[soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Capturing feedback from today's face-to-face

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Colleages,

Mouhamet Diop suggested that the scope of assistance to applicants
include the issue of the sales channels the applicants will have as
registry operators, independent of the selection of registry platform
service provider.

There was spirited discussion, and as a participant I hope I'm not
doing an injustice to the participants who expressed the concern
that registrars are out of scope, or can come later. In my view 
registrars in developing economies are useful, possibly necessary,
and need starting as soon as possible, selling existing inventories,
and building local presence as an alternative to North American and
European registrars as default registrars.

I propose that we submit through our co-chairs to the sponsoring
organizations statements to the effect that supporting applicants
in developing economies extends to the market channels available
also in developing economies, possibly local to the applicant as
an eventual registry operator.

Eric