Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Discounted Pricing for Underserved Communities

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

While this may be an option for some and I do not want to make light of their 
kind offer, I still think the price is too high and still does nothing to 
create new Registry Service Provider capabilities in developing economies.

In essence, this seems to me to still invest the cultural and linguistic 
resources of developing economies in developed country's businesses.

So while it may help some businesses in these economies, it seems to do little 
to build the real capacity of these developing economies.

a.

On 25 Jun 2011, at 20:03, Zahid Jamil wrote:

> Just saw this:
>  
> http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/24/3724668/minds-machines-new-pricing-for.html
>  
> If  I understand correctly this allows a new gTLD to cost US$ 100,000 per 
> year and underserved communities would get a discount on that figure.
>  
> I am pleasantly surprised as a developing country individual.  This makes it 
> easier for me to try and get some interest going back home.
>  
> Since am new to the group wanted to see if anyone had any views on this.  Am 
> I missing something or is this truly a welcome opportunity?
>  
>  
>   
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
>  
> Zahid Jamil
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> [mailto:owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alain Berranger
> Sent: 23 June 2011 23:55
> To: Avri Doria
> Cc: soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Capturing feedback from today's 
> face-to-face
>  
> Greetings all,
>  
> Would it be desirable for ICANN or the WG to consider the 
> feasibility/desirability to help out with the incubation and 
> capacity-building of an RSP in Africa or Latin America for instance? This may 
> interest a few of the ICT4D donors, social investors and foundations. We may 
> even find funding interest for a continental (say pan-african or LAC-wide) 
> and/or a global approach to the feasibility of RSPs in developing economies.
>  
> Alain
> 
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think the issue of registrars is critical and think it is something the JAS 
> should work on.
> 
> However, it is not critical for the application phase of the project but 
> rather for the implementation phase.  We will have time to work on this 
> issue, approximately 28 months, after the work that needs to be completed in 
> order for there to be assistance in the applicants for new Registries.
> 
> In the meantime figuring out how we can help JAS qualified applicants setup 
> registries that do not have to rely on incumbent Registry Service Providers, 
> most all in the developed world, seems to me to be a more critical problem.  
> I am very afraid that helping JAS qualified applicants use developed nation 
> RSPs, risks transferring developing economy raw resources, their cultural and 
> linguistic strings, into the control of the incumbents.  This may be a 
> reasonable choice for some applicants, but at his point, there is no choice 
> but to do so.
> 
> a.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 23 Jun 2011, at 12:05, ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >
> > 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
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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