Hi Jonathan, and all APTLD members, thank you for the kind words. I am so excited about this progress and wow it’s going to be an amazing time ahead of us. It has been an honor to be a part of this and the thanks goes to all of you! So much hard work, especially in the APTLD region, with all the local expertise, working together jointly, is what made this a reality! Looking forward to the launches - this will be just great! Tina From: Jonathan Shea [mailto:jonathan.shea@hkirc.hk] Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 7:05 PM To: 'Peter Dengate Thrush'; 'Chris Disspain'; Tina Dam Cc: 'ccNSO Council'; 'ccNSO Members'; 'ccTLD Community List' Subject: RE: [ccnso-members] Re: [ccnso-council] IDN ccTLD Fast Track Dear Peter, Chris, Tina, Thanks go to ICANN, ccNSO and especially Tina Dam for your tremendous effort in achieving this very important and memorable milestone in the history of Internet. There was never-seen-before extensive media coverage on the allowance of non-ASCII characters in ccTLDs in the local (Hong Kong) media during the weekend. The response was overwhelmingly positive from the local Internet community. Best regards, Jonathan Shea Chair, APTLD Chief Executive Officer Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Ltd (HKIRC) Ph: +852 2319 3821 Fax: +852 3520 0959 The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and then delete this e-mail entirely. You must not retain, copy, distribute or use this e-mail for any other purpose not intended by this email or disclose any of its content to others. The recipient should check the email and attachment for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Protect our environment - think before printing! -----Original Message----- From: owner-ccnso-members@icann.org [mailto:owner-ccnso-members@icann.org] On Behalf Of Peter Dengate Thrush Sent: 2009年11月1日 00:50 To: Chris Disspain Cc: ccNSO Council; ccNSO Members; ccTLD Community List Subject: [ccnso-members] Re: [ccnso-council] IDN ccTLD Fast Track "Chris Disspain" <ceo@auda.org.au<mailto:ceo@auda.org.au>> wrote: All, Just to confirm that on Friday in Seoul the ICANN Board passed the resolution on IDN ccTLDs in the fast track and the ‘application’ process will open at 00:00 UTC on Monday 16 November. A number of people in the room were in tears when the resolution passed. Me included Me too Well done, all Peter Thank you to everyone who was involved in making this happen. It is a momentous achievement and our community should be proud of itself. Good luck to all those of you who will shortly be starting the process to have your IDN ccTLD delegated. Cheers, Chris Disspain CEO - auDA au Domain Administration Ltd ceo@auda.org.au<mailto:ceo@auda.org.au> www.auda.org.au<http://www.auda.org.au/> Important Notice - This email may contain information which is confidential and/or subject to legal privilege, and is intended for the use of the named addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or copy any part of this email. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender and delete this message immediately. Please consider the environment before printing this email.