Let me share with you a quote I read in one of the Leadership books I picked up in Charlotte airport, as I was on my way to Washington DC for some business early this month, after spending a wonderful holiday in my village in Walnut Creek, California.  A great fighter, former US President  Theodore Roosevelt, also a great leader and a fan of boxing was quoted in the book, relative to staying the course. 

Those who watched DCA for the past six year know very well DCA has been fighting a gauntlet fight, as is called in wrestling, with its many opponents - what a vast majority of people have mostly observed as  chaotic, a match without a referee, or a game without any rules. Therefore, I could not help but relate with this quote:  

" It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles; or where the doer of the deeds could have done them better.  

The Credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; 

whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly;  

who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause;  

who at best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement;  

• We had a Governmental Early Warning notice from 17 African Countries including the African Union to object to our application.
• This Early Warning followed with a Governmental Objection Advise.
• Then ICANN agreed with this GAC objection advise and stopped our application from proceeding, regardless DCA's successful evaluations on the financial, technical and operational criteria.