Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Discussion of Financial criteria and how to set them

[Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have definitely argus that fee offset and the $2m and other funds are 
separate considerations.

as to an answer of where the money would come form I have contributed a 
suggestion in: 
https://community.icann.org/display/jaswg/Fee+Reduction+and+self-funding+requirement

I see this as also covering the administration of the program.

a.



On 29 Jul 2011, at 07:06, Alan Greenberg wrote:

> 
> Eric, your message has a time-stamp before my message was sent, but I presume 
> that is in error (according to the mail transfer logs) and the message was 
> directed at me and not Alain.
> 
> I did not mean to imply that the $2m was restricted to fee offset, but rather 
> I do not know of any other source for a fee offset. I was commenting on 
> Evan's comment that the fee offset should come from somewhere else and the 
> $2m be used solely for other things.
> 
> If there is another source for the fee offset, or if the Board has decided 
> that it will simply be absorbed, it would be good to know that definitively.
> 
> BTW, one of the things that has not been discussed thoroughly (at least in my 
> presence) is where will the funds come from to administer this program. ICANN 
> processes do not come cheap, and I can easily visualize much of the $2m being 
> eaten by overhead. It would be good to get this clarified by staff.
> 
> Alan
> 
> At 28/07/2011 08:30 PM, ebw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> Alan,
>> 
>> I'd the impression at Singapore that the $2m was not imagined by the
>> Board members we met with as restricted to fee offset.
>> 
>> Eric
> 
>