Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Friday's meeting

[Baudouin SCHOMBE <baudouin.schombe@xxxxxxxxx>]

My apologies for the call today, there is a technical problem at the network of
the mobile operator. Repairs are underway.



2011/7/29 Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>

>
> I have not seen an announcement of the meeting tomorrow, or a draft agenda,
> but I presume that it is still on.
>
> I have been trying to pull together a document of financial criteria, and
> and there has been some substantive discussion going on on the mailing list.
>
> I would like some time on the agenda to get the sense of the group (and of
> staff!) of several issues:
>
> - Concept of two phase review: 1st on objective criteria, and those that
> pass are subject to a more subjective review. I like the concept, but am
> beginning to feel that the objective criteria will have to be so loose as to
> have little meaning, or so tight as to exclude most everyone. An example is
> the $100k max and $70k minimum annual profit that we previously talked
> about. That would have limited acceptable applicant to those with profit of
> $71k-$99k - a rather small range and one that did not apply to many business
> models. Is this really viable.
>
> - Issue of whether we are advocating a base flat fee reduction or not. If
> so, does this come out of the $2m + matching funds?
>
> - Is the cost of administering this program funded by the same $2m +
> matching funds?
>
> - We have been talking about repayment. Will this be mandatory (that is,
> the business plan must allow for it)?
>
> Alan
>
>


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