This wiki has been set up as a consolidated place in which WG members can place their suggestions regarding the draft Final Report's following sections:
- Proposed Support to Eligible Applicants
The section can be found below, as well as on pp. 17-19 of the draft Final Report. Please do not edit the text directly here. Instead, please place your suggestions (including suggested actual wording, if you'd like) at the bottom of the page using the "Add Comment" function. This will create a history of all comments.
As Carlton requested on 5 August, even if you introduced your suggested change during a JAS WG call, please also list it on this page (by following the instructions below).
Proposed Support to Eligible Applicants
The WG recommends a number of different kinds of support to be made available for eligible applicants. The support can be either financial or in-kind. Here are the categories proposed.
Financial Support/Relief from ICANN
Cost Reductions
The WG recommends the following fee reductions to be made available to all applicants who are determined as meeting the criteria established for support:
- Waive (consensus for this in the Milestone report) the Program Development Costs (US$26,000);
- Lower risk/contingency cost (US$60,000);
- Review Base cost (US$100,000) to see if reduction can be made;
- Cost reductions to encourage the build out of IDNs in small or underserved languages;
- Lower registry Fixed Fees;
- Exemption or deferment of IPv6 implementation requirements, as possible.
Further reductions recommended:
- Reduction of the Financial Continued Operation Instrument Obligation to 6-12 months
Staggered Fees
Instead of paying the entire fee upon acceptance of the applications, applicants meeting the criteria established for support could pay the fees incrementally. Staggered fees payment enables an applicant to compete for strings that might otherwise have gone to the first and/or only group with enough money to apply.
Partial Refund from Any Auction Proceeds
Eligible applicants receive a partial refund from any auction proceeds [[U1]|https://community.icann.org/#_msocom_1] - for which they can repay any loans or invest into their registry. It could be used to refill the disadvantaged applicant’s foundation fund [[U2]|https://community.icann.org/#_msocom_2] for subsequent rounds.
Note: On-going support will be limited to five years
Financial support distributed by an ICANN originated (Development) “fund”[[U3]|https://community.icann.org/#_msocom_3]
For any funding provided through ICANN by a benefactor[[U4]|https://community.icann.org/#_msocom_4] that does not wish to administer that funding itself, these funds would be allocated by a especially dedicated committee[[U5]|https://community.icann.org/#_msocom_5] .
The WG recommends the creation of a development fund directed at new gTLD applicants who were determined as meeting the criteria established for support.
Support Program Development function
The WG recommends that ICANN establishes a Support Program Development function with an initial goal of securing a targeted commitment for an ICANN based development fund.
Financial support Distributed by External Funding Agencies
There is consensus in the WG that external funding agencies would make grants according to their own requirements and goals. ICANN would only provide those agencies with applicant information of those who met the criteria established for support.
[[U1]|https://community.icann.org/#_msoanchor_1]Reference guidebook for context
[[U2]|https://community.icann.org/#_msoanchor_2]Glossary?
[[U3]|https://community.icann.org/#_msoanchor_3]Terminology consistency issue. Glossary?
[[U4]|https://community.icann.org/#_msoanchor_4]Glossary
[[U5]|https://community.icann.org/#_msoanchor_5]Clarification needed
