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| Article Name: | Evaluation question #46: Projections Template | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Article Type: | Supplemental Notes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Publish Date: | 2011-11-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Article Number: | 30046 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Applicant Guidebook Reference: | Sections 1.2.2, 2.2.2.2, 2.2.2.3, 2.3.2, 2.4.1, attachment to Module 2 – Evaluation Questions and Criteria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1. Supplemental Notes 2. Best Practice Suggestions
1. SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES 8 January 2012 1.7 If the Projections template does not have a line to cover an applicant’s type of revenue, funding, operating costs, capital expenditures, etc. the applicant can combine information in other lines and attach a supplemental schedule detailing combined costs for the specific line or add a note in the Notes section describing how the line was calculated. For example, an applicant may have Administrative labor costs that are different than the Marketing, Customer Support, or Technical lines in Section I, line F. The applicant can add the Administrative labor costs to the Marketing Labor line and either attach a schedule showing what is included in Marketing Labor or in the Notes section describe how Marketing Labor costs were calculated. 1.8 Section I, line K) Outsourced Operating Costs – applicants proposing to outsource a function or functions must still address all criteria specified in each relevant question, and include detailed rationale demonstrating a thorough understanding of the criteria (i.e., show your work). It must be clear what functions/processes are being outsourced and how the outsourced costs have been calculated. 1.9 Section IIb – Break out of Critical Registry Functions Operating Cash Outflows – This information should be based on the applicant's cost to manage these functions and should be calculated separately from the Continued Operations Instrument (COI) for Question 50. If an applicant is outsourcing back-end registry operations then the applicant should provide the total cost for the outsourced services in Section I, line K and separately estimate the costs for the critical registry functions in Section IIb. It must be clear what functions/processes are being covered in Section I, line K and Section IIb and the basis for how the costs have been calculated. 1.10 Section III, line D) asks applicants to provide any projected capital expenditures. If an applicant is outsourcing certain functions the applicant is not expected to account for capital expenditures made by the outsourced provider. Rather, the applicant should only account for capital expenditures they will make such as those necessary to integrate with the outsourced provider. 16 December 2011 1.6 The gTLD evaluation fee of USD 185,000 is not considered an operating cost and should not be included in financial projections. 15 November 2011 1.1 The projections template must not be modified. If applicants believe additional schedules are needed as support, attach the additional schedules within the application response. 1.2 Explanations should be provided for each line item of the projections template, even if applicants input $0. 1.3 Funds to be used in the event of a string contention auction process should not be accounted for in any part of the projections template. The monies accounted for in the template must not be impacted by expected funds to be used for the auction process. 1.4 If an applicant who has existing registry operations wishes to apply to operate additional TLDs, the applicant may divide the cost of operations between all of the registries (commonly called “cost allocation”) – those currently supported and the new ones that the applicant proposes. However, each application must “stand-alone.” For example, if an applicant is submitting multiple applications, the applicant should:
1.5 The applicant should ensure that only funding associated with the running of the proposed gTLD string are provided on the projections template. Where multiple applications for New gTLDs are being submitted by the same applicant, do not provide the full funding secured for all applications. Only provide the funding secured for each individual applied-for gTLD.
Example Supplemental Schedule A (for illustrative purposes only)
Example Supplemental Schedule B (for illustrative purposes only)
2. BEST PRACTICE SUGGESTIONS: 15 November 2011 2.1 Applicants should read each evaluation question in its entirety, including the notes, criteria, and scoring text. The answer should address all criteria specified, and include detailed rationale demonstrating a thorough understanding of the criteria (i.e., show your work). 2.2 If acronyms are used, applicants should spell out the first instance, even if the acronyms represent a common term/product/service.
DISCLAIMER: This material is for information only and does not represent of all requirements and criteria that the applicant must satisfy. ICANN is not providing legal, financial, business or any other kind of advice. This material does not represent a modification to the Applicant Guidebook, or the terms and conditions to the new gTLD program. This material also does not represent a waiver of any ICANN policy, procedure or agreement. In the event that any information provided in this material appears to be inconsistent with any information published elsewhere by ICANN, please do not rely on this material without confirmation or clarification from ICANN.
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