Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] WG2-Who

[Baudouin SCHOMBE <b.schombe@xxxxxxxxx>]

This option offers benefits to applicants, non-profit or non-commercial. It
can encourage these applicants to gradually open a huge market for gTLDs at
affordable prices.
The only problem is still in the migration to IPv6 but Afrinic is very
active on this migration.

As an act of "charity", I think the term is not really correct. Consideration
should be given a helping hand that is a motivating impulse. Among the
non-profit and non-commercial, there is also the vast majority of consumers.

I do not believe that "charity" can translate the reality of consumers who
generally refuse the paternalistic approaches.


SCHOMBE BAUDOUIN
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2010/6/2 Elaine Pruis <elaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>
> On the call yesterday Allen talked about an applicant possibly morphing
> from not-for-profit, (or not profitable) to for-profit (or commercially
> viable).  It makes sense that our pool of providers might only be a starting
> point - or stepping stool -  for these applicants.  Possibly these gTLDs
> will grow and become profitable. They could also morph from non-profit to
> for profit.  It makes sense to incentivize potential registry service
> providers with the possibility of our applicants becoming commercially
> successful.
>
> A few possible scenarios:
> 1. A not for profit, non commercial operator needs help with
> infrastructure. They utilize any of the providers willing to provide this
> type of support.  These providers know that supporting this gTLD might
> always be a charitable act.
>
> 2. A disadvantaged applicant with a potential commercially viable gTLD
> starts out with one of our providers but as it becomes successful it should
> be able to a) transition to a different registry or  b) stay with the
> initial provider and pay for the services it uses.  I've seen this happen
> several times within the CoCCA framework... a ccTLD operator needs EPP/IPV6,
> so they migrate from their legacy system to the very low cost CoCCA
> infrastructure.  As the TLD grows, the operator is able to contribute much
> more towards the cost of operation, and eventually becomes independent.
>
> I don't think our criteria should block for-profit or commercial
> applicants-rather, we can give them a "leg-up".
>
> Elaine
>
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