[soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Re: JAS WG Meeting August 9

[Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Karla:
Please see my responses inline
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On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Karla Valente <karla.valente@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Dear Carlton and Rafik,****
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> Please note Seth is still working on the updates regarding terminology as
> well as the comments received on pages 12 to 17. You will not see the new
> terminology and update to the August 5th discussions yet.
>

Do the best you both can and we will be satisified

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> *Tomorrow,* according to schedule, we are to discuss the “*proposed
> support to eligible applicants*” (pages 17 to 19 of the report posted on
> the wiki:
> https://community.icann.org/display/jaswg/SO-AC+New+gTLD+Applicant+Support+Working+Group+%28JAS-WG%29).
> I also copied and pasted the content below as well as on the notes section
> of Adobe.
>

Yes, that is the topic we telegraphed 2 weeks ago and reinforced in email a
couple days ago.  Thanks very much for sticking with the process.

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> *Housekeeping updates:*
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> **·         **I sent Eric’s question to Kurt.
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Thanks.

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> **·         **Please confirm the content of the e-mail Krista drafted on
> behalf of the WG. Does it reflect the WG’s thoughts?\
>
That is indeed my recollection

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> **·         **Can we officially augment one of the meeting we have per
> week to 1:30 minutes to give us more time to review? As soon as Seth is up
> to speed with the drafting, ideally we would recommend the WG to validate
> the changes made during the previous meeting. Please let us know when would
> you like to
>
Rafik and I agreed to start that tomorrow and every Tuesday here forward.

> start.****
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> **·         **I will not be able to support the WG during the following
> days: August 12, 16 and 30. Wendy, Seth, Gisella and Glen will be there from
> staff helping you and each other.
>

So noted.  Thanks for the headsup.

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> Kind regards,****
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> Karla****
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> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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> *Proposed Support to Eligible Applicants*
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> The WG recommends a number of different kinds of support to be made
> available for eligible applicants. The support can be either financial or
> in-kind. Here are the categories proposed.****
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> Financial Support/Relief from ICANN****
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> Cost Reductions****
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> The WG recommends the following fee reductions to be made available to all
> applicants who are determined as meeting the criteria established for
> support:****
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> •             Waive (consensus for this in the Milestone report) the
> Program Development Costs (US$26,000); ****
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> •             Lower risk/contingency cost (US$60,000);****
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> •             Review Base cost (US$100,000) to see if reduction can be
> made;****
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> •             Cost reductions to encourage the build out of IDNs in small
> or underserved languages;****
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> •             Lower registry Fixed Fees;****
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> •             Exemption or deferment of IPv6 implementation requirements,
> as possible.****
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> Further reductions recommended:****
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> •             Reduction of the Financial Continued Operation Instrument
> Obligation to 6-12 months****
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> *Staggered Fees*
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> Instead of paying the entire fee upon acceptance of the applications,
> applicants meeting the criteria established for support could pay the fees
> incrementally. Staggered fees payment enables an applicant to compete for
> strings that might otherwise have gone to the first and/or only group with
> enough money to apply.****
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> *Partial Refund from Any Auction Proceeds*
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> Eligible applicants receive a partial refund from any auction proceeds  -
> for which they can repay any loans or invest into their registry. It could
> be used to refill the disadvantaged applicant’s foundation fund  for
> subsequent rounds.****
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> Note: On-going support will be limited to five years****
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> Financial support distributed by an ICANN originated (Development) “fund”
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> For any funding provided through ICANN by a benefactor  that does not wish
> to administer that funding itself, these funds would be allocated by a
> especially dedicated committee . ****
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> The WG recommends the creation of a development fund directed at new gTLD
> applicants who were determined as meeting the criteria established for
> support.****
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> *Support Program Development function*
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> The WG recommends that ICANN establishes a Support Program Development
> function with an initial goal of securing a targeted commitment for an ICANN
> based development fund.****
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> *Financial support Distributed by External Funding Agencies*
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> There is consensus in the WG that external funding agencies would make
> grants according to their own requirements and goals. ICANN would only
> provide those agencies with applicant information of those who met the
> criteria established for support.****
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