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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=ES link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks Ron and Jim <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Here are my quick notes from the Universal Acceptance of TLD presentation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Issues<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Website forms doing improper email domain checks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Google adwords not accepting .asia etc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>MS Mobile IE not supporting IDN. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Hosting control panels not support arabic IDN's<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Social network Twitter and facebook no support of IDN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Browser redirects to search mode if does not recognise TLD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Poor code on developer website in respect to this often top in Google.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>"Email this article" from a website not working.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Suggested Solutions<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>ICANN coordingate activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>ICANN approach big software developers eg MS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>ICANN make presentations at application layer events or provide material<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Use new gTLD publicity materials to raise awareness. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Info more accessible on ICANN website<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Report non support or non acceptance. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Value to business of accepting new TLD's and IDN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Promote via GAC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Competitions etc to promote<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Registry and Registrar software should support IDN.(ICANN can insist on this)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Funding for outreach for this issue, and materials<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Repository of info on the subject<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>If product it does not work - send it back. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Make marketing people aware or problem not just technical people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>I will work BC comment on JIG initial report on Universal Acceptance of IDN which is a subset of the general isse.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Key takeaway for BC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>There is a value to business of the acceptance of new TLD's and IDN. All issues mentioned above can result in lost business.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'>Chris Chaplow</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'>Managing Director</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'>Andalucia.com S.L.</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Avenida</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> del Carmen 9<br>Ed. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Puertosol</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>, Puerto </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Deportivo</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br>1ª </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Planta</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Oficina</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> 30<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Estepona</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>, 29680<br>Malaga, Spain<br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Tel: + (34) 952 897 865</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Fax: + (34) 952 897 874</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>E-mail: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:chris@andalucia.com"><b>chris@andalucia.com</b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Web: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.andalucia.com/"><b>www.andalucia.com</b></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B850A'>Information about Andalucia, Spain.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>De:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] <b>En nombre de </b>Ron Andruff<br><b>Enviado el:</b> miércoles, 14 de marzo de 2012 20:36<br><b>Para:</b> 'Baskin, James F (Jim)'; 'Chris Chaplow'; bc-gnso@icann.org<br><b>Asunto:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] TLD Universal Acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Universal acceptance is not just the ability to resolve DNS queries TO individual TLDs with more than three letter TLDs, but it also implies ability to send an email with a TLD address with more than three letters. Universal Acceptance of TLDs on the ICANN website (<a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/tld-acceptance">http://www.icann.org/en/news/in-focus/tld-acceptance</a>) states “Most software should not need to test whether a domain name is valid. The act of connecting to a domain name (in the case of a URL, for example), or sending an email (in the case of an email address) will automatically provide mechanisms of informing if the domain name is valid or not. “ The issue is email address with a .NAME TLD is being rejected by many entities. That is a universal acceptance issue, in my view.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hope this helps,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>RA<span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Ronald N. Andruff</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>RNA Partners, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>220 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><ns0:Street><ns0:address><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Fifth Avenue</span></ns0:address></ns0:Street></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><ns0:place><ns0:City><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>New York</span></ns0:City><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>, </span><ns0:State><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>New York</span></ns0:State><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><ns0:PostalCode><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>10001</span></ns0:PostalCode></ns0:place></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>+ 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Baskin, James F (Jim) [mailto:james.f.baskin@verizon.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ron Andruff; 'Chris Chaplow'; bc-gnso@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] TLD Universal Acceptance</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Ron,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>I appears to me that your example of .NAME SLDs not being universally accepted as IDs for e-commerce sites is not directly related to the “Universal Acceptance” topic. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Universal acceptance is the ability to resolve DNS queries TO individual TLDs, e.g., the early (or even ongoing) problems in reaching .TRAVEL because it is more than three characters or not in some software lists of valid TLDs. Being able to resolve the IP address of a .NAME URI is not related to the unwillingness of Apple or BBC to accept a .NAME registration as valid user identification credentials.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'>Jim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> owner-bc-gnso@icann.org [mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ron Andruff<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:34 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Chris Chaplow'; bc-gnso@icann.org<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [bc-gnso] TLD Universal Acceptance<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Chris,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Regarding the session on Universal Acceptance, my business partner has had some unhappy experiences with .NAME – after all these years!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>.NAME is not accepted by Apple for an ID (for iTunes, or any Apple device), British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Sears, New York Department of Education, among many others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>RA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Ronald N. Andruff</span><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>RNA Partners, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>220 </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><ns0:Street><ns0:address><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Fifth Avenue</span></ns0:address></ns0:Street></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><ns0:place><ns0:City><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>New York</span></ns0:City><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>, </span><ns0:State><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>New York</span></ns0:State><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> </span><ns0:PostalCode><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>10001</span></ns0:PostalCode></ns0:place></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>+ 1 212 481 2820 ext. 11<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='color:blue'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org">mailto:owner-bc-gnso@icann.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Chaplow<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bc-gnso@icann.org">bc-gnso@icann.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [bc-gnso] TLD Universal Acceptance</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>BC members,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>As mentioned in the meeting just now there is a panel tomorrow (and a public forum closing on the 23<sup>rd</sup> March). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The panel is at 12.30 on Wednesday in “La Paz A” entitled: <b>TLD Universal Acceptance <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><br> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Universal Acceptance of All Domains has been an on-going effort driven by ICANN. In the past this project's focus was on raising awareness that software vendors and other parties needed to make sure they accepted domains from new gTLDs that were introduced in previous rounds in 2000 and 2004. This scope has since expanded to include IDN ccTLDs, and since the ICANN Board of Directors approved the new gTLD program last year, many more new TLDs are expected to be added to the root zone in the near future. The main goal of this project is to raise awareness in the community and discuss the best ways of addressing these issues. In order to help the project achieve these goals, we are seeking to engage with the community on the best ways to identify and address the issues involved. We are inviting experts, like yourself, to take part in this active discussion so you can share your opinion on what you think could and should be done in order to promote further universal acceptance of all domains. <br> <br>We would like to allow invitees to share their experiences and opinions, as well as answer the following questions: <br> <br>1. What are the existing issues with acceptance of domains registered within TLDs?<br> <br>2. Who should be addressing the existing issues, for example, registry operators, registrars, ISPs, software vendors, software developers, others? <br> <br>3. How can ICANN promote universal acceptance of all domains effectively?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The public comment forum that <b>Initial Report on Universal Acceptance of IDN TLDs</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/universal-acceptance-idn-tlds-06jan12-en.htm"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/universal-acceptance-idn-tlds-06jan12-en.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>and the initial report found here<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jig-idn-tld-acceptance-initial-report-06jan12-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#EF673E;background:white;text-decoration:none'>http://ccnso.icann.org/workinggroups/jig-idn-tld-acceptance-initial-report-06jan12-en.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Any help or thoughts on <b>TLD Universal Acceptance </b> for tomorrow gratefully received.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Best <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'>Chris Chaplow<br>Managing Director</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#0B710A'><br><b>Andalucia.com S.L.</b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><span style='color:black'>Avenida del Carmen 9<br>Ed. Puertosol, Puerto Deportivo<br>1ª Planta, Oficina 30<br>Estepona, 29680<br>Malaga, Spain<br><b>Tel: + (34) 952 897 865<br>Fax: + (34) 952 897 874<br></b></span>E-mail: <a href="mailto:chris@andalucia.com"><b>chris@andalucia.com</b></a><b><br></b>Web: <a href="http://www.andalucia.com/"><b>www.andalucia.com</b></a><span style='color:black'><br></span><b><span style='color:#0B850A'>Information about Andalucia, Spain.</span></b></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>