RE: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Kurt on and off call

[Krista Papac <Krista.Papac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

I may have misunderstood what I was volunteering for on the call today. I 
thought my remit was to reach out to Kurt to clarify the question being asked 
on this morning's WG call, which I have done via telephone. I explained what I 
believe the question to be and asked Kurt if he could kindly respond to the 
list. He is traveling so I assume he will do so when he gets to his destination.

That said, I understood the question to be:

Is it the Board's view that the "$2 million USD for seed funding" is separate 
from other assistance, such as in-kind services or discounted application fees, 
available to needy applicants? Meaning assistance such as in-kind services, 
discounted application fees, access to consulting services, etc. are available 
to all needy applicants submitting an application to ICANN for a new gTLD. 
However, allocation of monies from the $2 million seed fund are applied for or 
requested by needy applicants and go through an allocation process separate 
from the Application to ICANN process (see example scenario below).

If the 'seed fund' is meant to be separate an example scenario would be:

1.       Needy applicant XYZ Company intends to apply for a new gTLD -  
.CLEVER-IDEA

2.       Hypothetically, the Board adopted the following needy applicant 
provisions as part of the new gTLD program - fee reduction of x%, translation 
services, application writing assistance, IPv6 support, access to registry 
services provider discounts, consulting services, etc.

3.       .CLEVER-IDEA submits an Application during the Application Window, 
utilizes some or all of the available services and pays the reduced application 
fee

4.       Prior to .CLEVER-IDEA submitting their Application, they also 
successfully apply to the 'seed fund' and are granted monies to be used for 
their TLD

5.       The assistance received in 3 above are separate from the assistance 
provided in 4 above
This is the clarification we are looking for from the Board.

With respect to the subject of the WG's majority and/or minority position on 
the answer to this question - I didn't understand there to be a majority or 
minority, but rather the WG was asking Kurt if he knew if the Board's 
understanding is that the 'seed fund' is separate. Further, I don't think I'm 
in a position to determine the majority/minority position of the WG. If there 
is a majority/minority position, maybe someone more familiar could outline it 
for the WG. If there isn't a majority/minority position, I am happy to 
facilitate the conversation if needed.

I hope that makes sense.....

Krista Papac
Chief Strategy Officer
AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd
Email: krista.papac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:krista.papac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Web: www.ausregistry.com

From: owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:18 AM
To: 'Carlton Samuels'
Cc: 'Kurt Pritz'; soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Kurt on and off call

Fully agree that we must find consensus, and we didn't find any so far. And 
when we will reach this point, we also have to mention the minority position 
for the record.

De : Carlton Samuels [mailto:carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx]
Envoyé : mardi 2 août 2011 16:04
À : tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxx
Cc : Kurt Pritz; soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx
Objet : Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Kurt on and off call

Context is vital here.  In this final stretch, our primary objective is to 
identify areas of  consensus with some assurance.

I will concede that while for the record we might entertain an 'outlier' 
position, note well we are less likely here forward to invest much effort in 
them.

Time does not allow.

Cheers,
Carlton


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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:51 AM, 
<tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxx<mailto:tijani.benjemaa@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I would prefer that Krista outlines the various senses/understandings of the 
answer rather than what she (or anyone else) considers as the most popular one.

De : 
owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx>
 
[mailto:owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:owner-soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx>]
 De la part de Carlton Samuels
Envoyé : mardi 2 août 2011 15:19
À : Kurt Pritz
Cc : soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx>
Objet : Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Kurt on and off call

Dear Kurt:
Krista Papac has volunteered to forward the question......and, maybe outline 
the most popular sense/understanding of the answer in the group.

Kind regards,
Carlton
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Carlton A Samuels
Mobile: 876-818-1799<tel:876-818-1799>
Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround
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On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Kurt Pritz 
<kurt.pritz@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:kurt.pritz@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

JAS members:

I am so sorry for continally dropping the call. It just isn't working for me. 
Sorry to waste your time. Can you select someone to point me to an email that 
has the specific questions you have or, altenatively, I will attempt to provide 
clarification based on my current understanding.

Kurt

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