Dear fellow Councillors, Hope you are doing well at ICANN56 meeting in Helsinki. Sorry for not joining you there. A new membership application has been received from .dk (Denmark) - Refer the forwarded application. The Secretariat has checked and found that .dk has no pending issues with IANA. Following receipt of the above application at this time, I do propose the following: 1. Individual Councillors to consider the application and provide comments, if any, on .dk membership from today up to thursday; 2. If no issues then .dk application be considered at the next f2f meeting in Helsinki on Thursday, meaning that an agenda item and resolution on .dk application will have to be added in the f2f main agenda. I submit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eng. Abibu R. Ntahigiye; Manager, tzNIC; +255 784 279 511 Begin forwarded message:

From: "ICANN" <no-reply@icann.org> Subject: ccNSO Application for Membership (Denmark (.dk)) Date: June 27, 2016 3:36:24 PM GMT+03:00 To: ccnso-applications@icann.org

Application for Membership Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)

Confirmation E-mail: hvs@dk-hostmaster.dk cctld: Denmark (.dk)

To: ccNSO Membership c/o ICANN Secretary Date: 27 June 2016 Regarding: ccNSO Membership ------------

With this letter, I, Henriette Vignal-Schjoeth declare that Dansk Internet Forum (DIFO) is the ccTLD manager (as defined in the ICANN bylaws, (Article IX Section (4)(1)) for the Denmark (.dk) 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 Dansk Internet Forum (DIFO).

Dansk Internet Forum (DIFO) 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.

Dansk Internet Forum (DIFO) 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 Henriette Vignal-Schjoeth for and on behalf of Dansk Internet Forum (DIFO):

Name of ccTLD Manager: Dansk Internet Forum (DIFO) Name of Representative: Henriette Vignal-Schjoeth Name of Primary Contact: Henriette Vignal-Schjoeth Primary Contact Address: Kalvebod Brygge 45, 3 floor 1560 Copenhagen V Denmark Primary Contact Telephone Number: +45 33646092 Primary Contact E-Mail: hvs@dk-hostmaster.dk

*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 asan 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.