[kictanet] DotConnectAfrica's response to dot Africa Reserve Name Policy Discussions (Introduction)

[Adam Nelson]

It seems to me like a minimum of 1-2 years before the dot africa tld is
available.  Is it possible that it will be sooner?

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On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Gideon <gideonrop at gmail.com> wrote:

> McTim,
>
> I presume you have already announced that in your previous posting last
> month, so nothing new.
>
> Best regards
> Gideon
> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 1:22 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Gideon,
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:30 AM, Gideon <gideonrop at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  DotConnectAfrica's response to dot Africa Reserve Name Policy
>>> Discussions (Introduction)
>>>
>>> DotConnectAfrica has been made aware the proposed discussion in the
>>> above subject on the kictanet mailing lists.
>>>
>>> We understand that there should be ongoing discussions that pertain to
>>> the anticipated .africa top level domain name. However DotConnectAfrica
>>> feels obliged to inform the general Listers who may have questions like Mr. Michael
>>> Bullut below, that while the discussions are being conducted no
>>> organization has been given the mandate to run the registry, since both
>>> applicants for .africa new gTLD applications are undergoing initial
>>> evaluations, and not even the evaluation results are published.
>>>
>>
>>
>> In the interests of full disclosure, you should also say that the GAC has
>> given advice that your bid should not continue and that advice has been
>> accepted by the Board Committee that deals with the new gTLDs.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route
>> indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
>
>
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