Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] charter language

[Richard Tindal <richardtindal@xxxxxx>]

I think Avri's amendment better reflects the discussion we had in the meeting.

RT


On May 10, 2010, at 11:20 PM, Avri Doria wrote:

> 
> hi,
> 
> On 10 May 2010, at 23:12, Elaine Pruis wrote:
> 
>> I do have a comment on the charter, specifically Objective 2: To identify 
>> how the application fee can be reduced to accommodate applicants that 
>> fulfill appropriate criteria to qualify for this benefit.
>> The term "reduced" indicates that the applicant would not have to pay their 
>> fair share of the cost of the program.   
>> 
> 
>> Objective 2: To identify how the application fee can be reduced to 
>> accommodate applicants that fulfill appropriate criteria to qualify for this 
>> benefit.
> 
> without getting into possible solution spaces, would the following wording 
> help any?
> 
> 
> Objective 2: To identify whether and, if so, how the new gTLD fees can be 
> reduced while maintaining a genuine application cost recover basis for the 
> round and taking into account fair allocation of costs.
> 
> This should leave notions like 'what is a genuine cost recovery basis?' and 
> 'what does fair allocation entail?' as discussion items without prejudice on 
> the approach to be taken.
> 
> thanks
> 
> a.
> 
>