<div dir="ltr">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?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>---</div><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Gideon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gideonrop@gmail.com" target="_blank">gideonrop@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,0,153)">McTim,<br>
<p>I presume you have already announced that in your previous
posting last month, so nothing new.</p><p></p><p>Best regards<br>Gideon<br></p></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 1:22 PM, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com" target="_blank">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Gideon,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:30 AM, Gideon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gideonrop@gmail.com" target="_blank">gideonrop@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,0,153)">
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font></font></span></font></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(51,0,153);display:inline">
<font><font></font></font></div><font><font>DotConnectAfrica's
response to dot Africa Reserve Name Policy Discussions (Introduction)</font> </font><p></p><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font>
DotConnectAfrica has been made aware the proposed discussion in the above
subject on the kictanet mailing lists. </font></span></p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">
</span><p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font>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. <span>Michael
Bullut below, </span>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.</font></span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>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.</div>
<span><font color="#888888">
<div><br></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>-- </div></font></span></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888">Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"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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