SO/AC New gTLD Applicant Support Working Group
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Draft Under discussion as of 12 October 2010 pdf
Current Addenda, with Public Comments Summary & Analysis
Excerpt sent to Board on 9/18/2010 (for special New gTLD Program retreat)
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Chartered objectives for the Working Group:
Preamble: The Joint SO/AC Working Group on New gTLD Applicant Support shall evaluate and propose recommendations regarding specific support to new gTLD applicants in justified cases. The working group expects to identify suitable criteria for provision of such support, to identify suitable support forms and to identify potential providers of such support. However, there is no presumption that the outcome will imply any particular governing structure. Accordingly, if the recommendations indicate that the preferred solutions are of a voluntary nature, the criteria and other provisions arrived at in line with the objectives below will solely serve as advice to the parties concerned. The objectives are not listed in any priority order. An overall consideration is that the outcomes of the WG should not lead to delays of the New gTLD process.
Objective 1: To identify suitable criteria that new gTLD applicants must fulfill to qualify for dedicated support. The criteria may be different for different types of support identified in line with Objective 2 and 3 below.
Objective 2: To identify how the application fee can be reduced and/or subsidized to accommodate applicants that fulfill appropriate criteria to qualify for this benefit, in keeping with the principle of full cost recovery of the application process costs.
Objective 3: To identify what kinds of support (e.g. technical assistance, organizational assistance, financial assistance, fee reduction) and support timelines (e.g. support for the application period only, continuous support) are appropriate for new gTLD applicants fulfilling identified criteria.
Objective 4: To identify potential providers of the identified kinds of support as well as appropriate mechanisms to enable support provisioning.
(Objective 5: To identify conditions and mechanisms required to minimize the risk of inappropriate access to support. Agreed within WG)
Operating Procedures for the Working Group
The Working Group will operate according to the interim working group guidelines set out in the Draft Working guidelines of 5 Feb 2010
Milestones
Dates Tasks/Goals
29 April First conference call. Preparations for chair election and charter. Work planning
10 May Adoption of charter by participating SOs and ACs
5 May - 9 June Weekly conference calls. Drafting of recommendation.
15 June Posting of "snapshot" on WG's plans and progress for public comment
21-25 June Community discussions during ICANN Brussels Meeting
10 July - 10 August Weekly conference calls resumed, development of final recommendation based on public comments received.
13 August Final recommendation posted.
Background
ICANN Board resolution, see http://www.icann.org/en/minutes/resolutions-12mar10-en.htm#20
GNSO Council resolution, see 20100401 (scroll) at http://gnso.icann.org/resolutions/#201004
Members and their SoIs
http://gnso.icann.org/issues/jas/soi-jas-wg-27may10-en.htm
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Final Document Development
Original Template for Final Doc doc
V2.1 include comments and snapshot text pdf
Work Deferred
Draft Final Report for discussion on 17 August 2010
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Comments
The full text of the comments may be found at http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/#wg-snapshot
Initial summary
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Work Team Efforts
WT1 - Work team on reviewing application fee structure*
Volunteers: Tony Harris, Rafik Dammak, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Richard Tindal, Elaine Pruis, Andrew Mack
WT1 - working text
Cost consideration document from DAG 1, see http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/cost-considerations-23oct08-en.pdf
Updated cost consideration document, Oct 2009, see: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/cost-considerations-04oct09-en.pdf
Documents from Tony Harris: AAA-DOT LAT-COMMENTS I.doc
AAA-New gTLD Applicant Support.doc
WT2 - Work team "Who and what" on identifying applicants in need of support*
WT2 - working text
Volunteers: Andrew Mack, Carlos Aguirre, Tijani Ben Jemaa, Elaine Pruis, Rafik Dammak
Support organizations/programs
Special Programs and Funds for LDCs at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/ldc/178/
UN and civil society/NGOs cooperation regarding LDC at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/partnerships/related/53/
UNDP, at http://www.undp.org/
UNIDO, at http://www.unido.org/
GKP, Global Knowledge Partnership at http://www.globalknowledgepartnership.org/index.cfm
Council of Country Code Administrators at http://www.coccaregistry.net/
Which applicants may need support?
Based on country origin?
LDC (Least Developed Countries) at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/ldc/related/62/
LDC criteria at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/ldc/related/59/
LLDC (Landlocked Developing Countries) at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/lldc/39/
LLDC description at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/lldc/31/
SIDS (Small Island Developing States) at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/sids/44/
SIDS description at http://www.unohrlls.org/en/sids/43/
Based on legal form?
Non-profit organizations - structure overview at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_organizations
Non-governmental organizations - structure overview at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGO
Based on orientation, goals?
Document from Andrew Mack: WT2 proposals Andrew 20100607.doc
Document from Elaine Pruis (letter): JAS_WG_RequestForSupport_V1.doc
June Announcement (=link to it)
Posting on the ICANN website Comments area
Blog posting - call for input and comments
Draft slides for 23 june Workshop
ICANN Brussels meeting - 23 June workshop link
presentation
transcript
session questions and comments, from transcript
African statement, Brussels, June 2010
Final Report shell JAS WG v1.doc