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Dear BC Members,<br>
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Please find below the most recent update from ICANN regarding the
technical difficulties involving the TAS.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Kind Regards,
Benedetta Rossi
BC Secretariat
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home">https://community.icann.org/display/gnsobc/Home</a>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a></pre>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
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href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18apr12-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-18apr12-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Statement by Akram Atallah, COO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date-display-single"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">18 April 2012</span></span><span
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lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">ICANN has been providing regular updates on the
recent technical glitch that resulted in the TLD application
system being taken offline.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">As reported earlier, we believe that we have
fixed the glitch. We continue to test the solution and to
conduct research to determine which file names and user names
were potentially viewable, as well as which applicants had the
ability to see them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">We will provide additional information tomorrow
to address questions that we have received about the glitch.
Please monitor the ICANN website at <</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas/interruption-updates"><span
style="text-decoration:none" lang="EN-US">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas/interruption-updates</span></a></span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">> for further updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
lang="EN-US">Thank you for your patience while we work to
resolve this issue and reopen the application system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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