[kictanet] Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available in several languages -How to apply for a new Generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) check it out!]

[alice]

*How to Apply for a New Generic Top Level Domain* 
<http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-en.htm>

العربية 
<http://www.icann.org/ar/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-ar.htm>  |   
中文 
<http://www.icann.org/zh/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-zh.htm>  |  Français 
<http://www.icann.org/fr/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-fr.htm>  |  Español 
<http://www.icann.org/es/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-es.htm>  |  Русский 
<http://www.icann.org/ru/announcements/announcement-2-23oct08-ru.htm>

*/Draft Applicant Guidebook Now Available for Comment/*
23 OCT 08

After years of discussion and thought, generic top-level domains (gTLDs) 
are being expanded. They will allow for more innovation, choice and 
change to a global Internet presently served by just 21 generic 
top-level domain names.

A draft Applicant Guidebook has been developed with opportunities for 
public comment. The draft Guidebook describes processes for objections 
to applications. There has been detailed technical scrutiny to ensure 
the Internet's stability and security. There will be an evaluation fee, 
but it will recover costs only (expenses so far, application processing 
and other costs) and it will be reviewed after the first round of 
applications. ICANN is a not for profit corporation dedicated to 
coordinating the Internet's addressing system. If fee collection exceeds 
expenses, the community will be consulted as to how that excess is to be 
used.

Promoting competition and choice is one of the principles upon which 
ICANN was founded. In a world with 1.5 billion Internet users (and 
growing), diversity, choice and innovation are key. The Internet has 
supported huge increases in choice, innovation and the competition of 
ideas and expanding new gTLDs is an opportunity for more.


      New gTLDs and the Internet
      /Openness Change Innovation./

The Guidebook is comprised of six modules, some with explanatory 
memoranda, and it is available for public comment at 
http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/comments-en.htm. The Guidebook 
modules along with full information are linked from the new gTLD webpage 
<http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtld-program.htm>.
-------------- next part --------------
_______________________________________________
AfrICANN mailing list
AfrICANN at afrinic.net
https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/africann