Meeting Date

Discussion topic

Open issues, comments

August 2

1. Agree in terminology
2. Agree on Final report structure and review rules
3. Standards of agreement to be used throughout the Final Report
   

1. Terminomogy: WG agreed on several terms. Staff suggested few alternatives via e-mail. Seth creating glossary definitions. If more terms come up, staff will bring to the WG.
2. Report Structure. Chairs agreed to use the proposed structure incluing addenda. This is the same used for the first Milestone Report. Review Rules: Chairs agreed to follow the proposed agenda schedule.
3. Standard of Agreement: Chairs agreed to use the standards of agreement, which are the same used for the first Milestone Report. Staff needs more clarity from the JAS WG on the final consensus.

August 5

1. Applicant Eligibility Requirements
2. Clarifications
3. Financial Need
4. Ineligibility criteria
   

Please see the draft Final Report pages 12 to 17.

August 9

• Proposed support to eligible applicants
  

August 12

• In-kind support
  

August 16

• Capacity building
  

August 19

• Evaluation process (including process flow)
  

August 23

• Support Application Review Panel
  

August 26

• Funds and Foundation
  

August 30

• FAQ and Glossary, address any pending issues
• Final Review and approval
  

Dates

Milestones

29 Apr 2010

First conference call. Preparations for Chairs election, Charter drafting, work planning.

10 May 2010

Adoption of WG Charter by participating SOs and ACs.

5 May to 9 Jun 2010

Weekly conference calls. Drafting of Recommendation by WT1 and WT2.

Jun 14 2010

Posted a blog entitled “Call for Input: Support for New gTLD Applicants” http://blog.icann.org/2010/06/call-for-input-support-for-new-gtld-applicants/

16-21 Jun 2010

Posting of "snapshot" on WG's plans & progress for public comment in English. http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#wg-snapshot

23 Jun - 23 Aug 2010

Posting of "snapshot" on WG's plans & progress for public comment in Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic and Russian.

21-25 June 2010

ICANN Brussels Meeting -  Community discussions Public Session: “Reducing Barriers to  New gTLD Creation in Developing Regions” http://brussels38.icann.org/node/12503

10 Jul 2010

Bi-weekly conference calls for the development of Milestone Report taking into account public comments received and Board Sept 2010 Board Resolution.

11 Nov 2010

Milestone Report posted for consideration by the Board, Chartering Organizations and at-large Community. See Public Forum here:  http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#jas-milestone-report
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9 Dec 2010

Cartagena ICANN Meeting Session: “Assisting gTLD Applicants from Developing Economies”:  http://cartagena39.icann.org/node/15499

Dec 2010 – Feb 2011

Charter renewal process by Chartering Organizations (ALAC and GNSO)

Jan 2011

Resume conference call. Preparations for new Chairs elections, Charter situation review, work planning – 4 subgroups formed.

Feb 2011

Posting of Summary Analysis of Milestone report Public Comments(English)
http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-22feb11-en.htm
New community Wiki space available to JAS WG.

Mar 2011

Posting of Summary Analysis of Milestone Report Public Comments in Spanish, French, Chinese, Arabic and Russian.

Mar 2011

ICANN Silicon Valley Meeting:
-          Face to Face Meeting during (Thursday, March 17 14:00-15:30; Victorian room)
-          Status update to GNSO and ALAC during

May 2011

7th - Second Milestone Report was received by the ALAC and the GNSO
9th - At-Large staff, on behalf of the ALAC, initially forwarded this Report to the Board
7th to 13th  - Comments on the Report were collected from the At-Large Community.  These comments are the basis for the Statement of the ALAC on the Joint Applicant Support Second Milestone Report.
14th - The ALAC ratification process for the Second Milestone Report and the ALAC Statement begins.  
19th to 20th – Board retreat Istanbul.
19th - GNSO met and decided to postpone the vote until June 9th meeting. No consensus was reached as to send a letter to the Board.

Other activities:
JAS WG discussion to answers to GNSO, RyC questions.
JAS WG preparing cost questions to submit to staff

June 2011

3rd - ALAC sent invitation to GAC and BOARD to join JAS WG on June 7th to clarify MR2. GNSO chair also notified by Olivier.
6th - GAC/Board/JASWG meeting postponed to June 14
9th - GNSO meeting on JAS WG MR2
14th - GAC/Board/JASWG Conference call

19th - 24th Singapore ICANN Meeting - JASWG Session scheduled for June 23, Thursday from 11:00am to 12:30pm (VIP Lounge) Title: "JAS WG proposal for support for New gTLD Applicants from Developing Countries"