Re: [soac-newgtldapsup-wg] updated ASP docs

[Carlton Samuels <carlton.samuels@xxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW, on Friday 13th I wrote a briefing paper for the CARICOM Secretariat
to update the regional political organisation on developments in the new
gTLD world.  Happily, I used the URL to offer details so they would see the
latest information.

- Carlton

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On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Avri Doria <avri@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Hi
>
> One things that came out of todays meeting with the Board sub-group, Staff
> and the JAS subgroup was that the Financial Handbook had been updated. I
> had not noticed that when they updated the AGP, they also updated these
> documents.  It occurs to me that perhaps others had not noticed either.
>
> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support
>
> specifically
>
>
> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assistance-handbook-11jan12-en.pdf
>
> http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/candidate-support/financial-assistance-handbook-redline-11jan12-en.pdf
>
> A quick reading indicates that many of the issue we brought up in our
> comments have been amended in this version, including:
>
> - Non qualifying applicants no longer lose their full 47KUSD only the
> 5KUSD registrations fee "unless the SARP reasonably believes there was
> willful gaming."
> - They have added staggered fee payment schedule for qualified applicants
> for whom there aren't sufficient grant funds
> - They added language that corresponded to the original JAS language on
> trademarks, i.e. no support for .brand but  "(However, applications for
> names of communities or trademarked brand.non-governmental agencies are not
> necessarily disqualified from receiving support if they have obtained legal
> trademark protection.)"
> - added language to social benefit including: "including support for
> distinct cultural, linguistic or ethnic communities, as well as communities
> with a defined social need"
>
> I am sure a more careful reading will show various other changes, but I
> think these are the major changes.
>
> One other important thing that came out of the meeting was the commitment
> to continue working with the JAS Sub-group in any discussion of criteria
> refinement and in the preparation of materials for training the SARP.
>  Further meetings are planned to discuss other issues involved in
> implementation of the program.
>
> That is about it for now.  I invite the other members of the JAS sub-group
> to add anything I missed.
>
> avri
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