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Dear BC Members,<br>
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Please find below an ICANN announcement regarding the TAS'
reopening.<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>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:bc-secretariat@icann.org">bc-secretariat@icann.org</a></pre>
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May 2012</span></span><span
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<p><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The
TLD Application System, or TAS, has reopened.
All registered applicants can now log in, review
and submit their applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The
system will remain open until 23:59 GMT/UTC on
30 May 2012. Consistent with our previous
practice and to allow the application window to
open as soon as possible, two-hour maintenance
windows have been scheduled as follows: 22 May
at 16:30 GMT/UTC, 25 May at 23:00 UTC, and 29
May at 22:00 UTC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Applicants
are encouraged to review "<em><span
style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Top
Things Users Should Know When TAS Reopens,</span></em>"
posted on the new gTLD microsite at <a
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href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas/top-ten">http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/tas/top-ten</a>.
The document provides advice on logging into and
completing applications, submitting wire
transfers, and contacting customer service with
any issues users might encounter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">During
the last few weeks, we have fixed the technical
glitch that caused us to take the system
offline. Also, to address user feedback, we have
improved the overall system performance and the
HTML preview function.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">In
our continuing review of the system logs and
system traffic, we determined that in two
instances, a single file might have been
temporarily unavailable to an applicant. Full
access to those two files has been restored.
ICANN notified the affected users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span
style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We
recognize and regret the inconvenience caused by
this glitch and the delayed closing of the
application window.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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