Background: As at the end of ICANN77, the ICANN Board has signaled to the GNSO Council of its intention to not adopt Subsequent Procedures PDP Recommendation 17.2, which deals with the scope of financial resources offered to applicants for applicant support who have been deemed as having qualified for applicant support.  The concern that the ICANN Board has summarily indicated for declining to adopt Recommendation 17.2 is essentially two-fold:

1. That the scope of financial support offered is non-exhaustive, per the language of Recommendation 17.2; and
2. That it might be against the Board’s fiduciary duty to adopt a recommendation that requires ICANN to make payments to third party service providers, whose work ICANN is essentially evaluating, either directly or indirectly.

What the At-Large can do now is to consider what can we propose to address the ICANN Board’s concerns. By this, we need properly thought-out and articulated proposals which may go towards addressing one or more aspects of the Board’s concerns. A Q&A and discussion session is to be conducted during the APRALO Monthly Call on 20 July 2023 to address this call for input.

Status:  Ongoing

Event Wiki:  APRALO Monthly Call, 20 July 2023

Recording: Zoom recording 

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