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The Working Group has determined that a detailed description of the process flow, metrics and procedures for determining whether an application meets the criteria and how this application will be dealt with is required and this is set out in Part 3. When an application meets these criteria the following broad steps are taken suggested to be in parallel with the DAG process and -

1. the Application is assessed in Part 3 and if successful proceeds to the next step

2. the Application Applicant enters the DAG process (is registered in the TAS and pays the $5,000 deposit; the Application is checked for completeness; IF the above is ok and there is no anticipated contention the Application then progresses to being posted, Objection period, Background Screening, IE results posted)

23. An Audit is done on the Application, Applicant and its partners to ensure it is still  eligible/needy. During the Needy application process and at certain points of the DAG we perform this Audit (Part 3) to ensure the Applicant is still  eligible or needy. Suggest that this occurs upon initial evaluation of the Applicant, and if the Applicant is approved Needy in the DAG process just after the IE results are posted, and repeated just after there is no string contention.

34. If so, then the Application progresses in the DAG through Objections phase... String Contention

45. IF the above is ok and there is no string contention then an Audit is done on the Applicant and its partners to ensure it is still financially eligible/needy; \[If there is a string contention then ? let it go through normal ICANN channels\]

56. If so, then the Application progresses to Contract execution, Pre-delegation check and Delegation.

67. Sunset Period (see S.2.10 Proposed constraints on Aid in the Milestone Report) whereby an agreed cut off of 5 years after which no further support will be offered

78. If the new gTLD is granted the applicant will fall under the safeguards provided by ICANN for all gTLD operators but we should ensure that needy applicants are aware of these requirements and are able to fulfil them. 

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Then Support may stop in two ways
1A. Discharged- Aid stops upon notification to the Applicant and the Applicant and/or its partners may have to repay some or all of the funds already spent on the application. The Applicant may proceed with the Application at this point at its own cost.

2B. Revoked or cancelled- used in cases where the Applicant was wrongly granted support (for example granted support as a result of giving false information about finances), the Applicant and/or its partners will have to pay all the funds already spent on the application and the application will be revoked/discarded at that point     

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