Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] On "pay as you go"

[Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed.

If the cost reductions we're asking for are implemented, the need for a
staggered payment scheme diminishes significantly.

- Evan


On 31 May 2011 10:37, <ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Colleagues,
>
> There was some discussion of "pay as you go" as a form of support for
> needs-qualified applicants in today's call.
>
> I want to point out that if the fee reduction recommended in MR2, or the
> similar reduction recommended by the GAC, are available to needs-qualified
> applicants, that there is limited utility in a "pay as you go" mechanism
> as assistance to needs-qualified applicants.
>
> On average, for each possible discrete "pay point" in the evaluation
> and transition to delegation processes, the utility is one fourth that
> of "pay as you go" where no such reduction in fees are available.
>
> For this reason, as well as the obvious discomfort it causes Kurt's team
> to decompse the cost of those processes, I prefer the reduction we've
> recommended in MR2, and/or the specific reduction recommended recently by
> the GAC, over "pay as you go".
>
> Of course, if no substantive reduction in application fee is available
> to needs-qualified applicants, then pay-as-you-go presents a significant
> deferred funding capability mechanism, likely to benefit the applicant.
>
> Eric
>



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