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  • Financial support/relief from ICANN
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    \[ Need to put in comment about how lack of staff support has impeded research into areas of cost cutting \]
  • Cost Reductions (unclear if this will happen due to lack of feedback from staff)**** Waive (consensus for this in the Milestone report)/ Reduced Program Development Costs (US$26,000) 
    • Staggered Fees
    • Partial refund from any Auction proceeds
    • Cost reductions for multi-script applications
    • Lower registry Fixed Fees
    • Lowered risk/contingency cost (US$60,000)
    • Review Base cost (US$100,000) to see if reduction can be made
    • Other possible reductions eg. Reduction of the Financial Continued Operation Instrument Obligation to 6-12 months
    • Ongoing support will be limited to five years
    Financial support distributed by an ICANN originated (Development) Fund (S.2.3.1 of the Milestone Report)
  • Non-financial support/relief from ICANN* Logistical and technical help with the DAG application process including legal and filing support
    • Awareness/outreach efforts including efforts to ensure more people in underserved markets are aware of the new gTLD program and what they can do to participate in it
    • Deferred requirement of DNSSEC
    • Relaxed vertical integration regulations
    • What other non-financial relief (ie, regulation waiver/deferral) is possible?
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  • Support from third parties facilitated by ICANN
    • Pool of collected resources and assistance from third parties** Translation support** Logistical and technical support*** Awareness and outreach
      • Infrastructure for providing IPv6 compatibility
      • DNSSEC consulting
      • IDN implementation support
      • Possible technical  step ups
    • Directory and referral service only for eligible applicants
    • Facilitating contacts with granting agencies and foundations
    • ICANN would facilitate but cannot commit to providing
  • Financial Support distributed by External Funding Agenciessupport distributed by an ICANN originated (Development) Fund (S.2.3.1 of the Milestone Report)

Part 5 - How (do we process and evaluate the applications to ensure they qualify)?

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