN tell you the reason why you could not get financial support?</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">2) What is the financial implication of your withdrawal? Are you loosing also money?</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:
13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Thanks</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Yaovi ATOHOUN</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Mail transféré -----<br> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">De :</span></b> Katim S. Touray <kaamt@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> "africann@afrinic.net" <africann@afrinic.net>; "aftld-discuss@aftld.org" <aftld-discuss@aftld.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le
:</span></b> Lundi 27 mai 2013 9h44<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> [AfrICANN-discuss] Withdrawal of UMMAH TLD application<br> </font> </div> <div class="yiv7362655538y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv7362655538"><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div>Dear all,</div><div> </div><div>This is to inform you that our UMMAH TLD application was withdrawn last Thurs. (May 23).</div><div> </div><div>As you might know, we did not succeed in
getting financial support from ICANN. Our request for reconsideration was also turned down, as indicated on the ICANN Web site (<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.icann.org/en/groups/board/governance/reconsideration</a> - please scroll down to Reconsideration 13-1: Ummah Digital, Ltd.). We also were not able to get enough support for our request to be retained in the program instead of being removed from further consideration per the rules in the <i>Financial Assistance Handbook, </i>so we had not choice but to withdraw our application.</div><div> </div><div>So I thought I should
write to you to inform you of the withdrawal of our application, and express my thanks to all of you for your support.</div><div> </div><div>Have a great week, and best wishes!</div><div> </div><div>Sincerely,</div><div> </div><div>Katim</div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>AfrICANN mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:AfrICANN@afrinic.net">AfrICANN@afrinic.net</a><br><a href="https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>