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Dear BC Members,<br>
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Please find below an ICANN announcement.<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>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.bizconst.org">www.bizconst.org</a>
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<h1><span
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Interruption - Update (4 May 2012)<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Statement
by Akram Atallah, COO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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May 2012</span></span><span
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<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The
TLD Application System, or TAS, held 2091
applications - either submitted or in progress -
when it was taken offline on 12 April 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">In
addition, there are 214 potential applications
that were registered prior to the 29 March
cut-off date, but whose payments have not yet
been received or reconciled.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">ICANN
has received approximately USD $350 million in
fees for applications for new gTLDs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">As
we have reported, we are in the process of
notifying applicants whether they were affected
by the software glitch, and plan to complete
this process on or before Tuesday, 8 May.
Shortly after that process is complete, we will
announce the schedule for reopening TAS and
completing the application period. Once the
system is reopened, we will keep it open for at
least five business days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">We
appreciate your understanding as we work to
bring the TLD application system back online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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