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

[Richard Tindal <richardtindal@xxxxxx>]

As you know,  commercial interests typically make such offers for the publicity 
and goodwill it generates.

Something to keep in mind is that industry commercial players who are 
contemplating an offer to the fund
will make their 2012 budgetary decisions in the next three or four months

I understand what you are saying, but I'm just pointing out that the more 
clarity they can be given between now and 
October the more likely they are to make 2012 contributions

If the JAS isn't permitted to encourage contributions then so be it.    If it 
can encourage offers through positive response I think it will help 
the fund in 2012

Richard


On Jun 27, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> 
> 
> On 26 June 2011 22:44, Richard Tindal <richardtindal@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I think it would be useful for the JAS to indicate whether this sort of 
> contribution from commercial interests is welcome or not
> 
> 
> I disagree. Actually, I think it's quite irrelevant and out of scope.
> 
> It's not for us to determine what's "welcome" (which is quite a subjective 
> evaluation); it will be up to applicants and sponsors to judge for themselves.
> 
> It's our goal to provide an environment in which barriers are removed to the 
> use of TLDs to serve communities in need -- by ICANN as well as non-ICANN 
> factors.
> 
> The best, most "welcoming" activity we can do is to design and produce a 
> program that effectively provides the necessary level of support to those 
> applicants who are eligible, using the fund as well as other available 
> tactics (such as fee reduction and in-kind help). In such a program, 
> contributors would know from its documentation that the primary direct 
> beneficiary of their involvement would be the communities to be served by the 
> applied-for TLDs,
> 
> Any messaging beyond that is well outside our task. The JAS group is 
> explicitly not charged with fund-raising.
> 
> - Evan
>