Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] continuity of operations funding requirement

[Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I too really appreciate Danny's pointing out the apparent discrepency 
between the Registry Failover language and the Registry Continuity 
language.
I don't think it matters greatly if one observes, as I have, that the 
continuity cost is the renewal rate transaction density, or 3 db dips 
per day per thousand registrations, plus keeping the nearly static 
zone file from expiry, plus servicing the odd legitimate takedown 
request, and keeping the nearly static whois and zonefile data 
publication feeds running, plus generating nearly unchanging reports 
to ICANN, or not a lot of cost, or as Danny observes, that 
"Continuity" is an event bounded by a three-month horizon, or two 
times that just to be safe.
Either way, it works out to a lot less than several hundred thousand 
dollars in escrow in a US bank from the date of application to three 
years after delegation, or on the order of five elapsed years.
Eric

On 8/11/10 10:54 AM, Tijani BEN JEMAA wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> As I said in a previous mail, and even if it’s a general issue that
> affects all applicants, not only the needy ones, the 3 to 5 years
> continuity of operations funding requirement should be addressed by
> our working group because the eligible applicant to the support would
> be the most affected by this too heavy financial load that has to be
> secured at the application step.
>
> As well explained by Danny younger in his comment, the 3 to 5 years
> continuity period required by the DAG doesn’t comport with the
> recommendations of the ICANN gTLD registry Failover plan that calls
> for a timeframe of a duration of 1 to 3 months. Danny proposed a
> period of 6 months (realistic period, much greater than the failover
> plan’s one).
>
> I do support Danny’s proposal, and would like this issue to be
> reflected in our final report.
>
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