Dear Tim, As you know, unlike the two earlier gtld rounds of 2000 and 2003-4, this new round has no such categories as 'sponsored' or unsponsored'; , AUC states it does not intend to be an Applicant, thus, it chose to contract an Africa based consortium to endorse (with legitimate letters) for the business and technical operation as required by the guide book. As far as I know, and with regards to geographic tld such as DotAfrica, AUC will still retain a policy oversight (just like the .eu) within its contract with operator on the one hand, and could work through the Governments'notification..and the GAC's early warning procedures on the other hand.. I hope this serves? Rgds Pierre. Le , McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> a écrit :
On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Dandjinou Pierre pdandjinou@gmail.com> wrote:
Fyi,
This was sent out by the Africa Union Commission
Thanks Pierre, this doc makes it clear that the AU is the client and will choose one bidder to partner with to bid for .africa.
What is still unclear is who will be the Sponsoring Organisation, the AU or the registry operator?
-- Cheers,
McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel