[soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Summary points JAS WG meeting July 8 2011
Dear all, Please see below notes from 8th July Meeting. Attached is the transcript if you need to check the content. Apologies in advance if you disagree with the summary content. Happy to make changes as needed. I hope this helps. Procedural matters update: 1. Letter requesting additional staff help sent to Kurt. Chairs will follow up with a phone call. Kurt not in the office last week. 2. Note was sent to the GAC requesting further qualification and clarification regarding the support criteria for government entities. Overall discussion process issues raised * Topics and links/working spaces hard to connect using wiki pages. * People should come prepared and review wiki content beforehand. Also wiki pages changes are hard to follow up and prepare. People should not be silent about a specific discussion topic and wait until close to final draft. This is not as productive. * Discussions might be more productive if we concentrate on one topic for one or 2 meetings. * Topic should have a presenter * Topic/content being discussion should be visually available in adobe at the time of discussion. * Should have a system to track action/pending items. Changes not easy to follow on wiki. * Better have a draft to discuss than just discuss the concept and what needs to be done. * Suggestion to have board and GAC members engaged in weekly discussions. Discussion topics: 1. Funding model's funds and process aspects Matching fund item * Requirements for a foundation * In the past, foundation subject raised and blocked because it is hard to do in California. * ICANN legal staff should do it. Issue needs to be resolved and not postponed. * ICANN likely to set up a general single foundation * How the foundation will be set up and scope is up to the board. * Guidebook raises concept - the windfall funds from auctions should be put into a foundation or a fund for doing good things. Multiple sources apply and availability will come at different times. Funds from auction have a time aspect. Added sentence that clarifies beyond using auction fees to replenish the reserve in the risk fund, the funds would be available to the foundation for future rounds funding, et cetera, kind of thing * Should group pay attention to modalities? * Next steps: o discuss content on wiki, further refine it based on consensus for the final report/document that the drafting team is in charge 2. Information of all kinds of assistance available to applicants * Different kinds of assistance beyond money can be offered. * Should have a list of possible kind of in-kind assistance that could be possibly required, enumerate them and then set up some mechanism to solicit providers of that assistance * Applicants need a place to see what/where this is available. Staff working on website; scope of website, final content still under development. Funding for the website effort not part of the 2M fund authorized by board. * Need to address the coordination of assistance offered. WG should define/discuss the methods, parameters and terms from matching applicants with providers of assistance. * WG needs to try and explore opportunities and possibilities that we can then have become recommendations in the report that are workable, and at least have been socialized. * Need to be proactive engaging providers, but cannot enforce them to help; ICANN will need to use personal relationships to get things done * Suggestion to have a RFP discussion call * Suggestion to separate the discussion of 2M funding from in-kind-services that can be offered (which go beyond industry service providers). It would be useful to have a list of in-kind services needed to make informal outreach easier * Next steps: Need a single call for this topic. * Some sort of committee should decide when monies are allocated to whom and how Kind regards, Karla Valente Director, gTLD Registry Programs Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Direct: + 1 310 301 3878 Mobile: +1 310 936 4639 Skype: kdlvalente Attachment:
Transcript JAS 08.07.2011.doc |