Carlos I was referring in particular to the comments related to .patagonia.

BTW I reserve my opinion about the current state of affairs at NIC.AR ...

Just to satisfy my curiosity, is FUNREDES still Daniel P.?

-Jorge

On May 9, 2013, at 7:48 PM, "Carlos A. Afonso" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Jorge, este es el documento enviado al Gac sobre el .amazon. Al final vea la lista de los firmantes, que llamas de "characters" (?).
> 
> [] fraterno
> 
> --c.a.
> 
> ------------
> C. A. Afonso
> 
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> 
> Heather Dryden
> Chairperson
> ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC)
> via e-mail ([log in to unmask])
> 
> Dear Ms Dryden,
> 
> On behalf of the civil society organizations and networks signed below, this is a letter in support of the request made by governments of the Amazon region that the application for the ".AMAZON" gTLD be withdrawn.
> 
> The Amazon region constitutes an important part of the territory of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, due to its extensive biodiversity, its diverse culture and several idioms, and incalculable natural resources. Granting exclusive rights to this specific gTLD to a private company would prevent the use of this domain for purposes of public interest related to the protection, promotion and awareness raising on issues related to the Amazon biome.
> 
> It would also hinder the possibility of use of this domain to congregate web pages related to the population inhabiting that geographical region. In addition, this gTLD string requested by "Amazon EU S.a.r.l.” matches part of the name, in English, of the “Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization”, an international organization which coordinates initiatives in the framework of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty, signed in July 1978 by Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela, and expedites the execution of its decisions through its Permanent Secretariat.
> 
> It should also be noted that the application for the “.AMAZON” gTLD has not received support from the governments of the countries in which the Amazon region is located.
> 
> February 22, 2013
> 
> Instituto Nupef, Brazil
>     http://www.nupef.org.br
> ISOC Brazil
>     http://www.isoc.org.br
> ISOC Peru
>     http://www.isoc.pe
> Alfa-Redi, Peru
>     http://www.alfa-redi.org
> Fundación REDES, Bolivia
>     http://www.fundacionredes.org
> NIC Argentina
>     http://www.nic.ar
> Colnodo, Colombia
>     http://www.colnodo.apc.org
> Asociación Latinoamericana de Educación Radiofónica (ALER), regional
>     http://www.aler.org
> Asociación Paraguaya de Derecho Informático (APADIT), Paraguay
>     http://www.apadit.org.py
> Red de Desarrollo Sostenible (RDS), Honduras
>     http://rds.hn
> Red de Infodesarrollo de Ecuador
>     http://www.nuevared.org
> Fundación Redes y Desarrollo (FUNREDES), Dominican Republic
>     http://www.funredes.org
> 
> cc.
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> 
> 
> -------- Mensagem original --------
> De : Jorge Amodio <[log in to unmask]> 
> Data: 09/05/2013 21h17 (GMT-03:00) 
> Para: [log in to unmask] 
> Assunto: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] GAC comments - and a note on my rhetorical excesses 
> 
> 
> Unfortunately some of these characters that claim being representative are actually no such thing and only represent a minuscule group of people with specific interests that got into the ICANN ecosystem to milk the organization. 
> 
> The attachments are not very strong evidence of substantial research and analysis with facts besides geographical information, they are just a bad collection of rhetoric statements.
> 
> -Jorge
> 
> On May 9, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Área de Informacion Asociación Internauta <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> > I agree with Carlos with respect to. Patagonia and. Amazons.
> > Several Internet users organizations have opposed the approval of these two NGTLD. I´m sending attached documentation on the subject.
> > Kind Regards
> >