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Since the GNSO first allowed for auctions as a possible method of resolving gTLD name contention, there has been the intent that these funds be applied to worthy causes including the support for what has now being called JAS-qualified applicants. Thought the quantity of the funds that may result from is unknown and they are certainly not available for the payment of fees in the 2011-2012 rounds, the funding will be available to fill the reserve and risk funds, if those funds are defered to cover the costs for the application fee reductions, as recommended in MR1 and MR2 for the fees of JAS-qualified applicants.
Availability of Funds(some words about the future where there are funds beyond those needed to replenish - also indicating some notion of continuity and about the F&F making decisions about how to allocate those funds to future needs)
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\[The goal of the program in terms of providing funds is both immediate and ongoing. There is an immediate need to obtain funds sufficient to help a significant number of applicants from developing economies to participate in the application process of the first round in 2012. There is an intermediate goal to assist the JAS selected applicants in setting up their registries in 2013. And there is a long term goal of insuring that the second, and further, rounds will have a stable source of funding available for assisting applicants from developing economies.\] |
Use of funds
Funds collected, can be used for various purposes to assist JAS qualified participants. Included among these uses in the first round are:
- Application assistance beyond the JAS recommended reduction in fees
- Assistance in defraying the cost of the required continuity instrument
- Overcoming technical requirement gaps, such as the IPv6 and other technical requirements which may require technical upgrade not obtainable through in-kind assistance.
