<div dir="auto"><div>Michele, congratulations to .ie in better serving the Irish community with <a href="http://fada.ie">fada.ie</a>, but I would suggest we not use the domain investment participation there as any indication of universal measurements on participation.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think that many participating in evolving the namespace (providers, integrators, volunteers, investors, regulators, users, devolopers, etc.) all deserve some gratitude - we are all in it together.<br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 24, 2017 10:07, "Michele Neylon - Blacknight" <<a href="mailto:michele@blacknight.com">michele@blacknight.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The .ie ccTLD introduced IDN in .ie recently so that our local ccTLD could finally support the Irish language. You can now register a .ie domain using a fada (the accent) See
<a href="http://fada.ie/" target="_blank">http://fada.ie/</a> (disclosure: we run it)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Domainers had absolutely nothing to do with that decision. Zero. Nada.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">While the takeup of IDNs in .ie hasn’t been exactly “huge” it has allowed companies and other organisations whose names included fadas to register their “real” name.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Michele<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US">Mr Michele Neylon</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US">Blacknight Solutions</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US">Hosting, Colocation & Domains<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.blacknight.com/" target="_blank">https://www.blacknight.com/</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://blacknight.blog/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">https://blacknight.blog/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://ceo.hosting/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">https://ceo.hosting/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US">Intl. <a href="tel:+353%2059%20918%203072" value="+353599183072" target="_blank">+353 (0) 59  9183072</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US">Direct Dial: <a href="tel:+353%2059%20918%203090" value="+353599183090" target="_blank">+353 (0)59 9183090</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US">Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-US">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Ireland  Company No.: 370845</span><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">UA-discuss <<a href="mailto:ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org" target="_blank">ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org</a>> on behalf of Andre Schappo <<a href="mailto:A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk" target="_blank">A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday 23 November 2017 at 10:07<br>
<b>To: </b>Universal Acceptance <<a href="mailto:UA-discuss@icann.org" target="_blank">UA-discuss@icann.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[UA-discuss] Domainers<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Would IDNs even exist today if it was not for Domainers? I suspect that IDNs would have been abandoned long ago if it was not for Domainers.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I believe that Domainers are the majority holders of IDNs. The dependency on Domainers is well emphasised in the thread </span><a href="http://www.idnforums.com/forums/35654-number-of-コム-registrations-takes-a-nosedive.html" target="_blank"><span>http://www.idnforums.<wbr>com/forums/35654-number-of-%<wbr>E3%82%B3%E3%83%A0-<wbr>registrations-takes-a-<wbr>nosedive.html</span><span></span></a><span> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I think the international community should be acknowledging and thanking Domainers for their significant contribution to IDNs.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>André Schappo<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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