[Npoc-discuss] Fwd: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for .AFRICA - ICANN

[Olévié Kouami]

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From: David Olive <david.olive at icann.org>
Date: 2015-07-16 19:01 GMT+02:00
Subject: [Soac-infoalert] ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica
Trust Application for .AFRICA - ICANN
To: "soac-infoalert at icann.org" <soac-infoalert at icann.org>
Cc: Duncan Burns <duncan.burns at icann.org>



https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en

  ICANN to Resume Evaluation of DotConnectAfrica Trust Application for
.AFRICA
 <https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en#>
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2015-07-16-en#>

16 July 2015 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (
ICANN) today announced it will resume evaluation of DotConnectAfrica
Trust's (DCA's) application for the .AFRICA new generic top-level domain.

ICANN's Board of Directors convened a special meeting on 16 July 2015 to
quickly address an independent review panel's declaration that held in
favor of DotConnectAfrica Trust regarding certain claims about its .AFRICA
top-level domain application. (read more
<https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2-2015-07-10-en>). During the
meeting, the Board resolved
<https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2015-07-16-en>
 to:

   - Continue to refrain from delegating the .AFRICA gTLD.
   - Permit DCA's application to proceed through the remainder of the new
   gTLD application process.
   - Reimburse DCA for certain costs related to the independent review
   process.

As such, the Board has directed staff to take all steps necessary to resume
the evaluation of DCA's application for .AFRICA and to ensure that such
evaluation proceeds in accordance with the established process(es) as
quickly as possible.

"I want to thank the panel for their efforts and careful deliberation of
this matter," said Steve Crocker,  ICANN's Chairman of the Board. "Though
these proceedings have been lengthy and delayed the launch of the .AFRICA
top-level domain, the independent review process is an integral part of
ICANN's community-developed accountability mechanisms, which are
fundamental safeguards in ensuring that ICANN's bottom-up, multistakeholder
model remains effective."

Dr. Crocker further noted, "Our commitment to ICANN's African stakeholders
remains strong. As this advances to final resolution, we will assist in
moving this process forward as rapidly as possible and provide all parties
with the certainties they are looking for and deserve."

The next step in the process for DCA is to complete Initial Evaluation, a
phase of the New gTLD Program in which multiple independent panels,
including a panel dedicated to geographic names, review an application to
ensure it meets the requirements in the Applicant Guidebook.

With respect to the Governmental Advisory Committee's (GAC's) consensus
advice in the Beijing Communiqué that DCA's application for .AFRICA should
not proceed, the Board will ask the GAC if it wishes to refine that advice
and/or provide the board with further information regarding that advice
and/or otherwise address the concerns raised in the Declaration.


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 David A. Olive
 Vice President, Policy Development Support
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