[soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Text of amended JAS motion

[Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I am sending the motion, the approved amendments are in bold.

Regards

Rafik



Whereas:

The GNSO Council and ALAC established the Joint SO/AC Working group on
support for new gTLD applicants in April of 2010; and



The Working Group has completed the work as defined in its initial charter
and published a Milestone report on 10 November 2010 covering those
chartered items and including a list of further work items that it
recommended further work on; and



In recognition of the ICANN Board's resolution 2010.10.28.21 in response to
an Interim report from the JAS WG, which states:



the Board encourages the JAS WG and other stakeholders to continue their
work on the matter, and in particular, provide specific guidelines on the
implementation of their recommendations such as determining the criteria for
eligibility for support.



Resolved:



1. The charter of the Joint SO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group
is extended to include the following objectives:



a) Establish the criteria for financial need and a method of demonstrating
that need. Financial need has been established as the primary criterion for
support. The group should be augmented to have the necessary expertise to
make a specific recommendation in this area, especially given the
comparative economic conditions and the cross-cultural aspects of this
requirement.



b) Definition of mechanisms, e.g. a review committee that would need to be
established operating under the set of guidelines established in the
Milestone Report and those defined in objective (a) above, for determining
whether an application for special consideration is to be granted and what
sort of help should be offered;



c) Establishing a framework *(for consideration etcetera,) *including a
possible recommendation for a separate ICANN originated foundation, for
managing any auction income, beyond costs. for future rounds and ongoing
assistance;



d) Establish methods for coordinating the assistance, and discussions on the
extent of such coordination, to be given by Backend Registry Service
Providers; e.g. brokering the relationships, reviewing the operational
quality of the relationship.



e) Discuss and establish methods for coordinating any assistance volunteered
by providers (consultants, translators, technicians, etc.); match services
to qualified applicants; broker these relationships and review the
operational quality of the relationship.



f) Establish methods for coordinating cooperation among qualified
applicants, and assistance volunteered by third parties.



g) In cooperation with ICANN Staff and donor experts establish policies and
practices for fundraising and for establishing links to possible donor
agencies. This activity may include assisting in the establishment of
initial relationships with any donor(s) who may be able to help in first
round with funding



h) 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. Work with the ICANN new
gTLD implementation staff to determine how the fee waivers would be
accommodated.



*i) Design mechanisms to encourage the build out of Internationalized Domain
Names (IDNs) in small or underserved languages.*



2. The Working group is asked to present a schedule for the work that allows
for completion in time for the opening of the application round, currently
scheduled for Q2 2011, *in any event no delays for the new gTLD program
should result from the working group’s work**.*

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