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Various registrars and registries from both the gNSO and the ccNSO have made statements that if there were a way to donate that could not be gamed, they would be interested in helping. A well-formed fund or foundation could provide an opportunity for such generosity.
Various campaigns are possible. There is, for example, quite a lots of money in the hands of the some of the existing gTLD registries and registrars. We have, for example, seen an escalation in the amount each sponsor gives to the three ICANN meeting this year. There is a lot of funding available, it is just that no one has been doing the requisite fundrasingfundraising.
Auctions:
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.
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\[The goal of the program in terms of providing funds is both immediate and ongoing. There is an immediate need to obtain funds sufficient to help a significant number of applicants from developing economies JAS-qualified applicants to participate in the application process of the first round in 2012. There is an intermediate goal to assist the JAS-qualified selected applicants in setting up their registries in 2013. And there is a long term goal of insuring that the second, and further, rounds will have a stable source of funding available for assisting applicants from developing economiesJAS-qualified applicants.\] |
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:
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