[soac-newgtldapsup-wg] African statement

["Tijani BEN JEMAA" <tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

 

As promised during yesterday's call, here are the key points of the African
statement:

 

*        The following categories are eligible for support: 

o       Geographic, cultural, linguistic, ethnic, and more generally
community based applications 

o       Civil society, NGOs and not for profit applicants

o       Entrepreneur applicants from countries, where the market is not wide
enough for a reasonable profit making industry. 

 

*        The support should include, but is not limited to the following:

o       Financial, by reducing the application and the on-going fees

o       Linguistic, by translating all the application documents, especially
the Applicant Guidebook,  in the six UN languages

o       Legal, by assisting the applicants in preparing their applications
properly.

o       Technical, by 

*         Helping the applicants to define the infrastructure options,

*         Addressing the issue of infrastructure problems such as IPV6,
DNSSEC etc.

 

*        Cost reduction: 

o       Waiving the cost of Program Development ($26k). 

o       Waiving the Risk/Contingency cost ($60k). 

o       Lowering the application cost ($100k) 

o       Waiving the Registry fixed fees ($25k per calendar year), and charge
the Registry-Level Transaction Fee only at its minimum applied value ($xxx
per domain name registration or renewal).

 

*       The reduced cost to be paid incrementally

 

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Tijani BEN JEMAA

Executive Director 

Mediterranean Federation of Internet Associations

Phone : + 216 70 825 231

Mobile : + 216 98 330 114

Fax     : + 216 70 825 231

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