Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] The GAC weighs in on MR2

[Cintra Sooknanan <cintra.sooknanan@xxxxxxxxx>]

It also highlights the need for us to have the teleconference and face to
face meetings with the Board and GAC.

C

On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> New GAC advice on the gTLD program:
>
> http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/gac-comments-new-gtlds-26may11-en.pdf
>
> JAS-relevant comment is on Page 12. We are explicitly commended for
> innovative approaches and an attempt to address GAC concerns. Furthermore,
> the advice is actually asking for a cost reduction greater than JAS has
> proposed (it wants the application fee dropped to less than $47,000)
>
> This, together with the introduction of the JAS Milestone Report 2 at the
> Board's meeting in Turkey, means that
>
>    - The inability (or unwillingness, I don't care which) of the GNSO to
>    accept and forward the Second Milestone Report (let alone endorse) is now
>    completely irrelevant -- our issue is on the highest-level agendas. As far
>    as I care, GNSO can continue to sit on MR2 (just as it still sits on MR1).
>    - The current recommendation, rather than being seen as a most radical
>    shift, is now actually a middle ground between the GAC stance and the 
> status
>    quo
>    - We now have further justification for the additional resources
>    requested in the last JAS phone call
>
>
> - Evan
>
>