<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I believe there are plans for an Auction Proceeds Working Group (or Crosscommunity Working Group), if am not mistaken.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Avri Doria <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
Many of us have been asking for a bottom up discussion on this issue<br>
since the new gTLD program was approved.<br>
<br>
It has never been the right time for such a discussion for one reason or<br>
another.<br>
<br>
At the very least, I believe they are holding these funds in a separate<br>
account, or something like that, until the Board decides what it want s<br>
to do.  Hard to know for sure.<br>
<br>
avri<br>
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On 28-Jan-16 11:53, Nigel Roberts wrote:<br>
&gt; &quot;Under what law does this money belong to ICANN ...&quot;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On 28/01/16 16:51, Kathryn Kleiman wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt; $41 million for .SHOP. That&#39;s a nice chunk of change!<br>
&gt;&gt; I think this money, however, does not go into the ICANN budget (FWIW).<br>
&gt;&gt; Best,<br>
&gt;&gt; K<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; -----Original Message-----<br>
&gt;&gt; From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse [mailto:<a href="mailto:el@lisse.NA">el@lisse.NA</a>]<br>
&gt;&gt; Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 4:48 AM<br>
&gt;&gt; To: <a href="mailto:accountability-cross-community@icann.org">accountability-cross-community@icann.org</a><br>
&gt;&gt; Cc: <a href="mailto:directors@omadhina.net">directors@omadhina.net</a><br>
&gt;&gt; Subject: gTLD Auctions vs Travel Costs<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Not that I want to have any more travel, but I am sure ICANN can<br>
&gt;&gt; afford the transition costs:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; <a href="https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus/auctionresults</a><br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; So far 105510127 USD :-)-O<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; el<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
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