Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] FW: Adobe Connect - Chat Transcript from Joint SO/AC WG - Jan 28 2011

[Elaine Pruis <elaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sign me up for DEF

Elaine

On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Avri Doria wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I think my typos in the chat made a mess of it.
>
> I think we agreed to
>
> WT AB
> WT CG
> WT DEF
> WT H
> WT I
>
> These are based on the Unionzed charter that was displayed during  
> the meeting and which I understand will be sent to the list..
> I accepted responsibly for WT CG which dealt with Fund Raising and  
> Mechanisms for administering  funds:
> c) Propose and establish a framework, including a possible  
> recommendation for a separate ICANN
> originated foundation, for managing any auction income, beyond costs  
> for future rounds and ongoing
> assistance;
>
> g) In cooperation with ICANN Staff and donor experts propose and  
> 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
>
> I also volunteered to work on DEF, but believe that we need people  
> with Registry experience to round that group out and am hoping that  
> some of the knowledgeable who were in this group during its first  
> chapter come join us in this second chapter.
> d) Propose and establish methods for applicants to out assistance as  
> well as 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) Propose and establish methods for coordinating any assistance  
> volunteered by providers (including
> top-level domain consultants, translators, technicians, etc.) in the  
> application for, and administration
> of, a new top-level domain; match services to qualified applicants;  
> broker these relationships and
> review the operational quality of the relationship.
>
> f) Propose and establish methods for coordinating cooperation among  
> qualified applicants, and
> assistance volunteered by third parties.
>
>
> a.
>
>
> On 28 Jan 2011, at 18:53, Tijani BEN JEMAA wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > As we decided today, 5 work teams were created:
> >
> >         • WT ab
> >         • WT eg
> >         • WT de
> >         • WT h
> >         • WT i
> >
> > I would like to invite all those who want to work on the  
> > eligibility criteria for financial need and a method of  
> > demonstrating that need (WT ab) to please speak up so that we can  
> > quickly start together working. Here is the mission of this Work  
> > Team ab:
> > a) Propose and 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) Propose and define 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.
> > We need all your forces and your copetencies.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 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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