Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Q&A - RyC and JAS WG - PLEASE REVIEW by Friday May 20

[Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michele,

The issues are mutually exclusive.

Implementing staggered payments for *all* applicants -- instead of the
full-up-front-then-refund status quo -- always seemed to be common sense
and, as I said, is standing ALAC policy advice.

But if ICANN refuses to do that across the board for whatever reasons, at
least it could offer it to JAS-eligible applications.

- Evan




On 18 May 2011 17:28, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> On 18 May 2011, at 20:43, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
>
> >
> > On 18 May 2011 08:59, Elaine Pruis <elaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Nearly a year ago the staggered fee schedule was discussed as an inverse
> of the refund schedule:
> >
> > This issue was actually advanced well before that; staggered fees for
> applicants instead of a refund scheme was advanced in the statement of the
> At-Large Summit back in March 2009, and has been standing ALAC policy advice
> since then.
> >
> > Having been ignored by ICANN staff (without rationale, I might add) as a
> recommendation for general practice, the idea of staggered fees has
> resurfaced as something that could at least be done for applicants for whom
> the move could lower real barriers to entry.
> >
> > - Evan
> >
>
> Evan
>
> I suspect that the concept of staggering payments would be more acceptable
> to many who dislike the concept of fee reductions etc.,
>
> I've never understood why this idea wasn't embraced, as it would probably
> solve a lot of problems for a lot of people
>
> Regards
>
> Michele
>
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