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| Name: | David Tait | Email: | Date: | 18-Mar-2016 | |
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Work Effort Section |
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| 1) Name/Title of Work Effort: (Note: "Work Effort" might be a standing committee or a project with a life-cycle. Please keep this field relatively short and enter fuller description immediately below). | New gTLD Auction proceeds | ||||
| 2) Description: | Since the launch of the new gTLD Program, numerous suggestions have been made, such as during the ICANN public forum sessions at ICANN meetings, on how new gTLD auction proceeds should be spent including; suggestions that the funds should be donated to charitable organizations, support for applicants in future rounds, programs to promote new gTLDs and consumer protection, the creation of an ICANN trust, to returning the money to the applicants from the current round. However, it was not until March 2015 that the Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) started discussing a possible process for facilitating the conversation around new gTLD auction proceeds during ICANN52 such as a Cross-Community Working Group (CCSG). The discussion paper that was published for public comment aims to capture the information and input on new gTLD Auction Proceeds to date as well as outlining potential questions and issues to be addressed in the subsequent phases of the process, such as outreach, participation and ensuring a focus on framework development, to determine next steps. Broad, open and inclusive public comment input was sought and participation from all sectors, regions and levels (or no level) of engagement with the ICANN community was encouraged. Based on the comments received, ICANN Staff updated the discussion paper which was submitted together with all the comments received to the ICANN Supporting Organizations and Advisory Committees following which a drafting team was formed to develop a proposed charter for a cross-community working group (CCWG). | ||||
| 3) Purpose/Goal of Work Effort: | Auctions are the mechanism of last resort to resolve string contention within the New gTLD Program. ICANN expects that most string contention will be resolved through other means before reaching an Auction conducted by ICANN's authorized Auction service provider, Power Auctions LLC. However, there is a possibility that significant funding will accrue as a result of several Auctions. Auction proceeds will be reserved and earmarked until the Board determines a plan for the appropriate use of the funds through consultation with the community. The Drafting Team is expected to develop a charter for a CCWG for ICANN SO/AC consideration to address the topic of new gTLD Auction Proceeds. | ||||
4) Subject Matter Category: Click here to see a list of categories
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| 5) Subject Matter Sub-Category: (Note: Where applicable, identify the next lower level of Category, e.g., if Category is Policy Development, Sub-Category might be: Whois, IRTP, New gTLD, IDN) | New gTLD | ||||
| 6) Relative Importance: | Medium | ||||
| 7) Date Work Effort Commenced: |
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| 8) Sponsoring/Chartering Organization: | GNSO | ||||
| 9) ICANN Structures/Groups Involved: | ASO | ||||
| 10) Type of Group Performing Work Effort: | Drafting Team | ||||
| 10A) If Answer To Question 9 Is "Other", Please Specify Here: | All SO/ACs were invited to designate up to two representatives to participate in the drafting team - all but the ccNSO has designated representatives. | ||||
| 11) Web Presence Link (if applicable): | |||||
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12) Snapshot Activity Data: The effective period for each Snapshot will be the end of one ICANN meeting to the start of the next, e.g., ICANN53 (25 Jun 2015) - ICANN54 (18 Oct 2015)
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SOAC Work Effort Template v3 (Aug 2016)
