<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear listers, </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">I hope you are staying safe and healthy through these unusual times! I have a few questions that I was hoping you might be able to help me with. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">There is currently a conversation
going on within the Togolese ecosystem regarding the attribution of the Country
code top-level domain (. TG). According to article 4 of the</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> national</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> charter in Togo,
the domain name</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">s</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> ending
with the extension. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">TG</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
can only be assigned if the domain name does not correspond to the naming zones
retained by the charter</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> (see list
at the end of the email)</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif">.</span><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">For example, as a natural person,
I cannot have a domain name <span lang="EN-US">with
my name (Emmanuel Vitus) directly like </span><b><a href="http://emmanuelvitus.tg">emmanuelvitus.tg</a></b>. The charter <span lang="EN-US">indicates</span> that such name<span lang="EN-US"> must</span> be assigned with the
following extension: <b><a href="http://emmanuelvitus.nom.tg">emmanuelvitus.nom.tg</a> </b><i>(.nom which means name in french must be included in the domain name to indicate that I am an individual)</i> and for natural persons, the
documents requested are a national <span lang="EN-US">ID </span>and a family council report<span lang="EN-US"> (which means the family must agree
and give you an authorization note before you get the domain name)</span>.
Otherwise, you will not have the domain name. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Before I address the issue in the
local community, I would like to hear from you as expert<span lang="EN-US">s</span> and as a user<span lang="EN-US">s</span>.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">1- Do you find that this practice encourag<span lang="EN-US">ing enough </span>the popularization of the </font>ccTLD (.<font face="arial, sans-serif">TG)?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">2- What are the <span lang="EN-US">best</span> practices and examples in your
country<span lang="EN-US">/region regarding this</span>?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Below are the naming zones
selected for the “. tg ”</font></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt"></p><ol><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span><a href="http://admin.tg">admin.tg</a> for public administrations;</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span><a href="http://asso.tg">asso.tg</a> for associations;</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span><a href="http://edu.tg">edu.tg</a> for the education sector;</font></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><a href="http://gouv.tg">gouv.tg</a> for government structures;</span></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://nom.tg">nom.tg</a> for individuals;</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://org.tg">org.tg</a> for international organizations and NGOs;</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span><a href="http://tm.tg">tm.tg</a> for trademarks;</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://com.tg">com.tg</a> for entities carrying out an activity of
an industrial or commercial nature, or any other income-generating activity;</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span><a href="http://mairie.tg">mairie.tg</a> for municipalities (eg:
<a href="http://lome.mairie.tg">lome.mairie.tg</a>);</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span><a href="http://prefecture.tg">prefecture.tg</a> for the prefectures (ex:
<a href="http://yoto.prefecture.tg">yoto.prefecture.tg</a>);</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://ville.tg">ville.tg</a>
for cities (ex: <a href="http://kara.ville.tg">kara.ville.tg</a>);</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://canton.tg">canton.tg</a> for the county towns (eg:
<a href="http://amoutive.canton.tg">amoutive.canton.tg</a>);</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Info.tg for activities relating to the
publication of information;</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif">Net.tg for network and internet service
providers;</font></li><li><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://village.tg">village.tg</a> for villages (eg: <a href="http://edzi.village.tg">edzi.village.tg</a>).</font></li></ol><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Only domain names for which the
applicant does not correspond to any of the categories linked to<span lang="EN-US"> d</span>escriptive extensions
above, can be created under the extension “. tg ”. The creation of such domain names is expressly authorized by
the administrative manager.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt">Thanks in advance!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt">Best regards, </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm;font-size:12pt">Emmanuel </p><br></div></div>