Dear fellow councilors,

We received an application for membership of the ccNSO from  .bh, the ccTLD of Bahrain.

The application has been filed by Mohamed Alnoaimi, representing .bh’s manager, the  Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

Please see IANA's " all clear" below. If you have any objections to .bh's membership, please let me know before Wednesday 20 June.

.bh will be member 133.

Best regards, hope to see you all in Prague,

Roelof Meijer

From: Kim Davies <kim.davies@icann.org>
To: Gabriella Schittek <gabriella.schittek@icann.org>
Cc: Roelof Meijer <Roelof.Meijer@sidn.nl>
Subject: Re: ccNSO Application for Membership (.bh)

Hi Gabi,

There are no outstanding IANA issues relating to .BH.

kim

On Jun 5, 2012, at 12:11 AM, Gabriella Schittek wrote:

Kim,

Does IANA have any outstanding issues with .bh?

Thanks,

Gabi

From: "applications@icann.org" <applications@icann.org>
To: "ccnso-applications@icann.org" <ccnso-applications@icann.org>
Subject: ccNSO Application for Membership (.bh)

                        Application for Membership

          Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)

Confirmation E-mail: malnoaimi@tra.org.bh

cctld: .bh

To: ccNSO Membership

    c/o ICANN Secretary

Date: 4/6/2012

Regarding: ccNSO Membership

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With this letter, I, Mohamed Alnoaimi declare that Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) is the ccTLD manager (as defined in the ICANN bylaws, (Article IX Section (4)(1)) for the .bh and wishes to apply for membership of the ccNSO and that I am duly authorized to make and sign this application for membership on behalf of Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA).

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) hereby recognizes the role of the ccNSO within the ICANN

structure, and agrees, for the duration of its membership in the ccNSO to:

    (a) adhere to the rules of the ccNSO, including membership rules; and

    (b) adhere to ICANN Bylaws as they apply to ccTLDs (Article IX and

Annexes B and C of the ICANN bylaws.

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) understands that:

    (i) membership in the ccNSO is independent of any individual

relationship a ccTLD manager has with ICANN or the ccTLD manager's receipt

of IANA services. (Article IX Section (4)(3)); and

    (ii) currently there are no fees payable for ccNSO membership. However,

under the ICANN bylaws (Article IX Section (7) (3)), the ccNSO could in the

future, subject to members approval, establish membership fees.

Signed by Mohamed Alnoaimi for and on behalf of Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA):

Name of ccTLD Manager: Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)

Name of Representative: Mohamed Alnoaimi

Name of Primary Contact: Mohamed Alnoaimi

Primary Contact Address:

Telecommunications Regulatory Authority

PO Box 10353

Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain

Street Address 5th Floor

Building No. 852

Road No. 3618

Seef 436

Primary Contact Telephone Number: +973 1752 0000

Primary Contact E-Mail: malnoaimi@tra.org.bh

*DEFINITION:

    1) A ccTLD Manager is the person or organisation referred to in the IANA database entry for a ccTLD under the current heading "Sponsoring Organisation".

    2) Where the Sponsoring Organisation is listed in the IANA database as an individual person then that person is the Representative. Where the Sponsoring Organisation is listed in the IANA database as an organisation then the Representative is the individual person who is completing the application form for the organisation and is authorised to do so by the organisation.

    3) The Primary Contact is the main contact for the member and should be either the Administrative Contact or Technical Contact listed in the IANA database for the ccTLD.