ccNSO Application

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                        Application for Membership
          Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)


To: ccNSO Membership
    c/o ICANN Secretary
Date:   5 September 2003
Regarding: ccNSO Membership
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With this letter, I declare that NIC-MG/ESPA is the ccTLD manager
(as defined in the ICANN bylaws, Article IX(4)(1)*) for the .mg
domain, and that I am authorized to sign this application for membership
to the ccNSO on behalf of NIC-MG/ESPA.

NIC-MG/ESPA 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 rules of the ccNSO, including membership rules;
    (b) adhere to ICANN bylaws as they apply to ccTLDS (Article XI
        and Annexes B and C of the ICANN bylaws found at
        http://www.icann.org/general/bylaws.htm); and
    (c) pay ccNSO membership fees established by the ccNSO Council.

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 XI(4)(3)).

Sincerely,
Hajanirina Ramboasalama

Name of ccTLD Manager: NIC-MG/ESPA
Contact Address:
BP 1500
Antananarivo 101
Telephone Number: +261 33 11 036 17
E-Mail: nic-mg@xxxxxx

Secondary contact information:
    Designated ccNSO representative for ccTLD (if different from above)

Name: Hajanirina Ramboasalama
Contact Address:
c/o NIC-MG ESPA
BP 1500
Antananarivo 101
Telephone Number: +261 33 11 036 17
E-Mail: ramboa@xxxxxx

*DEFINITION: For the purposes of membership of the ccNSO a ccTLD manager
is defined as the organization or entity responsible for managing an ISO
3166 country-code top-level domain and referred to in the IANA database
under the current heading of "Sponsoring Organization" (or any later
variant) for that country-code top-level domain.  (ICANN Bylaws Article
IX(4)(1)).