[governance] Reminder: The Big Reveal is in One Hour

[Kathy Kleiman]

It's amazing, All. Check out the diversity of languages, names, types 
and purposes. There's brands, geographic names, generics, and a myriad 
of names I don't even recognize. A great mix.

Best,
Kathy

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> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/program-status/application-results/strings-1200utc-13jun12-en 
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> ICANN's numbers a bit revealing and arguably sad.  Quoting the 1 pg 
> overview:
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> 1930 applications, after refunds, for new generic top-level domains.
> 1846 of those are “standard” applications.  84 are designated as 
> “community-based”.
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> Of the 1930, 66 have designated themselves as geographic name 
> applications.
> 116 applications are Internationalized Domain Names, or IDNs, using 
> non-Latin scripts.
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> Just three applicants seek support through ICANN’s Applicant Support 
> Program [that CS fought to get established.]
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> Applications  from 60 countries. Using ICANN’s definitions of the 
> world’s regions:
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> 911 applications came from North America.
> 675 from Europe.
> 303 applications are from the Asia-Pacific region.
> 24 are from Latin America and the Caribbean.
> 17 from Africa.
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> Some domain names have been applied for by more than one applicant. 
> There are 230 domain names for which at least two applications were 
> submitted, involving a total of 751 applications.
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> On Jun 13, 2012, at 1:07 PM, William Drake wrote:
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>> For those interested in new gTLD, a couple thousand apps for new strings
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>> http://www.icann.org/en/news/press/kits/reveal-day-video-13jun12-en.htm
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