[npoc-voice] NPOC membership consultation

[Alain Berranger <alain.berranger@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear NPOC Colleagues,

Our Colleagues Debbie Hughes and Michael Carson are representing NPOC at
current Dakar ICANN meetings.

This is an historic moment in our young Constituency's life: our first
consultation! Please participate!

Would you please go over the proposed JAS (see paragraph below for acronym's
meaning) support statement in email below to be issued in Dakar next
Tuesday, and if you agree or if you have no objection, please respond to the
mailing list. Your comments and suggestions most welcome of course!

As most NPOC members are new, here is a very quick review for your
reference:

Please see http://newgtlds.icann.org/ for the latest on applying for a new
generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) name.

The Joint SO/AC Working Group on New gTLD Applicant Support (JAS) was
created to evaluate and propose recommendations regarding specific support
to new gTLD applicants in justified cases. The final report is available at
https://community.icann.org/download/attachments/22970578/Final_Report_JASWG+%28Sept+2011%29_Seth+created_Submitted.pdf.
The JAS was very intent on making sure developing economies' applicants
would be included in the support.

Alain Berranger, one of the undersigned, participated in the later stages of
the JAS work and feels this support statement is amply justified.

Thanks for your response soonest!

*Alain Berranger on behalf of*
*Your interim NPOC Executive Committee*
Debbie Hughes, Founder and interim member
Amber Sterling, Chair (interim)
Alain Berranger, Vice-Chair (interim)
Klaus Stoll, Membership Committee Chair (interim) and NPOC Representative to
NCSG Policy Committee
Michael Carson, NPOC Representative on NCSG Executive Committee (interim)
Judy Branzelle, NPOC Representative to NCSG Policy Committee (interim)

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] draft agenda for NCUC constituency day in
Dakar!!
To: NCSG-DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Yeap – JAS will be briefly discussed at the NCUC constituency day and I
would like to encourage NCUC members to endorse this statement. I would also
like to encourage this statement to be submitted as an NCSG position – it is
a very important issue and many hours have been logged on by both Rafik and
Avri in order to make sure that support is provided to applicants from
developing countries.

Thanks

KK

From: Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:rafik.dammak@xxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:04:56 +0100
To: Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:
k.komaitis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Cc: "NCSG-DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <
NCSG-DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:NCSG-DISCUSS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: Re: [NCSG-Discuss] draft agenda for NCUC constituency day in
Dakar!!

Hi Konstantinos,

I would like to ask an item for the agenda regarding JAS, it will be topic
for the public forum (and board is expected to make decision about the JAS
final report). ALAC is planning to make statement too. thanks to Avri for
works done on the proposed statement.

Rafik

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The NCUC wishes to congratulate the JAS WG on the recommendations it has
made to enable the new gTLD program to become one that gives a fair chance
to the developing world.  As the NCUC, we have been arguing for policies in
support of fairness since the time when the new gTLD policy was first being
discussed in the GNSO and have continued this by active participation in the
JAS WG, including having members serve as the JAS WG co-chair.  We are
heartened to see that this effort is now being championed by the GAC and the
ALAC and want to once again lend our voice to the call for fairness.

We encourage the Board to approve all of the measures in the JAS report, and
wish to single out a few that we believe need immediate approval and
implementation.  Without question, the fee reduction as recommend in the JAS
report, where all qualified development economy applicants pay a reduced fee
of $47, 000 USD, is necessary if the new gTLD program is to be considered
fair.  Even charging development economy applicants $47,000 USD will be a
challenge, but we understand the need for applicants to have some degree of
financial stake in the application.  To require more would exclude these
applicants from any chance of making an application in this round.  We
accept the arguments as given in the JAS recommendations that making these
fee reduction is consistent with the policy recommendation of the GNSO and
accept the proposals offered in that document of ways in which the reserve
fund portion of the collected fees and the expectation of auction funds can
be used to satisfy the requirements for a self funding new gTLD application
process

We also support the suggestion in the report, as well as suggestions made by
others that the continuity instrument required by applicants need to be made
more affordable for the development economy applicant.  The requirements in
the current Application Guidebook, will be incredibly difficult for regular
applicants would be a complete barrier to any applicant from a developing
economy.  This needs immediate redress.

Finally we urge the Board to accept the proposal in the JAS recommendation
for a Board organized working group to create an ICANN Foundation that would
as its first goal be able to raise and distribute funds to assist developing
economies in meeting the other expenses of creating registries to serve the
populations of the world's developing economies.  We appreciate the seed
funds offered by the ICANN Board and encourage those who have financially
benefited so greatly from domain name industry and from their involvement
with ICANN to contribute generously to build on this seed once the
Foundation is created.  In the meantime we encourage all those who can, to
publicly pledge to such a fund in anticipation of its creation.





2011/10/20 Konstantinos Komaitis <k.komaitis@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:
k.komaitis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Dear all,

In preparation for the constituency day (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)in Dakar,
find below a draft agenda. Please suggest topics and/or issues that you
would like us to discuss during the NCUC meeting.

Thank you

KK

Proposed Agenda for NCUC


1.        Membership issues

2.       Policy issues (WHOIS, UDRP, Outreach Task Force WG, domain name
takedowns etc.)

3.       Forthcoming NCUC elections (Chair and NCUC EC)

4.      Constituency relations

5.       Updates from NCUC Councillors

6.      Policy strategy and goals.

PS: I will be posting the dial in details in the website within the next few
days.

Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,

Senior Lecturer,
Director of Postgraduate Instructional Courses
Director of LLM Information Technology and Telecommunications Law
University of Strathclyde,
The Law School,
Graham Hills building,
50 George Street, Glasgow G1 1BA
UK
tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306<tel:%2B44%20%280%29141%20548%204306>
http://www.routledgemedia.com/books/The-Current-State-of-Domain-Name-Regulation-isbn9780415477765
Selected publications:
http://hq.ssrn.com/submissions/MyPapers.cfm?partid=501038
Website: www.komaitis.org<http://www.komaitis.org>





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Alain Berranger, B.Eng, MBA
Member, Board of Directors, CECI,
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Executive-in-residence, Schulich School of Business, www.schulich.yorku.ca
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