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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Olevie is correct, ICANN cannot set naming policies for a TLD – even if it is a GTLD, but certainly not for a ccTLD.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">But this is a good forum to discuss that issue, because there is a lot of experience in ICANN about the economic and user impacts of different policies. Neither
the ccNSO nor the GNSO can tell the .TG domain what to do. We can, however, offer advice about how policies work based on more than a decade of experience.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dr. Milton L Mueller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Georgia Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">School of Public Policy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://internetgovernance.org/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Internet Governance Project</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> NCSG-Discuss <NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Olivier Kouami<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 25, 2020 4:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> NCSG-DISCUSS@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Npoc-discuss] [HELP] - Operational best practices regarding the attribution of ccTLD domain names<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Emmanuel,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy to Gear from you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunatelly, i'm not sure that you will get more help on these issues here. Since WE here in NPOC belongs to GNSO.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The issues you mentionned are well known by me. Thé ccNSO is more indicated to help. We can talk about Inbox, if you want, please.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warm regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Olévié<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Le mar. 24 nov. 2020 à 23:42, Emmanuel Vitus <<a href="mailto:emmanuelvitus@gmail.com">emmanuelvitus@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Dear listers, </span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">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. </span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">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 national charter in Togo, the domain names ending with the extension. TG can only be assigned if the domain name does not correspond to the naming zones retained by the charter (see list at the end of the email).</span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394"> </span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">For example, as a natural person, I cannot have a domain name with my name (Emmanuel Vitus) directly like
<b><a href="http://emmanuelvitus.tg" target="_blank">emmanuelvitus.tg</a></b>. The charter indicates that such name must be assigned with the following extension:
<b><a href="http://emmanuelvitus.nom.tg" target="_blank">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 ID and a family council report (which means the family must agree and give
you an authorization note before you get the domain name). Otherwise, you will not have the domain name. </span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Before I address the issue in the local community, I would like to hear from you as experts and as a users.</span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394"> </span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">1- Do you find that this practice encouraging enough the popularization of the </span><span style="color:#0B5394">ccTLD (.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">TG)?</span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">2- What are the best practices and examples in your country/region regarding this?</span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Below are the naming zones selected for the “. tg ”</span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://admin.tg" target="_blank">admin.tg</a> for public administrations;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://asso.tg" target="_blank">asso.tg</a> for associations;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://edu.tg" target="_blank">edu.tg</a> for the education sector;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://gouv.tg" target="_blank">gouv.tg</a> for government structures;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://nom.tg" target="_blank">nom.tg</a> for individuals;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://org.tg" target="_blank">org.tg</a> for international organizations and NGOs;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://tm.tg" target="_blank">tm.tg</a> for trademarks;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://com.tg" target="_blank">com.tg</a> for entities carrying out an activity of an industrial or commercial nature, or any other income-generating activity;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://mairie.tg" target="_blank">mairie.tg</a> for municipalities (eg:
<a href="http://lome.mairie.tg" target="_blank">lome.mairie.tg</a>);</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://prefecture.tg" target="_blank">prefecture.tg</a> for the prefectures (ex:
<a href="http://yoto.prefecture.tg" target="_blank">yoto.prefecture.tg</a>);</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://ville.tg" target="_blank">ville.tg</a> for cities (ex:
<a href="http://kara.ville.tg" target="_blank">kara.ville.tg</a>);</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://canton.tg" target="_blank">canton.tg</a> for the county towns (eg:
<a href="http://amoutive.canton.tg" target="_blank">amoutive.canton.tg</a>);</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Info.tg for activities relating to the publication of information;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Net.tg for network and internet service providers;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#0B5394;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://village.tg" target="_blank">village.tg</a> for villages (eg:
<a href="http://edzi.village.tg" target="_blank">edzi.village.tg</a>).</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0B5394">Only domain names for which the applicant does not correspond to any of the categories linked to descriptive extensions above, can be created under the
extension “. tg ”. The creation of such domain names is expressly authorized by the administrative manager.</span><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#0B5394">Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#0B5394">Best regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:#0B5394">Emmanuel <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#0B5394"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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