Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] Government eligibility for JAS support

[Elaine Pruis <elaine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Elaine Pruis
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On 21/11/2011, at 9:56 AM, Michele Neylon :: Blacknight wrote:

> Personally I oppose the idea of funding any form of government.
>
> I don't see why ICANN's resources should be used for this.
>
> And just because the GAC asks for something doesn't mean that we  
> have to give it to them ..
>
>
>
> On 21 Nov 2011, at 17:30, amack wrote:
>
> > Alan,
> >
> > The biggest issue I recall revolved around finding a way to  
> > effectively
> > "means test" local or regional governments, and I'm not sure we  
> > ever saw a
> > way forward on this.
> >
> > How would we determine which government would be "needy"?  We might  
> > be
> > able to assume based on location, but I don't know.  Greece's  
> > finances (or
> > those of Washington, DC) are much worse in some ways than those of  
> > Costa
> > Rica or Namibia.  And how would we certify the ability to maintain
> > continuity?
> >
> > I understand the desire to say yes to the GAC on this one, but I  
> > don't
> > know practically how this works out.  Any ideas?
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> > On 11/21/11 10:50 AM, "Alan Greenberg" <alan.greenberg@xxxxxxxxx>  
> > wrote:
> > > The issue of government eligibility was left open in our report.
> > >
> > > The GAC had suggested that governments be eligible with the  
> > > exception
> > > of national governments.
> > >
> > > I do not recall that there was any substantive objection to this  
> > > from
> > > within the JAS group (perhaps I was deaf to such objections though).
> > >
> > > I suggest one of two objections:
> > >
> > > - If there was/is substantive objection to the GAC proposal, that
> > > those who object document their problem with it, and we take a
> > > consensus call to see if there is general support for or against the
> > > GAC proposal.
> > >
> > > - If there is no substantive objection, then I suggest that the JAS
> > > group issue an addendum to the report saying that we agree with the
> > > GAC proposal.
> > >
> > > There are likely other options as well, but regardless, we need to
> > > close this gap, and do it quickly.
> > >
> > > Alan
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