Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Agenda for Tuesday 16 november

[Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 15 November 2010 08:40, Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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> Most importantly there has been a request for an amendment to change one of
> the work items
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> from:
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> > Review the basis of the US$100,000 application base fee to determine its
> full origin and to determine what percentage of that fee could be waived for
> applicants meeting the requirements for assistance.”
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> to:
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> > “Work with the ICANN new gTLD implementation staff to determine how the
> fee waivers would be funded.”
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> I have argued that these motions are not interchangeable,



I don't see this as a matter of opinion. They clearly are not interchangable
and indicate a significant departure. The proposed change asserts that the
"waiver" would be an externally funded subsidy rather than fee reduction.

They're not mutually exclusive and I don't see why not to include both.

- Evan