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

[Elaine Pruis <elaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies, I will be unable to attend the call Tuesday.  I will be  
traveling during that time.
Thanks

Elaine

On Aug 8, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Carlton Samuels wrote:

> 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,
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> Housekeeping updates:
>
> ·         I sent Eric’s question to Kurt.
>
> Thanks.
>
> ·         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
>
> ·         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.
>
> ·         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
>
> 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.
>
>
> Financial Support/Relief from ICANN
>
> Cost Reductions
>
> The WG recommends the following fee reductions to be made available  
> to all applicants who are determined as meeting the criteria  
> established for support:
>
>
> •             Waive (consensus for this in the Milestone report) the  
> Program Development Costs (US$26,000);
> •             Lower risk/contingency cost (US$60,000);
>
> •             Review Base cost (US$100,000) to see if reduction can  
> be made;
> •             Cost reductions to encourage the build out of IDNs in  
> small or underserved languages;
> •             Lower registry Fixed Fees;
>
> •             Exemption or deferment of IPv6 implementation  
> requirements, as possible.
> Further reductions recommended:
>
> •             Reduction of the Financial Continued Operation  
> Instrument Obligation to 6-12 months
>
>
> Staggered Fees
>
> 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.
>
>
> Partial Refund from Any Auction Proceeds
>
> 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.
> Note: On-going support will be limited to five years
>
> Financial support distributed by an ICANN originated (Development)  
> “fund”
> 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 .
> The WG recommends the creation of a development fund directed at new  
> gTLD applicants who were determined as meeting the criteria  
> established for support.
>
>
> Support Program Development function
>
> 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.
>
>
> Financial support Distributed by External Funding Agencies
>
> 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.
Elaine Pruis
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