Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] soac-newgtldapsup-wg@xxxxxxxxx

[Evan Leibovitch <evan@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11 August 2011 15:09, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight <michele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

I'd agree. Regardless of funding or any other supports if an entity has a
> budget of X and realises that the string they desire has strong competition
> and that the costs involved in getting it are going to exceed their budget,
> then some mechanism for "backing out" makes a lot of sense.
>
> And this should apply regardless of whether the application is eligible
> under whatever criteria this group may decide on
>


Yes. Just because such a feature would be of extraordinary benefit to needy
applicants, doesn't mean it can't benefit all. :-)

Any applicant qualified for support can be assumed to have a discretionary
auction budget of zero.

- Evan